Vandals or the Wind?
Weren't those winds this past weekend something else?
A friend wanted to stop and fix the signs at Proctor Valley and San Miguel Road. She thought the wind had taken them down. I thought that they were the victim of something far more sinister.
Signs in disarray | Click on images to enlarge
These signs were pulled from the ground but ended up within a 10' circle. Strange . . . could happen. But you won't make me believe that the wind could pull a metal stand out of the sign on the right and not rip the plastic sign.
While I was there, I straightened up the flowers on the trailside memorial for David Ochoa and righted the candles.
"Descanso: A Spanish word meaning "resting place," commonly used for roadside crosses or markers commemorating a sudden death"—Wikipedia
I got a very sick feeling in my gut when I noticed that someone had kicked the heads off the ceramic horses planted in the ground. I don't believe that anyone would ride a horse over the memorial. I collected the plastic, miniature horses strewn everywhere and dug in the dirt with my hands to even the ground and stick them back in the earth.
Trailside "descanso" for David Ochoa | Click on images to enlarge
David Ochoa was a ten-year-old boy full of joy and laughter. He would run his horse pass my house at break-neck speed and I would run outside thinking it was a loose horse. But it was always David, smiling and waving at me as I waved back.
I was the President of Bonita Valley Horsemen when we were notified of David's untimely death in July 2013. Two weeks later, I had my own catastrophic horse accident on the same trail, less than a mile away. It took three months for my initial recovery and to learn to walk again.
I survived, little David did not. The injustice of it all has always made me feel more connected to him. He'd be 23 years old now.
One more thing . . .
I was at the Rohr Park Horse Arena yesterday, meeting up with some horse friends.
There is now a THIRD set of keys on the message board.
Please spread the word about where the keys are or text this out.
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