Snotcicle Ride 2012: Steel Horses for Real Horses

[DirtyDog]

Third annual

An alternative motorcycle charity ride... benefiting Angel Horse Rescue
See HERE for the 2012 planning thread.
2011 - PICS, PLANNING
2010 - PICS, PLANNING

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What's the point? ... Well, back in 2009, a core group of ADV riders from Tulsa, OK decided we needed to adopt a charity. We watched the annual Toys for Tots Toy Run and knew that this sort of thing generally wasn't for us. Too much chrome and pirate garb.

We started shopping around for a rural charity- one that would not likely get much attention otherwise. Angel Horse Rescue fit the bill. We decided to plan a charity ride for winter, in order to further solidify the differences between the "hardcore dual-sporters" and the sunny day cruiser types. So we aptly named it the Snotcicle Ride- Steel Horses for Real Horses.

We gather and transport horse supplies and donations over various terrains (ALWAYS including some dirt).

We unload the donations and supplies at AHR for a lunch, then we head out and ride some gnarly trails nearby.

Here are some pics from this year.

Not too cold this morning.


Breakfast crew. JumpJet says, "Nom nom".


No pics from the ride out- cold hands and big gloves. Maybe someone else got some?

At AHR...
Entertainment from the chickens- especially the banty rooster.


Of course there were horses.



From left- _cy_, Newner, LewisMedlock, and FatBob.


A rider from Arkansas brought the beer...


... in his fridge!










Just needs a little mud.


Jungmann1's train horn.


The bikes are all pretty clean. For now.


I couldn't really get an accurate pic of all the loot that was donated today. Impressive.



The horse was a bit more shy than the chickens.


More in a bit...

[rocker59]

Enjoyed the day! Here are a few pics:

The turn out




The donations


Our host, on the right. Inmate "Redridinhood" on the left.


The horses






The dog


A former Tulsa Mountie Horse




ADVriders departing




One other Guzzi rider showed up. My good friend Michael D from Tulsa


An unexpected treat was Al's vintage Mack Truck collection.








A really nice winter day. A really nice turnout

[DirtyDog]

I think I counted 21+ bikes. Here's my attempt at listing all the inmates:

Fotobo + 2 bikes with family
Dickosaurus + spouse
Rocker59 + RedRidingHood
Newner
Tomski74
JumpJet
Dirt2007 + Brad (camo KLR)
_cy_
Shawnee Bill
Jungmann1
RedDirtJoe
DirtyDog
LewisMedlock
RLC
Z50StartedIt
FatBob
Jay547 + spouse
Who am I missing? Who was on the red Guzzi?
Edit: I guess it was Michael D. from Tulsa.

Various other family members were there too.

[Razorback Rider]

Great pics! what a good cause too. Enjoyed it. Thanks for the RR.

[JumpJet]

Great Day, Great Ride, Great Cause!

Sorry, I don't have any pics to share. Interested to see what shots exist of the afternoon ride.

[RedRockRider]

Nice work inmates. Good fun for a good cause.

Interesting old trucks, and the beer trailer also. Very innovative!

[DirtyDog]

Originally Posted by JumpJet

...Interested to see what shots exist of the afternoon ride.

Oh, there are some good ones. Just waiting for others to post pics of the "event" before I make things messy.



BTW- I logged 189 miles door-to-door. Not bad.

[JumpJet]

Well in the interim let me say:

Great job organizing this event Jason! Glad we can help the Angel Horse Rescue and they do a tremendous job with this event as well.

It was fantastic to see some ADV Riders that I haven't seen in a while and meet some new riders as well. Glad _cy_ could join us for his first ride with the group. Also, Brad has a winning attitude to sling through that mud all afternoon and keep smiling!

I particularly like the way this event has a breakfast component and a lunch component.

[DirtyDog]

After a wonderfully provided lunch of BBQ brisket, chicken, burgers, dogs, etc. we began dispersing here and there.

Some of us with off road capable bikes had a destiny with mud.

Here are some pics and videos of the carnage:


Some less-than-knobby tires were giving some of the crew a bit of trouble.
Rick and I found ourselves waiting a bit. But I got to check out this sweet footbridge while Rick tweeted the deets to all his facebook followers.



There was a bit of mud here and there.


And a bit of creek here and there.


Nothing a pro KLR rider can't handle.


Here are some pics taken by Dirt2007-











He survived that biff ^ by the way.
To be fair, I didn't make it up those wet ledges the first time either.

Here are some more pics taken by Dirt2007-










This man was a trooper. Street tires and little dirt experience on this bike.
He broke some parts and was ENTIRELY caked in mud, but he had fun. Glad you could join us.


Newner had an epic get-off right in front of me. When I finally got my bike shut down and raced over to help him, he was face-down and hadn't moved.
The bike was crossways on the trail and laying on his left leg. I feared the worst. He shook it off though.
Whew. I look forward to the bike damage report from that one.


First time this bike has seen so much mud. Adds some realism to the camo.


We survived the trails- exiting just at sunset. Time to put all our cold weather gear back on and head home.


Fun day, all. Let's do it again next year. Or earlier.

[DR650SEDDY]

Nice J.D.

[DirtyDog]

Update: received some communication from AHR and I told her I'd share...

"Hey there, just wanted to touch base with you on the ride. It was another outstanding success! It just gets bigger and better every year. Angel Horse Rescue received approx. $800 in cash donations, including some thru PayPal that couldn't attend, as well as a whole truckload of donated feed, supplements, wormer, tack, medical supplies, etc. My poor pickup was straining under the weight! Thank you again for another amazing event and for your support for the horses. Tamie Semler, President Angel Horse Rescue, Inc. www.angelhorserescue.org 501(c)3 non-profit organization"

Not bad. I think that was the biggest contribution so far.

Thanks again to all that attended or participated in any way.

[rocker59]