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nice creek crossing. Reservations are required and a $10 payment in advance will secure your spot. Preference will be given to Delaware Chapter members first. Trailer parking is limited so get your reservation soon. Contact Theresa Burke for more details. Until next month, enjoy your time spent with your equine partner. Happy Trails!

~Theresa Burke

ERIE

Alum Trail Ride and Campout’ scheduled for Friday, Sept. 8 through Sunday, Sept. 10. This event is our chapter’s main fundraiser with proceeds going towards trail maintenance. As is tradition, we will hold our potluck-style, ‘Decadent Dessert Buffet’ on Friday night beginning at 7 p.m. at the Howard Road horse camp. Bring your favorite dessert to share! Our Saturday evening festivities get underway at 6 p.m. beginning with a potluck dinner. Don’t forget to bring your piggy bank as the evening’s entertainment includes silent auction items, door prizes, 50/50 raffle and more! Spend the day riding our beautiful Alum Creek bridle trails. Guides will be available upon request, just let us know in advance. Come for a day ride or choose to camp overnight. Campers must make their own reservations through Reserveohio.com.

Also taking place this month is our ‘Trail Fun Day’, at Brenda Webster’s Black Swan Farm, Ostrander, Ohio, on Saturday, Aug. 26 from 9 a.m. to noon. During our visit, riders can ride either in Brenda’s spacious indoor arena, outdoor grass track, work through the numerous outdoor trail obstacles as well as enjoy a pleasant trail ride featuring a

Greetings from Erie County! September 9 is the date for our annual Poker Ride at Edison Woods Erie Metro Park. This event will be at the Smokey Road trail head (8111 Smokey Road, Berlin Heights 44814). The event starts at 9 a.m. with registration ending at 12 p.m. Come and join us for a beautiful ride through Edison Woods. Ride a wellmarked course at your own pace. This is not a timed event. Children and riders of all experience levels are welcome. Cash prizes for the top hands, door prizes, Chinese auction, 50/50 and more. Lunch will be provided from 12-2 p.m. This is a fundraiser to benefit bridle trails and equine activities. See you there!

The weather has been good in N. Ohio. We have received adequate rain to help out the gardens and the pastures. Our members have been riding a lot everywhere! A few of us experienced high winds and very large hale, but we survived. Horsemen are a hardy bunch.

The Mason Road Pollinator Garden with many native perennial pollinator plants has survived the winter well. The park asked us last year if we could put in a Pollinator Garden over the septic field up on Mason Road. Plans were submitted and approved. Native plants were provided by Mulberry Creek Herb Farm (certified organic) and club members. Maintenance this year was provided by gardening members, pulling new weeds, planting new plants and laying new mulch. It will only get better and bigger from here on. Check it out when you are up on Mason Road trailhead. It is beautiful.

Terry Hozalski is the third of our top three milage riders to be highlighted in our Corral article. Terry and her horse Dixie won the high mileage award with the most miles ridden in 2022. Dixie is a 5-year-old Blue Roan Tennessee Walker and current riding partner.

Terry began her equine adventures nine years ago. Her first horse was an older Morgan who retired on her farm as a pasture pet. Then Susie, a black and white Tennessee Walker, came into her life. She fell in love with the Tennessee Walker breed. Known for their gliding gaits that are comfortable to ride, quickly fueled her passion for trail riding and horse camping! Of all Terry’s riding destinations, Cook Forest and the famous Red Rock Ride are on the top of her list. However, Terry was quick to note that Edison Woods is still her absolute favorite local place to ride! Why? The diverse terrain is what catches her heart. You can ride all day in meadows, woods, up hills, down wide or narrow paths, and find your way back. The trails are very well marked. Her adventurous spirit continues as her plans for riding in Wyoming are scheduled for September. You can often find Terry either horse camping or people camping on the weekends, enjoying nature’s finest. Thank you for sharing your memories and your love of horses. Life is better on the trail!

~Shelley Hayes

Fairfield

Our chapter had a wonderful Memorial holiday weekend at Hocking Hills Horseman’s camp. Friday night the McGuire family hired a singer to come in and entertain us and Saturday night our president, Chris Streitenberger, fried up a large batch of Crappie for all the members to enjoy. It was a weekend to remember.

In June, many of our members traveled to Shawnee National Forest in Illinois. They camped at High Knob Horse Camp and shared plenty of beautiful pictures on our Facebook group page. While there, they visited Cowboy Hideout, Sand Cave, Dead Horse Canyon and Garden of the Gods.

Our next scheduled rides are Dillon Aug. 11-13 and our Annual Labor Day ride at Scioto Trails Aug. 31 through Sept. 4. Everyone is invited to our annual state ride at Scioto, if you haven’t attended before you are really missing out. On Friday evening our club provides a pulled pork dinner, live entertainment and there is usually some dancing. Saturday there is a poker run, cookie/brownie contest, potluck dinner, 50/50 and door prize drawing. Sunday, breakfast is provided to all and silent auction winners are announced. The cost is $20/rig. For more information on this event contact our President Chris Streitenberger at cstreite@gmail.com We hope to see you all there.

~Tanna Rhoads

Fulton

This summer has seen another limiting factor thrown at us that impacts our comfort and health. In addition to the heat and humidity, we now have to factor in air quality when we plan our outdoor activities. In spite of this, our members have racked up an impressive amount of time and trail miles riding. In June, a couple groups camped at Farmland and rode at Waterloo in Michigan and others returned to Pleasant Hill Lake Park and Van Buren in Ohio. The trip to Cooks Forest Trail Ride and Dude Ranch in Pennsylvania was