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Horsing Around Ueda Parkway during Creek Week 2005!
By Bill Templin
This year Creek Week offered a new activity, a horseback tour of the
Ueda Parkway! The idea was Barbara Eggleston's and it was a good one.
What a great way to spend a beautiful Sacramento Saturday morning in
spring. It had been quite a while since I had last ridden a horse,
but as they say -It's just like riding a bike, it comes right back
to you.- This ride was held on an absolutely beautiful spring day and
was well timed between all of those rainstorms. The scenery in the
Ueda Parkway and Hansen Ranch was beautifully pastoral and the view
from horseback was much better than on foot.
Barb borrowed this cute little pony to ride, as her horse was under
the weather on this day. Thanks to Barbara Longo for loaning me a
horse to ride and to all of the attendees who provided me so much
encouragement and guidance.
The wild flowers and waterfowl were in abundance but only about ten
horse persons enjoyed this first year's ride. Hopefully next year many
more people will be able to enjoy the experience, and I highly
recommend that they do!
For more information on Ueda Parkway you can visit
the Natomas Journal's Ueda map
and the Journal's Place In the City
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Sacramento Urban Creeks Council 4855 Hamilton Street Sacramento, California 95841
phone (916) 454 - 4544 email: ucc@arcadecreekrecreation.com
site manager: input@sacto-ucc.org
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