14/ NOVEMBER 2021 THE RIDER


2021 Ontario Trail Riders Association Board of Directors


President Sonja Wyss 705-434-7947 info@barefoot-saddlecanada.ca


Secretary Laurie Panagiotou 905-807-2786 lauriep1@live.ca


Treasurer/Membership Elaine Wiesner 519-940-1710 elaine.a.wiesner@gmail.com


Website Development Tina Kerst 416-907-6051 tiamiadart@gmail.coma


Directors at Large Karen Plume, 519-604-4020, kp59ca@gmail.com Cathy Togeretz, 519-465-1758, cathytogeretz@sympatico.ca


Area Representative Elaine Wiesner 519-940-1710 elaine.a.wiesner@gmail.com


Sandra Kendall, 905-939-8356, rlsophia29@gmail.com Lana English, 519-658-3489, lanaenglish@sympatico.ca


9045 20 Sideroad, Tosorontio, Lisle, ON L0M 1M0 • www.ontariotrailriders.ca


OTRA and its members represent the equestrian trail user with Ontario Equestrian and Equestrian Canada. We welcome your membership to help support the voice of OTRA on your behalf. Visit our Facebook Page


The Ontario Trail Riders Association Inc, estab- lished in 1970, is an equestrian organization which promotes recreational trail riding and the creation, development, preservation and safe use of trails.


Welcome to the ‘long-john’ season!


Welcome to the ‘long-john’ season! We have made it to the end of the year


... almost! The Fall weather has been quite reasonable in regards to temperatures and I hope riders have had plenty of opportunity to head out and enjoy the beautiful scenery with their horses and friends. Looking back at this time last year, the


executive was working on this year’s ride schedule and of course, like many things this year, most of the OTRA overnight camping trips ended up being cancelled for obvious reason (still trying not to use the C’-word!).


be greatly appreciated. In the meantime, I hope everyone has had a chance to take out all their freezable liquids from their trailers, emptied black and grey water and blew their water lines, and changed their towing vehicle tires to winter ones. I am ahead of myself this year and have just started charging all my batteries for the heated vest, gloves, and socks I purchased last to stay warm this win- ter! Happy Trails…


Submitted by Sonja Wyss, OTRA President 2021


Requirements: If a non-mem- ber, please see ride organizer and pay day fee: all participants must sign a waiver and show proof of liability insurance.


Well, we are at it again, hoping 2022 will have 5 ride’n campouts in the Dufferin Main Tract, 3 in the Dun- das Valley, 1 in South Algonquin, 1 Otter Creek, and maybe a few more depending on our members avail- ability to organize them. The only OTRA ride that


would have been a go in September ended up being cancelled by us as the forecast had called for a severe


rain and flood advisory that week- end. Lana, Laurie and I were the only ones registered for this trip and even though the campsites were all booked up for a make-up weekend, Tammy Donaldson at South Algo- nquin Trail Rides was kind enough to squeeze the three of us in the week later. We ‘grabbed’ it and ended up having a fabulous week- end, exploring and scouting out the


new to us trail system in Algonquin for future endeavours. The scenery was beautiful, the colors gorgeous, and Laurie’s strong coffee in the morning unbeatable. This is defi- nitely a ride we would like to make an annual one (or two)! We are also currently looking


at dates in the spring of 2022 for our AGM and any input from members regarding time and location would


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