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Our first meeting back at Buck Creek shelter house was a big success. A few members came out early for a nice trail ride and food was shared at the potluck. At the next meeting, we will start planning for our fall Oktoberfest campout.

Our next meeting will be Wednesday, Aug. 9 at The Buck Creek shelter house. Bring a dish to share, hope to see you there!

Come ride with Clark County!

~Jonna Ledyard

Clermont

Greeting from Clermont OHC. Summer is here and man is it hot and dry. We need some rain.

Southern Ohio Trail Association planned a campout and ride at the Horseman’s campground at East Fork State Park on the July 14-15. I hope to have photos of this campout in the next Corral article.

Shep, Scott and a host of friends have been clearing the trails for this event and future events. East Fork is looking good again thank to the volunteers hard work.

The well at the Horseman’s campground is up and running again after a long time. We installed a pump and small generator for campers with their horses.

Remember to go slow and rest your horses in this heat. Make sure after the ride to give them plenty of water. Ride safe.

~Steve Lykins

time is limited just join us for the Saturday dinner and festivities which include a live auction, a must have $5 table of treasures, 50/50 and door prize drawings. You don’t even need to have a horse to participate. Perhaps there is still room for you to ride the Saturday obstacle course put on by Cleveland Metroparks Mounted Police. A donation of $20 helps to see that there are some extras the unit might purchase.

Trails will either be marked or there will be guides and maps will be provided. These trails are considered easy for most riders and are wide and well groomed. For a flyer visit these websites, www.cuyahogacountyohc.com, or www.ohconline.com. From the Polo Field you can ride all the way to Geauga Parks Holbrook Hollow, loop around and back to the Polo Field. About a 16-mile round trip.

Riders have been enjoying the wonderful trails of the seven ‘Reservations’ in Cleveland Metroparks system that have bridle trails. All put together there are at least 100 miles of trail. Many Reservations connect. You can also ride Brecksville Reservations numerous trails and then ride to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park trails or ride the Parkway Trail which is linear to the Mill Stream Reservation some nine miles away and keep on riding till you want to turn back. You can get a permit via Cleveland Metroparks and camp at Brecksville Meadows Trailhead where you find hi-lines a mounting platform, and picnic table. This is primitive camping with potable water way across the ball field at the shelter where there is also a restroom. Ten to 12 trailers is about the maximum. You can also stay over at the Polo Field with a special permit. For small to larger groups and the same amenities.

Defiance

Greetings from Defiance, I hope everyone is doing well. Our chapter had a group ride camp weekend at the Bluffs in Camden, Mich., in June to relax after the fun show we do every year at Paulding County Fairgrounds. There’s a lot of planning and work to put on the show. But we know the kids look forward to it every year and the parents appreciate it as well.

Elliette Roughton took first place in the horseless horse project this year. Then onto the battlefields of Gettysburg, Michelle Miller has become very involved in doing these re-enactments and found out she has family history involved in the events at Gettysburg. The re-enactments are cool, exciting and kind of scary at the same time. You can try to prepare your horses at home for reactions but it’s a whole new ballgame while actually being in the live action. Great job and lots of pats to her horse Radar

I hope the rain that was much needed will help where is needed and you are able to ride when the sun shines, or just take your rain gear. Until next month happy trails and stay safe.

~Brandy Roughton

Delaware

Greetings from your friends in Delaware Chapter! There have been lots of fun activities taking place in our ‘neck of the woods’! A look back to earlier this summer saw our club members enjoying fellowship and clubfurnished pizza while gathering at Henmick Farm and Brewery. This fun establishment is located on N. Old State Road just a short distance from the Winterhawk West termination at Kilbourne on SR 521. It is accessible by horseback with tie areas available, plan to visit the next time you ride Winterhawk West trail.

The incredible volunteers who make up our trail maintenance crew continue to inspire awe and much appreciation for all the work that they accomplish on our Alum Creek State Park bridle trails. Keeping close to 40 miles of trails clear and as safe as possible is no easy task. One such area that saw work recently involved the creation of two new alternate trails or re-routes to bypass the platform known as Cougar’s Crossing on Winterhawk West trail. This platform is no longer in service and is slated to be dismantled soon. Please follow the orange ribbons and red paint on the trees that delineate the new go-arounds in this area.

Cuyahoga

Coming up on Sept. 2930 and Oct. 1, is the State OHC Ride where Cuyahoga, Medina and Summit Counties are joining together to ensure you have a wonderful time. Stay the weekend or ride for a day on the wonderful trails of Cleveland Metroparks. If your

These are just a few of the wonderful areas you can ride and don’t forget for a great day ride North Chagrin Reservation has a very large gravel trailhead and at least 11 miles of looping trails with some dog legs to enjoy as well. You need to bring water for yourself and horses but there is a porta and mounting platform as well as picnic tables.

Not an OHC member? Come on and join us as we would love to show you around. Membership forms are on the website.

Hope to see you on the trail!

~Penny Passalacqua

A big thank you to members, Gelene Heinlen (coordinator), Pat O’Connell, Kathy Kerr, Ruth Kimpel, Valerie Carlson, and Theresa Burke for their volunteer work on June 25 completing the first of three community service projects involving Adopt-AHighway litter pickup.

Sadly, our planned chapter ride for June had to be postponed due to inclement weather. We look forward to another opportunity to hold our ride and lunch outing, stay tuned for more details.

As of my writing for this issue, our Central Region ride and campout at AEP Fallon Park slated for July 14-16 has not yet occurred. I look forward to sharing highlights from this event in next month’s issue.

The focus of our Friday, Aug. 4 meeting will center around our chapter’s upcoming ‘Autumn at