I’m supposed to tell you it sucks. I’m supposed to tell you people are not nice here. Views are terrible. Nothing to do. No one does anything fun. Don’t come here. You’ll hate it. But I’m sorry… I can’t. Because… I’m in love with this state. And the people. And the views. And the greatest… Read more

He’s nothing fancy.  Not so fast. Not so big. Might not seem so impressive. In fact, some even said he didn’t have it in him. Even I wondered at times. They said he was too small, too old, too, well, nothing special and not enough. Some may say the same about me. But here he is.… Read more

We are close. Closer than I thought I’d be at ninety days into this journey. Ninety days. Three months on the road. Three months of new, adventure, unknown and challenges. All day.  Everyday. Three months of packing, saddling, camping, riding, sleeping on the ground,  managing, foraging, tying up and untangling, knocking on doors, settling in… Read more

For all there is a breaking point. This was mine. But it is not a stopping point. It is a break. I’m going to do this. But not with out a few more reserves. This is my time to replenish. And then… I’m off to hit the home stretch! I’m in a hotel in Preston. Another… Read more

Go. Before I either get too comfortable and forget why I’m here. Or start feeling like a caged bird… Go. Get back out there. Continue onward. Finish what you start. Complete what you set out to do. Didn’t take long to bounce back. I’d like to take credit for such fortitude. But there’s more to… Read more

Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway. John Wayne Maybe it’s over used,  but it is fitting. I was scared to get back out there. The one thing I could always count on, my health, was not rock solid. In fact, it was more like mush. And it isn’t bounding back like… Read more