From The Saddle...Dawn Carrie

 Goethe Challenge Ride Manager, you and your team did a fantastic job with the ride...it was truly one of the best-run rides I've done.  :)  I had so much fun!  I'm a wildlife biologist...I work for the U.S. Forest Service in Texas...with the same endangered Red-cockaded Woodpeckers that I saw at Goethe.  I just got such a kick out of seeing them there in Florida, and during the ride, no less.  :)  I'm also an avid birdwatcher, and I tend to slow down during rides and listen to birds, watch them, etc., especially in areas with species that don't occur around where I live.

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