solo horse travel books, gear & bags
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In our community we are blessed with short steep hills and kilometers of quiet forest trails intersecting the various rural properties.
Have you ever used horse saddlebags? These specialty bags are added to the horse saddle when trekking or traveling far distances. These journeys could be a simple day trip, a weekend getaway, or a multi-month expedition. Travelers by horse navigate in two main ways. Either they travel in groups with riding horses and a string […]
Trialing the new to us work harness in preparation for logging season. Chris MacLuckieChris MacLuckies’ professional career began with a decade-long stint as an organic vegetable grower in Ontario Canada. His career is prolific in breadth and scope. He has farmed organics commercially, volunteered in Guatemala, ran a gardening business, raised and raced sled […]
The two breeds, Morgan horse, and Canadienne cow, are closely related due to proximity of origin – Quebec and northern USA. As many know, the Morgan is most similar to the Canadian horse.And what may surprise you, is that these cow and horse breeds are multi purpose, no-nonsense work animals.Surprise appearance by Inu, my farm […]
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 long ride and forged forward thru the majestic Mexican mountains and valleys, land of horse lovers and living legends.
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.
September 4, 2017 | Rockingham, Canada. Chris MacLuckie and purebred Morgan mare OTR She Roxs, b.2008.
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 long ride.
Here are my 5 takeaways from Month 5:
>Mexican Horse culture
>Cities and Towns
>Hoof care
>Teaching English
>Team
The horse culture in Mexico is pretty substantial. As I reached the Mexican altiplano…
“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.
