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Sneak Peak of the San Martin Horse Parade
November 3rd, 2018. Also my dad's birthday. Happy Birthday...
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Roxy and I made it to San Andres Itzapa, home of Maya Pedal, in September 2018. Over 375 days, we travelled 6700 kms by horse and 1100 kms in trailer. It was a blast. That's the 4 word summary! If you like nature photos spend some time checking out this site. There...
The Zaragoza Horse Parade
El desfile hípica de Zaragoza en espanol. Zaragoza is known as the little Spain of Guatemala. The streets are laid out in grid formation like nearby Antigua. The Catholic Church is massive and beautiful. I heard about the parade thru my new friends at SABESA/ World...
5000 miles of hope trip summary
In a nutshell, it was pretty awesome... More than anything, I learned what a truly extraordinary horse will do for you, and that extraordinary horses are the stuff of legends. I prepared for 3 years before setting off. I bought 2 horses specifically for the trip but I...
Riding around San Andres Itzapa
As Roxy healed up, I settled into town and life here. I started walking Roxy... Then I started riding her. It took 6 weeks for the wound to completely heal, and 3 weeks for it to heal enough to ride. It's luck and a blessing that nothing worse than this happened. Here...
Getting Roxy Tired Part 3
Roxy got tired in Oaxaca. We rode 672 kilometers in 30 days from the top to the bottom of that Mexican state. Many days were above 35c by noon, and hardly went below 30c at night. The feed was bad, the pavement hard, the miles long, the temperature hot. Roxy got...
Hello from San Andres Itzapa
In the last 3 months I didn't post much on the blog. There are a few reasons for this: 1. Riding thru Oaxaca took all of my energy. 2. It also took all of Roxy's energy, resulting in time off for some slight lameness to subside. 3. I was finishing my online TEFL...
The Guatemalan border to San Andres Itzapa, home of Maya Pedal
Our first night in Guatemala was kind of sketchy. We were staying in a cheap hotel that had some grass in the yard. The next morning we left El Carmen and rode to Malacatan. This was Roxy's first ride since getting the hoof inflammation 2 weeks earlier. It was an easy...
Morgan Mares !!!
This is when I get to brag about my horse. A purebred registered MORGAN mare. NOT a mustang... A tough as nails, easy keeping, hard hooved, forward going horse from SHOW lines. A horse whose ancestry shone thru the recent breedings. A horse that screamed: MORGAN TOUGH...
Chiapas and the Guatemalan border
As we went upwards out of the coastal lowlands we found cooler weather. The countryside was nice but it was still rather scarce horse wise. I had a fun few days out of the heat. We made it to Tuxtla where we planned to rest up for a week while waiting for new...
2nd half of Puebla and Oaxaca
We rode south from Tecamachalco, halfway down Puebla, saying goodbye to my friends from that town. The terrain was flat and the roads wide, until Tehuacan. Afterwards, the high plains ended, and the narrow canyons began as I entered Oaxaca. The north part of Oaxaca to...
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Preparing to Enter Guatemala
We are getting close to the Guatemalan border!!! I've been really loving Mexico. It's a wonderful, friendly country full of great people, scenery and food. But I'm also excited to cross into the country I called home for a while, all those years ago. It will be a...
Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, and 1/2 of Puebla
I'm writing this post while in the middle of Puebla. I'm surrounded by 3 volcanoes and all around me is the vast agricultural altiplano. I made it here today since arriving into Hidalgo a few weeks ago. The day I entered Hidalgo, I stayed at the famous hot springs of...
Mile 3300 / 275 days on the road
(Cover photo courtesy of Jacinta Maria Peregrovas) I wrote this post while taking some days off at Rancho el Rosal just outside of Pachuca, Hidalgo. It's been 275 days on the road, and we have covered 3300 miles, or 5280 kilometers. That's 12 miles a day or 365 miles...
Orthoflex saddle panel modifications
I started using the old Orthoflex Traditional at mile 970 of my trip. As I mentioned in a previous post about using memory foam as a saddle pad, I was getting some chafing in the rear loin area at about 700 miles into the new saddle. In Louisiana, at mile 900 with the...
San Luis Potosi and Queretaro
Once I crossed from Doctor Arroyo towards Matehuala I was now in San Luis Potosi. I travelled thru this state for 2 weeks before entering Queretaro. I travelled in Queretaro for another 2 weeks before entering Hidalgo at El Geiser. We rode 340 miles in in 25 days. 18...
Caring for my horse on a 5000 mile journey
This post is for the people who have no clue how I'm caring for Roxy. Those who assume I'm overusing her or abusing her. It's also for the curious and interested. 3 years ago, I bought Roxy specifically for this trip. I wanted a fast walker that was tough. She was...
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