South County Group Chiro Appointments

Via Sheila Mangione, Ride Nipomo

     "My daughter's barrel horse needs chiro treatments about every 6 weeks. We found a great chiropractor in Paso who is willing to schedule some visits to South County if there are 4-5 horses. His rates are very reasonable based on what I've heard from other people who get their horses treated. I'm wondering if there are other Ride Nipomo members who would be interested. I would be willing to coordinate a day for him to come down."

Ride Nipomo Meeting

Please join Ride Nipomo in a fun filled day at a beautiful facility in Nipomo. 
The event is open to members and their guests.

When:  October 10, 2010
Time:    11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Where: Marcly Farms;  1409 Banneker Pl, Nipomo

 In addition to a general membership meeting, there will be educational information along with demonstrations.

Ride Nipomo will provide water and a Tri Tip Bbq. We ask that you bring a pot luck dish that serves four people.
 A - K  Salads
L - M  Drinks
N - Z  Desserts

We must know if you are coming to purchase enough Tri Tip!  Please send your cofirmation by October 5th to Shelia Patterson at Jst4shel@aol.com

Don't forget to bring your lawn chair!

We look forward to seeing you on October 10th!

Ride Aquistapace Ranch

Reserve your spot now, space is limited. 

Fundraiser for Brush Poppers and Ride Nipomo on May 23^rd 9am sharp at Aquistapace Ranch in Tepusquet Cyn., 10 am departure time.

  

$20.00 for members of Brush Poppers and Ride Nipomo/ $25.00 for non members. 

Please no long living quarter trailers. Try and trailer in with friends to make space.

Guided Ride by Bobbie Aquistapace  1 ½ hrs out to the top. Tri-tip , beans, salad, beverage and desert. 1 ½ hours ride home. A day of beauty and fun. Bring those cameras! 50/50 drawing and participation drawing. 

Maps will be mailed out upon received reservation fee. Please mail your check to Jeff and Kelly Bell: 1085 Camino Caballo: Nipomo Ca. 93444 (for more information call 929-1580). 

Trail ride includes creek, wild animals, dust, and much more. No sissies!

Vegetarians need to email rcdodds@sbcglobal.net for their meal. Don’t be left home in the dust! 

Help Keep Nipomo Trails Open

Ride Nipomo's fight for trails needs everyone's attention now more than ever

From Mary Ann McPherson: 

On December 1st the Board of Supervisor  rejected dedication of two trails in Nipomo. The County has made it clear through the years that they will not take on the expense of maintaining trials, not even under the best of budget times.  The trails around the Black Lake Golf course were LOST  because a group was not formed to monitor the development.  The loss of the Black Lake trails was a pivotal loss for this community to have a connecting trail system which are also known as linear parks.  

When the Widmark and Inga trails came before the BOS on December 1st,. Ride Nipomo  has eight years of successful trail maintenance offered to take on these two additional trails at no cost to the County.  With the offer of trail maintenance by Ride Nipomo taken out of the equation, the important question that should be on everyone's mind is WHY were these two trails denied? 

Luckily, we have one chance left!  The BOS has allowed this important item to be revisited later this year.. 

If we lose the Widmark trail we will lose the eastern connector to the bluff trail that links the west side to the Woodlands Trails.  If we lose Inga, we have a major safety issue with horses crossing on an unsafe corner and forced to ride along the busy high speed traffic on Pomeroy. 

  

We need your help now more that ever.  Please join Ride Nipomo in 2010! The number of associate members we have helps to show our strength to the BOS.   We need pressure put on the BOS and that takes the act of many not just a few.   Please write letters to the Board of Supervisors and to the local newspapers.  

When this item comes up RN will notify you of the date and we need to fill the BOS chambers (wear your cowboy hats so they know we are horse people) and show how important trails are to Nipomo.  A mass showing will also help the BOS know how important trials are to the County of SLO.  

Calendar Update

A big thank you to Miller's Equestrian Center and Sanctuary and to Ride Nipomo for sending us their dates for upcoming events. They will be added to the calendar shortly. We are changing to Google Calendar so that you can download events directly into Outlook, iCal or your own Google Calendar. Thank you also to Kayla at The Wagner Ranch for sending the last news item and for adding SLOHorseNews to their links page. The SLO Horse Newsletter will soon be sent out and if you would like to be added to our mailing list, just enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the blog.