Bout time you get here phantom..... er..... x- .... can i still call you phantom? x reminds me of a bad relationship.

Lila Darling, You can call me anything you like. Just don't call me late for dinner.

I suppose "Spex" would be the appropriate nick-name.

Okay "Sex" it is!

Oh, goodness, THAT's pressure. Let's work on consensus. June, right? (It's what I saw on another thread.) Am I correct in understanding weekends are preferred? And is there a preference for Sat or Sunday. Sing out!

I'm good with any Saturday in June. Hmmm I better double check that. I'll get back to you.

Perv.

What are you talking about????

I am so jealous of ya'll. We need to have one here in the midwest, I'm thinking, at our ranch, big bonfire, horse back riding, corn on the cob on the grill, fresh Angus steaks, live music, etc.

Oh, hell, I'm goin' to yours!

What state? I'll be in Wyoming and Colorado through the summer.

Well Tap, You can see how we do it. You need to find out who lives near you and invite them.

Long Live The UndeRandiground RailRhodes!

Well I know Turtlegirl lives in Central Illinois, we live in NW Illinois. Other than her, I don't know where anyone lives around here, well Rottmom lives a couple of states away. Let's see what happens, I know Adam needs to be horseback ASAP.

BroD---You are always invited to whatever suaree we hold!!!

Bushwa--Wyoming is sorta close, but still, a good 10 hour ride, and for a man your age, bring a nurse, when you get here you can lay her off as my wife is a nurse, and then rehire her for the trip back. Maybe you can get her drunk(your nurse) and impregnate a whole 'nother generation of PICKERS!!!!

Burbank is great for me, I am located in the Sanfernando Valley. This weekend is the Rush concert..... Ohhhyea. By the way, my republican friend is now cheering for Obama.... the world is comming to an end.

Yeah, goin' trail riding in Santa Barbara in a coupla weeks. There's a cool trail in a wooded, stream-filled canyon that ends in a fabulous overlook 2000 feet above the Pacific.

Meanwhile, I can do any Saturday in June, except the 21st.

when and where?

Love the new Avi. Adamquestor. You should keep that one.

Welcome, the more the merrier.

WoooooHooooo good for you, that sounds like a great trip, don't fall off the cliff!!!

At one point, it's a possibility, but I usually get a pokey horse that gets skeered of edges.

Gotta say, this is one of the most spectacular trail rides around. Your gonna get some good saddle sores out of this one

I also like the trail ride through the Wonderland of Rocks country near Joshua Tree. It's where they used to film a lot of Westerns with scenery like in McKenna's Gold.

Just tell me when and where. Just please make it gay friendly!

*sigh*

Last time I was in LA it was to see Daft Punk. Well, it was my first trip down there by myself, I didn't get to do much sadly.

You're gonna have to define "gay friendly." Champ's is a neighborhood Sports Bar in Burbank, so there's no Friday night Cher look-alike contest. I regard pretty much the whole of Burbank as very gay friendly - save for St. Bellarmine's Catholic Church. But I'm also straight, so who knows how much I could miss. Over the last 30 years I've been in it countless times with gay men and women, and I don't recall one of them ever coming out and saying, "I felt REALLY uncomfortable in there!"

In my 20's I picked up a lot of women there, but one of my gay poker buddies met his partner there, too. Save for one quick visit last year, I haven't been in the place regularly for MANY years.

But you have made me think of one thing. Before we settle by consensus on one day, we'll want to make sure that doesn't happen to be the day of some big championship game that has the place packed to the rafters and everyone fighting to see the TVs.

(For the record, I'm infinitely more gay-friendly than I am sports-friendly. Sports? Stats? All the rules? Halls of fame? Ewwwwww!)

Good point! The NBA Finals start June 3 or 5 and could go until June 19.

I love Joshua Tree, so awe inspiring, my most worrie some monet in canyon riding was in the Palo Duro canyon in Tejas. On a young colt, riding on the rim behind my buddy Clay, and having my horse spook from a rattler, I thought I was dead, and I've had that thought many times riding roughstock, but this was supposed to be a nice quiet ride, I almost literally shit my pants, but I too focused on staying away from the edge to actually shit!!!


Dan just wants to hit on other gay men, so he's really asking that the bar be a hetero/gay bar!!! Just Kidding Dan, and you know that!!! I'll shut up now...

Yeah, could be crowded.

Is that really a problem?

I mean we'll be talking beer and politics we won't really need a clear view of any of the (six ?) televisions. Unless some of us are basketball fans. I'm not but if you are you can look on the bright side in that you won't miss the game.

How does June 28 hit folks, something in the late afternoon - 5ish> I'm just tossing some specifics out there to get feedback.

I can do that.

One vote for 5:00 PM June 28th. Is that a Saturday?

Si.

So are we doing 5:00 PM June 28th?

I'm pencilling it in, and I'll drag my boyfriend there again as well. Looking forward to seeing some of you again, and meeting others for the first time!

I THINK I can make that!

Woo Hoo!

Your boyfriend is smart. We like him. Please bring him along.

Yes, I like him too.

It'll be good to meet the both of you krinla!

And Bro David - if you don't come I'll cry.....

(Didn't there used to be a crying emotie?)

28 is good for me.

Brother David was on the board just the other day. He's been having computer troubles.
We may have to send him an off board e-mail to make sure he sees this.

Whoah! Delayed response.... That was skeery - canyons are no place to go running into rattlers.

The only even close to bad time I had on horseback was some doofus blowing a car horn making the horse rear up a little (good horsie). The funniest time was with my wife when she was on a mare in heat, and the mare kept hitting on the stallion I was riding - funny as hell!

Consider that done!

Thank you.

You can't call yourself a cowboy without riding a shetland pony that is afraid of bicycles. That was one hell of a ride!

That's a comedy routine!

Bring yer Shetland to the Meet-up

OK you two, here's a true story, when I first came to Illinois in the mid 90's, I got a job giving trail rides in the western suburbs of Chicago, one morning, two guys on mountain bikes came roaring past us from behind, spooking two horses with young girls on them. My friend, another cowboy from Arizona and I, built loops in our ropes, and took off after them, roped 'em, and yanked them off their bikes, and dragged them for about 300 feet at a full gallop!!! They were covered in trail rash, and when we got down from our horses to get our ropes, they just laid there, afraid of what might come next. We just told them never do that again. We rode off to go check on the young girls who were shaken, but ok. They were only 14 or so, so it seemed justified.

Can we get a head count for June 28th 5:00 PM @ Champs on Burbank?

I'm in!

And me!

As ever, won't know until that Thursday what my weekend looks like, but if I can be there, will be there.

That is too damn funny!

I have heard many complaints from riders about mountain bikes. Where I go biking up in Ojai, they have two separate trails for horses and bikes and this works nicely. Elsewhere in Calif, EQ paths are posted NO M-BIKING.