Marianne Ryan wrote in a message to Vicki Nichols:
MR> I had no idea I was using a non-politically correct term.
MR> But in any  case I really do appreciate your help.
     Naw, we all grit our teeth and LAUGH at those idiots who think that 
Spook Hill has anything to do with anything but cattle and horses!  The old 
story was that something on the hill spooked a herd of cattle, once upon a 
time, and that's how it was named.  Didn't make the NAACP happy, though.  It 
was MORE than RIDICULOUS.  And, yes, there is a movement here to get rid of 
everything with SQUAW in its name...close to a hundred items, from Squaw Peak 
Mountain, Squaw Peak Expressway, etc.  It will cost tens of thousand of 
dollars to change signs, maps, etc.
MR> What part of Arizona are you in?  or better yet to ask what
MR> part are  you closest too, Mr. Ex lives near Camp Verde.  Is
MR> your weather still  just as hot?  Ours is cooling down.
     I am in Phoenix.  I like the area around Camp Verde but there's not much 
in the way of a good job up there for me, compared to the job I have 
now...that I fully intend to retire from as soon as I am eligible!  (Won't be 
in THIS decade, though!)
MR> When I went to Sausalito, CA on  Wednesday it was 110 in
MR> Sacramento and it was only 80 degrees there  what a
MR> difference.
     It has been around 102 - 105 here recently, but lots of evening 
thunderboomers so it is humid.  I think I am gonna just take off and go up 
north this weekend, ANYWHERE up north!
MR> So I take it your horses are raised for riding in rodeos? Is
MR> that  correct?
     Nope, my Appy gelding was born on a ranch and used as a cattle horse 
until the ranch owner got cancer and sold a lot of his stock.  Dub was at a 
riding stable owned by a friend of mine for about two weeks - Tommy was 
making money hand over fist renting Dub out about 8 hours a day - dudes 
really liked him because he did what they wanted to, but was fairly 
easy-going.  It's what made me fall in love with him.  Little did I realize 
that once he had a private stall and run, along with proper nutrition, and 
was only working a few hours a week, he would get an Appaloosa attitude!  He 
is MUCH more spirited now, and if I hadn't been taking lessons from an 
awesome trainer he would be more than I can handle.
     We use all three for stuff like team penning and team sorting just 
because there is a stable down the street that had it twice a week.  It was 
cheap entertainment, ANYONE on ANY HORSE can do well at it as it's got a lot 
to do with LUCK!  And it's really fun, especially when everyone else is doing 
it for fun.  I would never compete for money, though.
MR> have to have a  ranch close to the coast, either coast.  But
MR> I'm kind of interested in  the east coast around the Florida
MR> area due to the weather and great  diving year round But I'm
MR> sure I would miss my pinnipeds here.
     You don't have year 'round diving in California?
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