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Ride Manager: Holly Foiles Trail Manager: Alexandra North
In the 1800s Buck Meadows was known as Hamilton Station Ranch. It became a stage stop on the way
to the Old Big Oak Flat Road into Yosemite. The original Buck Meadows Lodge was built as a bunkhouse/cafeteria for the men building the Hetch Hetchy Dam on the Tuolumne River.
In 1978 Ride Manager Holly’s parents purchased the run down building and reopened the Restaurant and
slowly built up the motel rooms. Holly moved her horses up in 1980 and then herself in 1981. It was
a dream come true to live in a place you can get onto the forest and go forever.
The Buck Meadows Boogie Ride began as fantasy thinking about how to share the great place we live
and play in with our fellow riders. Holly Foiles and Anita Fiondella had been training together
for 5 years when in 2006 they decided to go ahead and try to put on a ride combining a lot of
the things they saw other ride managers do into a wonderful event. That 1st April ride was
postponed as the highway collapsed 4 days before the ride and it went on in June of that year.
2011 is bringing something new. This will be our 5th ride and FEI for the 1st time. We are doing
the 2 day format,75/50/25 miles Saturday and 50/25 miles on Sunday. We welcome back all the
returning riders and all the new riders. | 
