A family a horse and a wagon doing an epic journey around the world.

https://lionaroundwriting.com/2017/04/18/around-the-world-by-horse-and-caravan-a-record-breaking-journey/

As we travel slowly across America we plan on stopping and talking to local people and explaining why we are traveling the way we are. We will call ahead to see if the papers of the local communities would be willing to talk to us and do up an article.
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> As we ride we are hoping that the national news will start covering us. Raising the awareness to a national level.
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> Horses can only travel 15 to 25 miles a day for three to five days before they have to take a rest day. We will try to schedule these rest days in conjunction with interviews and other events.
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> There is exciting times ahead and I hope you will join us in Raising Awareness for the Hungry Children of America
http://challenge-america-equine-trek.com

Horse feed is another unavoidable weight. 1100 lb Horses usually eat around 20 lbs of food a day. So depending on how much grazing I find for them I’ll need anywhere from 10 to 20 lbs per horse per day. My plan is at max amount to be carrying 200 lbs of feed. However that won’t be every day just when I restock. At this point I’m studying on what would be the best feed to carry. Alfalfa and oat cubes or alfalfa and timothy cube or split it between both. I’ve also have been trying to decide if I should maybe just do a complete feed instead. After much searching and reading I’ve decide on what to carry the feed in. I think I will use shipping totes they are sturdy and can be stacked empty or loaded. And if I get the large size one will hold fifty lb. Donations for horse feed will be accepted with pleasure.

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Food Insecurity

As so often happens when doing research for this blog, I begin with one idea in mind and in the course of researching what I think will be the blog for the day, I find something even more fascinating. This week marks the anniversary of the first mass emigration of Americans along the Oregon Trail. […]

via Ezra Meeker And The Oregon Trail — History Imagined

My route I plan on starting this Trek in July of 2018. This time frame is adjustable. I’m planning for that date because it will have me doing winter in the warmer states Ky, TN NC, Tn,Ky,Ar,OK,. Basically following the Benge route of the Trail of Tears. I’m hoping to be leaving OK. in February then it will be heading north through Dodge City Ks, Ne, SD, ND, Mt, Id,and Wa following the Cherokee Trail to the Oregon trail and then to  Lewis and Clark trail then North to the Pnt Trail even though I won’t be able to follow the PNT with a wagon I’ll parallel​ it. I’m hoping to get to Neah Bay Wa by Oct or Nov 2019. Then I will head south down the coast to CA then start heading east thru Nv, Ut, I’m hoping to go thru these to states in the spring when it will be cooler and there will be more water. Then  Arizona Tx Oklahoma Arkansas Tn.  Then home to Science Hill Ky sometime around July 2020. This route is adjustable depending on different factors.

For the end of this trip. But not I hope the end of the story.

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Freedom is a word everybody uses but very few people truly have. The needs of family, work, and social boundaries tie us to our life. We are told from childhood that the signs of a successful adult is a job a house a car a family and money in the bank. If you don’t have these then you are not a successful person. So we get up in the morning and we go to a job that in the case of 75% of the people we don’t really enjoy. Then if we are lucky we go home to our family which we love but cause of the cost of working in a stressful job we don’t enjoy everyday are to tired to enjoy. And the next day we repeat. I’m not saying its a bad life but I think somewhere or sometime we need to follow our dreams. And this Trek is my dream. All my life which I believe has been a good one I’ve always had to live from paycheck to paycheck. There was never any money left over from paying for life to do anything special. So now my children are grown, my bills are paid off. I now have the ability to start saving money and I was planning to save money to buy a small farm. That was when the idea hit and then the dreams started. I realized that my dreams were right, now was the time to go ahead follow my dreams to freedom.

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All donation will be used for my horses.

Meet the Horses
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> Renegade is a 15 year old American Paint Horse. He stands 16 hands and weighs in at 1100 pounds. He has a very grumpy attitude, he is always ‘saying’ if I must, do you really really mean for me to do this, really. He loves kids but is always suspicious when you come out to the field, he is always wondering if you are coming out to pet him or ride him if he decides that its riding, you might have to get the grain bucket to catch him. He will be my main riding horse but will also be pulling the wagon.
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> Cochise is a 11 year old Mustang Quarter Horse cross. He is stands at 15’3 and weighs in at 1200 lbs. He is a sorrel with a darker mane and tail. He was raised by my best friend Debora Hines. Cochise is a very good trail horse and I’m looking forward to training him to pull a wagon. He learns fast and has a great personality. But he needs to know the his rider is in charge or he thinks he has to take control.

> Jessie is a 3 almost 4 year old American Quarter Horse. He stands 14’2 hands and weighs in at 900 pounds. He is a brown horse with a black mane and tail. He is my youngest horse and being young will spend most of his time walking along side the wagons. He will also alternative as a riding horse and driving horse but only for a little while each day as he is to young for a full day work.
All the horses will be trained to do both jobs.