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Newsletters:
Our newsletter editor is Cathy Rohm.
If anyone has a tale to tell, e-mail her.
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Gold Country 50/30 Mile Endurance Ride
next date is
CANCELED!
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Message from Joe Larkin, GCER President
It's with a heavy heart and great disappointment that we must cancel the GCER endurance ride scheduled for 7/10/10.
Or in the words of our current GCER vice-president - the ride is canceled
As you have seen in earlier emails Jon Jue, resource officer Georgetown Ranger District El Dorado national
forest (530)333-5550 email: jjue@fs.fed.us notified us 4 weeks before our ride that we must pay $4,230.53 - "Due to
the estimates for Forest Service staff time being in excess of 50 hours for processing Gold Country Endurance Riders'
permit application, the Forest Service is required to charge cost recovery fees for the processing the application."
I sent numerous emails to Jon trying to negotiate, reduce or eliminate the fees for this year. Jon did reply back and said this
fee would not go away. I looked the usfs cost recovery fee regulations (on the web) and I feel that we should not have to
pay the fee. My emails to Jon concerning my interpretation of these regs (along with Jerry Scribner's input) have not been
returned. In my last email tonight to Jon canceling the ride I asked him for a resolution for this fee issue and if he has a problem
perhaps the regional/district personnel can assist.
AERC trails chairman (Michael Campbell) told me via email that this is the first time he has ever heard of cost recovery fees from usfs.
I believe that Pam Baile has talked to the Sacramento Bee. Feel free to send your cards and letters to the local media, usfs,
Tom McClintock (http://mcclintock.house.gov/),
Diane Feinstein (http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/),
Barbara Boxer (http://boxer.senate.gov/).
So what are we going to do on 7/10/10 ?? Pete Occhialini suggested that we all camp at Dru Barner park on that date. Cindy has
jumped on this too and suggested that we have a pot-luck on saturday night. We will use the same trail that the EDETF used for their
fun ride and will have a both a 12 and 25 mile loop. This will NOT be a GCER event and will be open to everyone - tell your friends,
the more the better. There will be no fees to join in for this camp-out with the exception of $8 per night camping and a fun time will
be had by all. Since Dru Barner park will not have event there I think people (on their own) should camp, ride and have a nice
pot-luck on Saturday night. Hope everyone can attend.
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Western
States Trail Foundation/Tevis Cup Ride
July 24, 2010
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Minutes
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Minutes Index
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Rides for 2010
Point Reyes Aug 20th - 22nd Everyone has to make their own reservations.
Individuals must call Stewart Ranch at 415.663.1362
Stewart Ranch Horse Camp Directions
TAKE 80 TO THE MARINE WORLD CUTOFF IN VALLEJO (HWY 37)
STAY ON HWY 37 FOR APPROXIMATELY 22 MILES AND TAKE 101 NORTH EXIT (TO YOUR RIGHT)
AT THE 3RD EXIT ON 101 (ATHERTON / SAN MARTIN EXIT) TAKE IT AND GO LEFT OVER THE FREEWAY
STAY ON STRAIGHT ON THIS ROAD (THROUGH RESIDENTIAL AREA) FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES.
AT NOVATO BLVD (WHERE THERE IS A SCHOOL ON THE RIGHT AND AT THE STOP SIGN) TURN RIGHT
GO APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES ON NOVATO BLVD UNTIL THE ROAD ENDS AT A "T". TURN LEFT ON PETALUMA ROAD.
GO APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES ON PETALUMA ROAD. AT THE POINT REYES STATION CUTOFF (Y IN THE ROAD) STAY LEFT.
GO APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES TO A STOP SIGN AND TURN RIGHT ON SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD.
GO APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES ON SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD TO THE TOWN OF OLEMA. AT THE STOP SIGN (HWY 1) TURN LEFT.
CONTINUE ON HWY 1 FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES. YOU WILL SEE THE SIGN FOR STEWART'S RANCH.
AT THIS POINT, SLOW DOWN FROM 55 MPH. JUST PAST THE STEWART RANCH
SIGN YOU WILL SEE THE HORSE CAMP SIGN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
TURN RIGHT THERE AND FOLLOW THE ROAD ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND INTO
THE MEADOW.
Euer Valley September 3rd - September 6th (labor day weekend)
Directions:
Take US Interstate Highway 80.
At the town of Truckee turn off at the Highway 89 North off-ramp.
Follow Highway 89 north for two and one half miles to Alder Creek Road.
Turn left on Alder Creek Road.
Continue for approximately six miles to Euer Valley.
You will proceed through a portion of the Tahoe Donner mountain subdivision
at mile four to five.
The road changes from paved to dirt for the sixth and final mile.
Follow the dirt road downhill to the meadow area.
Look for directional signs to indicate locations of camp and cabin areas.
Bort Meadows September 24th - September 26 (for details and reservation please contact
Cherryl Holbrook)
Point Reyes October 15th - October 17th Everyone has to make their own reservations.
Individuals must call Stewart Ranch at 415.663.1362
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Monthly Meetings are open to all!
We meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month, usually in Auburn.
Exact location of the meetings is at the top of this page.
Arrive early and have dinner at 6:00 pm.
The meeting starts at 7:00 pm.
The public is invited to all meetings.
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- January 1: Potluck Meeting at the Milestone
Saloon in Cool, Bring food after 12:00, eat at 2:00 pm
- No meetings until March.
- March 16: Monthly Meeting, Marie Callender's, 6:00 dinner, 7:00 meeting
- April 20: Monthly Meeting, Denny's, 1800 Auburn Ravine Rd., 6:00 dinner, 7:00 meeting
- May 18: Monthly Meeting, Denny's, 1800 Auburn Ravine Rd., 6:00 dinner, 7:00 meeting
- June 15: Monthly Meeting, at Round Table Pizza, 370 Elm Ave, 6:00 dinner, 7:00 meeting
- July 10: GCER 30/50 CANCELED!
Contact Doyle Bailie to volunteer
- July 20: Monthly Meeting, Round Table Pizza, 370 Elm Ave, 6:00 dinner, 7:00 meeting
- July 24: Tevis
- August 17: Monthly Meeting, Potluck at Joe and Cindy Larkins in Greenwood. 6:00 dinner, 7:00 meeting
- September 21: Monthly Meeting, TBD, 6:00 dinner, 7:00 meeting
- October 19: Monthly Meeting, TBD, 6:00 dinner, 7:00 meeting
Election of Officers!
- No meetings scheduled for November and December
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