by Chris MacLuckie | Nov 22, 2019 | 5001, Horses, Photos, Reflection, Resources, Summary, Travel
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...
by Chris MacLuckie | Nov 13, 2019 | Reflection, Summary, Travel, Uncategorized
“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...
by Chris MacLuckie | Nov 2, 2019 | 5001, Horses, Reflection, Summary, Travel
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...
by Chris MacLuckie | Oct 13, 2019 | 5001, Horses, Photos, Reflection, Roxy, Tack, Travel, Video
“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...
by Chris MacLuckie | Oct 9, 2019 | 5001, Audio, Horses, Photos, Reflection, Travel, Video
“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...
by Chris MacLuckie | Oct 6, 2019 | 5001, Audio, Organic gardening, Photos, Reflection, Travel
https://5000milesofhope.org/podcast-player/218308/javier-perez-rocha-profile-and-interview.mp3Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 21:12 | Recorded on September 24, 2019Javier Perez Rocha is the owner of Rancho Santa Marina, an organic sheep cheese farm,...
by Chris MacLuckie | Sep 28, 2019 | 5001, Audio, Horses, Photos, Reflection, Travel, Video
“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....
by Chris MacLuckie | Sep 28, 2019 | 5001, Audio, Horses, Photos, Reflection, Summary, Travel, Video
“We can move water easily with plastic pipes. We can move shade around with nursery cloth like a tinker toy for animals and plants. Yet we have developed this necessity to grow food with chemical fertiliser because we have forgotten the magic of manure.”...