Off Topic Mongolia Campaign

[Jake Levi]

Thanks Charlie Horse! And yes, I agree... they're more like ponies I would also love to see how they raise their animals. I know they bring the baby goats inside at night when they are tiny to keep them warm. I'm also told they don't eat young animals, that they prefer to let them grow old and then eat them (hence the mutton and not lamb). If it weren't so cold there I'd consider going there and living. My friend who is married to a Mongolian said that you can only own land in the city. One cannot own land on the steppes and plains,so you can literally go put a ger up anywhere (except in an environmentally protected area). Pretty awesome.
And as for the unemployed pony - I'm sure he'll appreciate the break! Bring your ger to the Oregon rendy!

Nope, they are horses, 14-15 hands average. For sure, bring the ger !!

I also would love to go there for 5-6 mos, and a ger would be the place to stay. I love Mongolian bows, take a long time to make with allowing each layer of glue to dry. I make Plains Indian style bows now, backed with sinew when I have it. I am trying to come up with a good way to hang or pack my bowhorse for when I want to make a trip. Carving bow staves is a great way to spend an afternoon or evening. The Mongolian horn bows are a treasured thing to have.

The reindeer are centered up around Lake Havasul(sp?) but the rest are all through the country.

I'd also live there but its too long an umbilical to the VA. So here I am. But thankfully there are a LOT of VA clinics etc around the country.

Being as much that the Rendy is so far fom here I am debating trying to finish the RV by Rendy time, bringing it, and two Kiko kids, and afterwards trailering south to AZ with a stop to visit in Utah. Once in AZ looking for a place to park the Wagon and spend the winter there.

Any particularly good camping and hiking areas in AZ that are goat friendly? I know there are a LOT of goats and sheep there, especially on the reservations.