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EVENTS 2008 - |
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UPCOMING EVENTS - Please watch this section for additional
happenings! Contact
abbie@goleatherwood
for more information or to make a suggestion. |
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March 15th - The Annual
Meeting of the Leatherwood Property Owners
Association will be held on Saturday, March 15th
at 1:00 PM in the Gathering Barn at Leatherwood. We
will be serving lunch at 12:00 noon, prior to the
meeting, so come and enjoy the entire afternoon at
Leatherwood. There will also be a Firewise Meeting
with the National Forest Service at 10:00 Saturday
morning. We will have coffee and doughnuts for those
who wish to attend. |
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March
22nd-23rd- Trail Clean up / Volunteer Marking - Please
call Abbie for more details, bring your ATV'S,
horses &
equipment. 336-973-5044 |
March
28th & 29th - Leatherwood Mountain Extreme Challenge 25/50
Endurance Ride -
Click Here for the 2008 Registration Form
Click Below to view photos of previous rides.
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April
24th - 27th - MerleFest |
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May
3rd - North Carolina Horse Shoers Association
Educational Clinic - Open to Farriers & horse
owners. 9am - 3pm in the covered pavilion |
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NEWS |
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Click Here to read the
December 2007 issue of Hoofbeats - our newsletter |
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Click Here to read the May
issue of Hoofbeats - our quarterly newsletter |
Leatherwood
televised on
UNC-TV NC weekend
May 10th 8pm & May 11th 9pm
Check your local listings
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5th Grader Ashley Broome’s
description of her perfect vacation destination
- Leatherwood Mountains |
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David & Anita
Hasbury-Snogles from England paid
Leatherwood a visit as their North Carolina
destination in their year long quest to ride
every state in America. You can follow
their travels through their website.
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Mary Lew Johnston -
Featured Graduate of Meredith
Manor Equine Program |
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Seeing sights on back of a horse –
A
wonderful News Paper Article about our own Ruth Anne
Everett |
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An
article about the 2006 NCHC Trail Ride & Meeting
www.nchorsecouncil.com/trail_ride_2006.htm |
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"A Turtle Guide to Completing
the Leatherwood Mountains Challenge" - by
Jim Holland for Endurance News and Southeast Equine
Monthly (PDF file) |
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Endurance race 2004 - pictures |
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Endurance race 2003 - pictures |
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My
Leatherwood Quest - by Howard Bramhall -
We left town in the middle of the night... Somehow, I
had convinced the wife that this was a prudent
course of action ... |
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The Challenge trail ride lives up to its name
Gossip being
what it is and the undercurrents of false
information all flowing strong to tantalize the
mind, body, and soul of any rider who dared to
challenge ... |
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Fun
Show
- pictures |
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My name is Amy and I'm 9 and I
love Leatherwood Mountains ...
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Sandhills Endurance Horse Race Winners from
Leatherwood |
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The Case of the Disappearing Horse
- She dismounted and held on to him as long
as she could, but he bolted and disappeared ... |
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Slide
at home definitely not "safe" - It had
sleeted about 4 inches, and ... |
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25
cents a question about Jeep - Paul lives
right beside highway 268, so he has to put up with a
lot of traffic, and sometimes that traffic stops and
he has visitors ... |
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Coonwatch, Bear sighted, Bear sunglasses, Let's play
"Chicken," Nearby spots of interest (Laura Foster’s
grave, Whipporwhill Academy), Holly’s fleet-footed
chicken, Skinny Dipping |
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July
fourth done right - pictures |
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HELPFUL LINKS |
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HORSE CAROLINA - a
horse marketplace for North and South Carolina |
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EQUINET - Horses,
products, etc. |
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NORTH CAROLINA HORSE NEWS |
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EQUIWORLD.NET -
Worldwide equine resources |
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PINNACLE LIVING -
Information on mountain living in the South |
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APPALACHIAN TRAIL |
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NC NATURAL - "North
Carolina's #1 Outdoor Adventure Resource" |
