Category: Reflection | 5000 Miles of Hope

BIG POST- Part 5: Future Projects and Teaching

by Chris MacLuckie | Apr 21, 2019 | 5001, Books, Reflection, Summary, Travel

Part 5: FUTURE PROJECTS AND TEACHING Wherever and whenever I finish Trip #2, I look forward to teaching English and deepening my role as an educator. I want to teach somewhere where I can have nice stables or pasture for Roxy and nearby students for classes. I will...

PART 3- Reclaiming my dream

by Chris MacLuckie | Apr 19, 2019 | 5001, Reflection, Roxy, Travel

PART 3: RECLAIMING MY DREAM I’m setting up my next journey into being the ride of my life. An opportunity of a lifetime to ride and write, shoot and share. My first ride was all about getting down to Guatemala. We were on a mission to get there as fast as...

BIG POST- Part 1: My Time in Guatemala

by Chris MacLuckie | Apr 17, 2019 | 5001, Books, Horses, Reflection, Summary, Travel

Part 1: MY TIME IN GUATEMALA Before I set off on my next trip, I thought I share a bit about my backstory. This is a 5 part post about my backstory; what I’ve been up to the last half year since I finished the first long ride. What I’ve got planned for the...

Kickstarter Campaign Summary

by Chris MacLuckie | Mar 23, 2019 | Books, Reflection, Summary

I want to start by thanking everyone who ordered, read, shared and was part of our campaign. In terms of raising funds for printing professional photo books of our yearlong journey by horse we did not succeed. HOWEVER, the campaign was super successful in terms of...

Sacrifices

by Chris MacLuckie | Mar 16, 2019 | 5001, Books, Reflection, Travel

All of us make sacrifices for the lives we choose to live. My long ride from Canada to Guatemala has been chapter after chapter of sacrifices. Sacrifices I willingly made so I could reap the rewards… Before, during and after the ride many people have...

Taking off in the morning: ROADS

by Chris MacLuckie | Mar 5, 2019 | Books, Easyboot, Photos, Reflection, Summary, Travel

From our upcoming book: Taking off in the morning is sweet. The road ahead beckons. You know you and your horse can do it…. Once you’re on the road the day is wide open. I usually started by walking beside Roxy. I’d walk to loosen up the...

“Connectivity” and social media

by Chris MacLuckie | Mar 3, 2019 | Books, Reflection, Summary, Travel

I spent the 5 and a half years before our trip living in areas with really poor cell reception, or none at all. Rural Canada is notoriously bad for service. The 2 years before take off I lived without a phone number in a little cabin homestead with some farm...

The Beginning

by Chris MacLuckie | Feb 26, 2019 | Books, Horses, Reflection, Roxy, Summary

I bought my first horse in the summer of 2014, for the trip I just finished last September. I bought Roxy a little over 4 years ago to accompany Jingles. In the beginning, I made so many mistakes with the 2 of them, I’m so glad Jingles was dead broke and...