Getting Roxy Tired | Part 4
Today I’m going to talk about Roxy and her health 2 and a half years after setting off from Canada. I gave Roxy a nickname back then, in the years before I left for Guatemala: Cocaine… She was the devil, fun and dangerous, always wanting to go hard. Hard...
2019 》》》2020 – Wishing you the Best!
As the year nears the end, and the weather is cool or downright cold, it’s the time for taking stock of what passed while setting sights on the year ahead. 2019 was pretty great for Roxy and I. After we managed to make it out of Guatemala, we began our second...
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...
Preparation and Persistence
“Stretch your mind |Adapt |Hang loose and be ready…Otherwise get left behind…” Chris MacLuckie This was the first day of my first journey by horse. But it was 3 years after dedicating myself completely to learning what I needed to endure a year...
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...
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...OUR SPONSORS
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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.