My Emmy Award-winning TV show Equitrekking is a visual testimony to the trail rides I cover for you here in True West. For the TV crew, it’s all...
Equitrekking the American West
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Darley Newman
Equitrekking the American West
My Emmy Award-winning TV show Equitrekking is a visual testimony to the trail rides I cover for you here in True West. For the TV crew, it’s all...
Calgary’s “Exotic” Stampede
As I walked among the concession stands at Stampede Park, I was continually surprised by what I saw and smelled; fried Oreos, BBQ ribs, Tornado...
Rich Riding in Cooper Landing
I feel rather adventurous while horse riding in the Cooper Landing area on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, but I have nothing on Charles E. Chapman, who...
Grape History on a Sunset Ride
As I sauntered through an open meadow on Romer, a black-and-white Tennessee Walking horse, I thought about the first ranchers who lived in the...
A Modern Stagecoach Adventure
How comfortable would the ride really be inside a Concord stagecoach? I’m not sure if I buy into Ed Heimann’s claim that the Concord is the “Rolls...
The Russian River’s Redwoods
I can only imagine what the settlers of California’s Russian River must have thought as they stared up at the towering redwood trees. I can only...
Horsey Adventures in Fort Worth
Billed as the oldest stock show in America, the Fort Worth Stock Show dates to 1896, when it was first held as a one-day event on the banks of...
Homeplace Ranch
Where a family of seven once bunked together in 1912, three modern-day cowboys now sleep. The Canadian Pacific Railway’s entrance in 1883 and the...
Heading for the Hills
Riding along peaceful West Verde Creek on Comanche Bluff Trail, I could see in my mind’s eye the natives stalking a transplanted settler from Poland...
Sea of Sage
Go trail riding in Snow Canyon State Park in St. George, Utah, and you’ll be riding through Utah’s Dixie. When Brigham Young called upon the...
Below the Equator
As a sudden rainstorm passed, I was glad to have on the wool poncho that Jorge let me borrow for the early morning ride to gather cattle and move...