To commemorate Kim's trek I intend to cook a Texas redneck backyard
specialty. I am going to buy a whole two foot long stick of prime Kosher
baloney and put it on my grill's rotisserie and let it twist over the heat,
basting occasionally with Stubbs BBQ sauce, until it is heated thoroughly
and crusted with charred sauce. Sliced into half inch thick rounds and
eaten on a bun with mustard, pickle relish and sliced onion it is a treat
that is really hard to believe, transcending believability as it were. Yep,
I love crusty, charred baloney. Hell, I already need a beer.
Lanney
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We had a ball.? Weather was perfect, was a little rainy and snow but that
was great for us fat girls and our horses.? We rode from the Mexican border
to Oracle.? We could have made it farther (the horses were doing well) but
there was so much fencing it made a 20 mile ride last forever.? We were not
allowed to cut the fences to put in Texas gates because the land owners
would not appreciate that so we would have to go around.? The Arizona trail
book and maps did not make that very clear.
? The elevation ranged from about 4000 feet to 9466 feet, the tallest peak
that we were able to climb.? In some ways the show horse out performed the
Mustang.? The?Paso was able to pass through culverts (went under the major
roads), find the trail (most of the time impossible to see in day light),
and ride over cattle guards.? These thing are not natural to the Mustang but
he would follow the Paso.? The Mustang lost a lot of weight, we had to
eventually buy him grain so he did not go home to Toledo too thin to cope
with the cold.? The Paso took a beating at first,?some ankle swelling, but
at the end was able to cover ground at a very good rate.
? We are so motivated that we want to do another one in the fall.? We want
to see about a trek through the Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness.
?PS Every piece?of battery operated?equipment failed. GPS, digital
compass,?phones, and camera.? I am sure that this is a no-du for you guys.?
Even the?Easy boots that I purchased for?my horses?feet?(about $250) fell
apart after?three rides!? Maps, horse and compass with oil (that we had to
heat up) were all that was usable in the end.? Our clothes held up because
they were made out of natural materials, nylon would not have lasted through
a mile of butt sliding down the side of a mountain.? We relearned that you
don't?use period stuff for the look, use it because because it works.?
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