On a rainy New Years Day, I embarked on an adventure unlike any other. With just the belongings that fit behind my saddle, I mounted my horse Apollo and rode away from everything I knew and loved to explore America by horseback. The next four years would bring me to over 10,000 miles of roads and towns that I had never visited before and where I knew nobody. I would ride through all kinds of weather, in the mountains and across the plains, with near constant pain from the sheer level of exertion necessary to travel in the saddle, and as often on my own feet, day after day after day. I would only reach my goal of riding to all 48 contiguous states by the tenacity to keep going, the kindness of strangers, and a whole lot of luck.This collection of short stories and regional recipes tells but a small part of the many adventures Apollo and I experienced on our journey. This third part covers the Midwestern states from June to October 2018. Our story continues in the fourth collection: Northeast.

On a rainy New Years Day, I embarked on an adventure unlike any other. With just the belongings that fit behind my saddle, I mounted my horse Apollo and rode away from everything I knew and loved to explore America by horseback. The next four years would bring me to over 10,000 miles of roads and towns that I had never visited before and where I knew nobody. I would ride through all kinds of weather, in the mountains and across the plains, with near constant pain from the sheer level of exertion necessary to travel in the saddle, and as often on my own feet, day after day after day. I would only reach my goal of riding to all 48 contiguous states by the tenacity to keep going, the kindness of strangers, and a whole lot of luck.This collection of short stories and regional recipes tells but a small part of the many adventures Apollo and I experienced on our journey. This second part covers the Mountain West states from June to November 2017. Our story continues in the third collection: Heartland.

On a rainy New Years Day, I embarked on an adventure unlike any other. With just the belongings that fit behind my saddle, I mounted my horse Apollo and rode away from everything I knew and loved to explore America by horseback. The next four years would bring me to over 10,000 miles of roads and towns that I had never visited before and where I knew nobody. I would ride through all kinds of weather, in the mountains and across the plains, with near constant pain from the sheer level of exertion necessary to travel in the saddle, and as often on my own feet, day after day after day. I would only reach my goal of riding to all 48 contiguous states by the tenacity to keep going, the kindness of strangers, and a whole lot of luck.This collection of short stories and regional recipes tells but a small part of the many adventures Apollo and I experienced on our journey. This first part covers the Pacific states from January to June 2017. Our story continues in the second collection: Mountains.

On a rainy New Years Day, I embarked on an adventure unlike any other. With just the belongings that fit behind my saddle, I mounted my horse Apollo and rode away from everything I knew and loved to explore America by horseback. The next four years would bring me to over 10,000 miles of roads and towns that I had never visited before and where I knew nobody. I would ride through all kinds of weather, in the mountains and across the plains, with near constant pain from the sheer level of exertion necessary to travel in the saddle, and as often on my own feet, day after day after day. I would only reach my goal of riding to all 48 contiguous states by the tenacity to keep going, the kindness of strangers, and a whole lot of luck.This collection of short stories and regional recipes tells but a small part of the many adventures Apollo and I experienced on our journey. This fourth part covers the Great Lakes states from May to October 2019. Our story continues in the fifth collection: Atlantic.

A highly illustrated guide to simple yet effective methods for keeping horses sound, healthy, and performing their best. Over time, horses (like people) acquire postural habits, compensate for soreness and injury, and develop poor movement patterns. This limits performance ability, causes unsoundness and health issues, and ultimately undermines the horse's overall well–being. Jec Aristotle Ballou has made a name for herself advocating for the horse and providing sensible instruction in his schooling, conditioning, and care. Her bestselling books and popular clinics are designed to enable any horse person to correctly apply proven principles that bring measurable progress while avoiding boredom and confusion. In her latest collection of mounted and unmounted corrective exercises, Ballou demonstrates how we can actively work to improve the horse's posture and movement, whether he is: An active performance or pleasure mount. An aging or older horse that benefits from gentle exercise. A horse being rehabilitated following injury, illness, or lack of conditioning. Ballou's positive cross–training techniques are free of shortcuts, and her guidelines for analyzing the horse's posture and way of going help readers gain a new awareness of the equine body. Applicable for all disciplines and full of quality color photographs to explain the exercises, this is an integral collection that optimizes how the horse uses his body and helps ensure he stays sounder and healthier for more years of his life.

For thousands of years we have travelled on horseback but until now no one has shown us the way.The Horse Travel Handbook, a field guide drawn from its parent edition The Encyclopaedia of Equestrian Exploration, is the most authoritative work of its kind and contains the hard-earned wisdom gained by hundreds of Long Riders during centuries of equestrian travel. The concise, easy-to-use volume covers every aspect needed to successfully complete a journey by horse, including how to organize the trip, plan a route, choose the proper equipment and purchase horses. Traditional challenges such as loading a pack saddle, avoiding dangerous animals, fording rivers and outwitting horse thieves are covered here along with ingenious solutions to modern dilemmas like crossing international borders, surviving vehicle traffic and negotiating with hostile bureaucrats. This handbook covers all aspects of equine welfare including feeding, watering, saddling and health care. Technical details such as daily travel distance, where to locate nightly shelter and ways to avoid cultural conflicts are among the hundreds of specific topics examined. Equestrian explorers have special linguistic needs. Vital words such as hay and farrier are not found in standard phrase-books. A special appendix contains the Equestionary that provides images of objects and situations most likely to be of use when language is a barrier. Created by the founder of the Long Riders' Guild after decades of travel and study, this comprehensive book is filled with the indispensable knowledge needed to resolve problems, overcome hardships and avoid dangers while travelling. Just as importantly, it empowers readers to turn their dream into a life-changing equestrian journey.

Equestrian Adventuresses Series: Book 4 "Have Breeches Will Travel" Read the complete series! "My finger was broken. My horse lay three and a half feet below me, sprawled flat out in knee-deep mud. I asked myself for the millionth time: how did I get here?" Travel to Romania, Morocco, Namibia, Italy, Greenland and more as you embark on countless adventures in the saddle. In this book you will journey along a future pipeline to try and stop it from being built. You'll discover the wild's of the Namibian Khalahari desert as you gallop alongside giraffes. And you'll find yourself getting hired for a job as a trail guide completely by accident. This heartwarming book is full of inspirational stories written by a variety of authors who put their big girl breeches on and traveled the world on horseback. Here's some of what you'll find in this book... Shadow an Equine Vet in Namibia, Africa as you rescue a baby Oryx in distress Journey across the Moroccan sands to the sea on a trip that will take you over a month to complete on horseback Get blacklisted from the Country of Romania Ride alongside icebergs in Greenland and take a ride in a helicopter Plus much, much more! Scroll up and download your copy today! This book is perfect for riders wanting to travel on horseback to exotic countries around the world. Order your copy today!