Month 6 | THE LAST MONTH
Month 6 | THE LAST MONTH of 5001: Mexico a Caballo I’m putting the 4 weeks of Month 6 together because they are the final four weeks of our second solo journey. 4 weeks spent resting Roxy and getting set up with an English teaching job. I rode very little for...
Month 5 | Takeaways
Here are my 5 takeaways from Month 5: *Mexican Horse culture *Cities and Towns *Hoof care *Teaching English *Team Mexican Horse culture The horse culture in Mexico is pretty substantial. As I reached the Mexican altiplano, the ranch horses of the coast were...
UNAM Equine Reproduction Campus | Profile and Interview
https://5000milesofhope.org/podcast-player/218989/unam-equine-reproduction-campus-profile-and-interview.mp3Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 14:00 | Recorded on October 1, 2019 Welcome to UNAM Equine Reproduction, Santillan Campus, Queretaro,...
WEEK 22 | Mexico a Caballo
“But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint”. Edmund Burke WEEK 22 | Mexico a Caballo El Milagro, Queretaro to San Juan del Río...
WEEK 21 | Mexico a Caballo
“All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.” Christopher Morley WEEK 21 | Mexico a Caballo DAY 147 | Riding outside the Megapolis of Queretaro. NO THANKS!!! 5000milesofhope.org Posted by...
WEEK 20 | Mexico a Caballo
“Sometimes our power resides not in what we do, but in what we don’t do.” Paulo Coelho WEEK 20 | Mexico a Caballo Huichapan, Hidalgo to Colón, Queretaro | 3 days riding, 65 kms. DÍA 139 | With Gil Cabrera and La Reyna. Cadereyta de Montes, Queretaro....
WEEK 19 | México a Caballo
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Author and organic grower Chris MacLuckies’ journey into commercial agri-culture began through a government sponsored, Canadian Organic Growers (COG) endorsed apprenticeship, outside of Hamilton, Ontario.
Since then he has farmed organics commercially, volunteered in Guatemala, ran a gardening business, raised and raced sled dogs, tended his livestock, and ridden his horses. Over the last 20 years he has worked on over a hundred gardens and farms. Chris is a certified TEFL ESL English Teacher and author of several books.
As of September 2017 he is on horseback exploring food, farms and horses across North America.