02/20/2023
Instead of doing a Sunday quote this week I am sharing an excerpt that I wrote a few years ago. At this point the mileage count in much greater but the sentiment still holds true.
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15,000 miles to nowhere
Very rarely in life, depending on how you live it, do you get the opportunity to just drive, fly, walk or ride off into the sunset: belongings in tow, dog in the back, plans little to non and just go, following a desire for something better, for adventure, for perspective, for change. In August of last year we did just that; myself, my husband and our dog on an adventure driving, flying and riding 15,000 miles from one coast to the other and one border to the next – from one horse farm to another and one horse show to the next.
In the past nine months we have attended almost every National event in almost every discipline (and breed) and have done almost every task; from showing Nationally and coming home with trophies to cleaning stalls (and more stalls and more stalls), and everything in between. We have worked at multimillion dollar facilities and the most perfect farms of mud and love.
We have slept in every place imaginable – and I mean EVERY place imaginable!
There is gas station dining, bathing, fueling and sleeping – because when you’re road bound the gas station becomes your temporary oasis.
There is all night driving – because when you’re free from routine the hmmmm of the highway creates a rhythm to your life.
There are things of beauty and things that seem surreal – because when your backdrop constantly changes and the characters within your story constantly evolve there are moments that collide together in perfectly bizarre ways.
This is the life journal of someone who is a modern day cowboy, because unlike how it’s portrayed on TV, being a cowboy is a lifetime of miles to nowhere; it’s riding in circles and driving in straight lines and finding yourself with a horse somewhere in the middle.