Category: Travel | 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...

BIG POST- Part 4: Making my Dream Real

by Chris MacLuckie | Apr 20, 2019 | 5001, Books, Photos, Travel, Video

PART 4: MAKING THE DREAM REAL To make this long forgotten dream of shooting and sharing come true I need to up my device game. I’ve been shooting with an old Galaxy S5, the camera is decent but it’s not a pro set up by ANY means! The other day I...

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 2: Our Next Trip

by Chris MacLuckie | Apr 18, 2019 | 5001, Horses, Photos, Travel

PART 2: OUR NEXT TRIP Roxy and I are heading back on the road in May. We’ll be heading north to Mexico where we will ride around for a year or so. 5001 Mexico a Caballo promises a much different ride from our first one. First off, we aren’t going anywhere...

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...

SABESA saddle bags, creams and workshops

by Chris MacLuckie | Apr 3, 2019 | 5001, Books, Travel

I went to drop off my saddle bags with my friend Otto at SABESA…He’s a farrier, trimmer, leather worker and saddle maker. He made these saddle bags for me but now we are going to get some new logos put into the leather. As I was waiting I chatted with my...

Chasing Green Grass

by Chris MacLuckie | Mar 30, 2019 | 5001, Books, Horses, Roxy, Summary, Tack, Travel

Roxy is rocking it these days. We’ve been doing some short intense rides and we’ve improved her diet since February. We had some poor feed in January and February, but we got a better source of hay in March. We also started adding soy into the Omelina 300...

5000 Miles of Hope Store Launch -April 12, 2019.

by Chris MacLuckie | Mar 23, 2019 | 5001, Audio, Books, Resources, Travel, Video

In the last couple weeks it all came together for me. I realized the best way for me to ride AND write is to focus on short, medium, and full length digital files. I can make them well when I have the time and roll them out on an ongoing basis, without having to worry...