Last October (2006) in Wisconsin
Last October ,I took a trip with my friend Kris , who has a farm out in eastern Wisconsin. We made a horse trek around the neighboring countryside to help get my feet wet for making longer travels. She had her horse, Zephyr, a Percheron/thoroughbred mix, and we borrowed her friend's apaloosa mare, April, for me. Before my arrival, Kris had asked neighbors for permission to trespass. Obviously , this could be the biggest obstacle while traveling, or will become part of the art of traveling...
We learned to High-line our horses, which we used while camping out. This enables the horses to graze , still be tied, and not step on their rope. It worked for the most part. There were some trees with grass in between them that we could tie the rope to. April was especially anxious to be near Zephyr. She was nervous on her own, so we tied them to the same tie line...ironically , they would get territorial about a patch of grass and seemed pissy to get too close, but it worked out ok.
What became clear is that I would want a support vehicle to meet up with if on a longer trek to carry equipment and food. Especially since I may want to be taking video or photos. On the last day while trekking back to Kris's farm, we came upon some cattle. There was a band of young ones who had found a hole in the fence and were roaming in a pack grazing and being naughty. We startled them and they went tearing off to the opening in the fence to rejoin the elders. Traveling by horse in autumn was pretty amazing...
We learned to High-line our horses, which we used while camping out. This enables the horses to graze , still be tied, and not step on their rope. It worked for the most part. There were some trees with grass in between them that we could tie the rope to. April was especially anxious to be near Zephyr. She was nervous on her own, so we tied them to the same tie line...ironically , they would get territorial about a patch of grass and seemed pissy to get too close, but it worked out ok.
What became clear is that I would want a support vehicle to meet up with if on a longer trek to carry equipment and food. Especially since I may want to be taking video or photos. On the last day while trekking back to Kris's farm, we came upon some cattle. There was a band of young ones who had found a hole in the fence and were roaming in a pack grazing and being naughty. We startled them and they went tearing off to the opening in the fence to rejoin the elders. Traveling by horse in autumn was pretty amazing...
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