@Zu Zu :lol:
Don’t wanna scare competitors at my assigned hazard! :eek:
:lol: Select one
A. your water hazard
or
B. you’re the water hazard
:lol: you’re always fun !
They are lucky to have your help !
Enjoy your day ! 
This is great news!
Rebecca
And again, more FUN than s/b legal.
Arrived a tad earlier than anticipated, so got assigned to the vet check.
I directed traffic as entries were coming off both A & B courses at the same time,
I learned how things went, was impressed by how many horses were so fit they looked like they had just come back from a leisurely drive.
Organizers/Hosts - Indiana Whips and Wheels I[/I] - again treated volunteers like valued guests.
Sack lunches delivered by golfcart, along with cold drinks & snacks.
Pizza, wine & cheese at the Awards afterwards.
I drove to my assigned station after lunch - Obstacle #1 (no longer called Hazards?) for Intermediates.
I learned how to time, watched as 6 horses & 2 VSEs got through in blazing times - 5 gates, 4 in the water, slowest was 1:00:54 & that was not one of the minis!
And…
I learned Marathon for Training is a mere 5 Obstacles :eek:
Even my aged brain s/b able to remember that!
I was mistakenly thinking it would be comparable to the ADS Pleasure Cross Country that - at Villa Louis - has 32 obstacles for VSE.
So hopefully next year Bugs will be fit enough to give try Marathon.
If not, we will do the CT & volunteer again.
Anyone in the near - or even not so - vicinity should come & give this CDE a try.
Hoosier Horse Park is lovely, IW&W run a great event & … cannot think of enough Good Things to say :love-struck:
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Glad you had fun, and VSEs are rarely the slow ones - they can turn WAY too fast and cut corners no horse a chance of making.
Just a point. In Pleasure Driving the cross country obstacles are mostly gates defining the course without too many choices on your path.
In a CDE each of the 5 obstacles will have up to 4 gates each for training level with several possible paths for each obstacle.
@Christa P Thanks for the clarification.
As a relative Newb to both Driving (~6yrs in, 2 with my mini) & ADS competitions in general, my brain assumed Cross Country Pleasure & Marathon were pretty much the same, except for speed.
Bugs (mini) & I have actually played with Marathon hazards - both in water & out - at this same park during the Ntl Drive.
While it’s true minis can take the turns quicker, once we are into a gate it becomes more of a tunnel/hallway for us
At 34" once we are in, neither one of us can see over the top of a gate. :no:
Not a problem for him, as he is listening to my cues. But I need to keep my focus pretty sharp to see my way out!
That, and I need waterproof britches in the Water! Knee-deep to horses is belly-deep to us :o
In riding terms a pleasure marathon is an optimum time Hunter pace, a cde marathon is an eventing cross country course.
Actually CDEs were modelled after the old long format eventing.
Gotcha
Glad it all worked out and you had fun !!! 
Well done! I’m so glad you had such fun!
Thanks @Zu Zu & @skydy If only this venue was closer…
On the Plus Side: I met a gal who runs an ADS Pleasure show in WI - half the distance of Villa Louis.
Guess where Bugs & I are going next year ðŸ˜
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So nice to hear everything fell into place for your first Volunteer effort! Sounds like a great time for you. I am sure Competitors were glad you came!!
@goodhors Of all the disciplines I’ve volunteered with, Eventers & CDE drivers are the friendliest & always thank the volunteers. ðŸ‘
