By HappyTrailrider, unverified — Sun, 08/30/2009 - 20:52
Oh my.... westernmaine... no one in town has hay available in that volume to bring & leave in a box truck for the week. I know, I can hardly get my hay in this season. The person in Turner is a member of their club so why wouldn't he supply the hay? The people pay a fee to attend the ride NOT to camp. Their money goes to pay for the rental of all the portajohns, the trash bin & removal, the ryder rental truck for water and yes the caterer. I would dare say that Archies [trash] and Doug Bennett & Sons [pottys] were pretty happy for the business. Too bad they don't actually LIVE in Andover. Not to mention that Farmer John R. left his truck to pick up manure to grow the nice veggies that are out available on the honor system in the village. My mom sold 15 homemade pies to the caterer and our busness rented him our studio for a week. You mention the "other groups" who do all the work on the trails, but some were invited & joined the cross state folks for some meals which they also shared with landowners who stopped by. Those club officials were pleased to share the trails they work so hard on! AND... stink from 100 horses... come on... we live in a farming community, spreading cow & chicken manure on the hayfields all around town is way more than you'll EVER smell from horses who's paddocks were picked clean daily. The Grimaldi field suffered no more than a close cut with a lawn mower and a good dose of fertilizer. The people who belong to Cross State are respectful, honest, mature people who share the love of horses and the outdoors. They pride themselves in being good stewards of the lands they have the privlidge to ride on and make every effort to take care of any concerns in the areas they bring their group rides to. I hope that those of you who made the negative comments here might reconsider your thoughts as there is precious little to help boost the economy of our little town. Lets not shut people out with closed minded attitudes.
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Oh my.... westernmaine... no
Oh my.... westernmaine... no one in town has hay available in that volume to bring & leave in a box truck for the week. I know, I can hardly get my hay in this season. The person in Turner is a member of their club so why wouldn't he supply the hay? The people pay a fee to attend the ride NOT to camp. Their money goes to pay for the rental of all the portajohns, the trash bin & removal, the ryder rental truck for water and yes the caterer. I would dare say that Archies [trash] and Doug Bennett & Sons [pottys] were pretty happy for the business. Too bad they don't actually LIVE in Andover. Not to mention that Farmer John R. left his truck to pick up manure to grow the nice veggies that are out available on the honor system in the village. My mom sold 15 homemade pies to the caterer and our busness rented him our studio for a week. You mention the "other groups" who do all the work on the trails, but some were invited & joined the cross state folks for some meals which they also shared with landowners who stopped by. Those club officials were pleased to share the trails they work so hard on! AND... stink from 100 horses... come on... we live in a farming community, spreading cow & chicken manure on the hayfields all around town is way more than you'll EVER smell from horses who's paddocks were picked clean daily. The Grimaldi field suffered no more than a close cut with a lawn mower and a good dose of fertilizer. The people who belong to Cross State are respectful, honest, mature people who share the love of horses and the outdoors. They pride themselves in being good stewards of the lands they have the privlidge to ride on and make every effort to take care of any concerns in the areas they bring their group rides to. I hope that those of you who made the negative comments here might reconsider your thoughts as there is precious little to help boost the economy of our little town. Lets not shut people out with closed minded attitudes.