Come the Oklahoma Bad Girls Trail Riding Club
The job pulled by the Bad Girls (three strong) was good but we wanted more. We wanted more involvement, more gang members, more horses to stir up the dust. We sat in thoughtful silence on our bedrolls, sipping the strong hot coffee brewed over the blazing compfire that also provided us with warmth. Our mightly steeds stood strong, proud and quiet as we listened to the lonely song of the coyote. We were thankful that the moon was full and the stars brilliantly lined the skies as we wrote our plan in the earth and settled on Robber's Cave as home base for future members we would round up.
OK OK OK... we were really on the front porch sitting in patio chairs, drinking gourmet coffee with bailey's Irish Creme, the cat meowed incessantly, our mighty steeds were a Ford Mustang, a Mazda and a Jeep Cherokee. The job was out first trail ride and we did write a plan by the light of the bug zapper!!! But hey--- the dream was the same!!!
We started by planning a slumber party (yes, for adult, grown-up women), which turned into a trail ride/slumber party. For fun, we called it the Bad Girls Trail Riding Club and said we would keep it small. We made invitations, certificates, designed t-shirts and gave everyone names, you know, like, Annie Oakley, Ma barker, Miss Kitty, Calamity Jane... we wrote little stories about each one and had a ride. And it rained... and rained... and rained. Two horses took the attitude of Sitting Bull and would NOT load in their trailers but we eventually took off in a puddle of water to enjoy "our" weekend. Well, it rained and rained and rained! We never got on the horses, but we ate good, watched the movie "Bad Girls," and had our fun skit and talked about how great it would be to have a real club.
The second time to gather together there were just the three of us - Robber'sCave and the light of the silvery moon! Innovative as we are, we quickly fond out that you don't realy have to back the truck and trailer - just drive through the middle of camp to the place you want! This is simple!
One June evening, we pooled what resources we had, organized, wrote By-Laws, a Constitution and a Declaration, made membership cards, drew up a format for a Newsletter, applied for Not for Profit organization and planned another ride. Our first REAL organized ride was September 23, 1995 at - where else? - Robber's Cave. A real ride, a real club meeting, real dues paid and our membership went from 3 to 12 and nine months later we stood at 73 strong and still growing.
Bad Girls Trail Riding Club (BGTRC) is a ladies riding club in its THIRTEENTH year. Currently, we have planned a member meeting every quarter and additionally, we sponsor a ride each year, dubbed "The City slicker Ride" held at Robber's Cave State Park in Wilburton, OK, to which everyone can come. We are riding in holiday parades and we have lots of fundraisers in process, which will include everyone and anyone, and we are having a blast!!!
