Pat Marquis

The Journey (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

On March 17th of 2015, my wife Rhonda, "Horse-n-Around", and I, the "Wrangler", embarked on an epic journey. My role as Wrangler was to manage all the logistics of our travels, with me driving our new Dodge truck with the "Hilton" attached and meeting my bride along the route wherever possible. She would be either on a Chestnut, a Grey or a Bay, every day riding Northwards on the Pacific Crest Trail, with a start at the Mexican Border and hoping to reach the Canadian border, 2,660 miles away. Rhonda would ride on some of the most rugged and treacherous trail, and view some of the most spectacular vistas in the West. And I would be driving to the next meeting place at a road or trail junction, all the while seeing that we had ample water, food and fodder for our horses and for ourselves safely packed away in the Hilton. Rhonda would be on the crest of the mountain slopes with me in the valleys and nether lands, looking for a likely spot for an overnight stay with horses in tow. Rhonda rode nearly 1,450 miles on the PCT, entirely alone except for the first 3 miles, the last 53 miles when I was able to join her, and for a week when our dear friend Gerry was able to ride and support her. It was a well thought out plan, but not a perfect plan because at every twist in the road or bend in the trail we never knew what we would encounter. But that's the adventure part of the story, isn't it? Rhonda said it best, "Will I ever go back and finish those miles I missed? I can't say so yet. I'll have to see how I feel in the future. This was a big year for Pat & I because I turned 60, Pat turns 70 & we celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. I'm glad I was able to undertake this adventure at this time. I owe a huge "THANK YOU" to my husband, Patrick, for all the support, both mentally and physically, that he gave me as I worked my way through the challenges of this trail. I'm so very pleased that he rode with me at the end!" "Thank you everyone for joining us on our way." R

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781644248164
• Artikelnr.: 60552664

Autorenporträt

The author, Pat Marquis, a.k.a. the Wrangler as he was known on the Pacific Crest Trail, was born and raised in Northern California in a rural setting with horses in the fields of their twenty-acre ranch. He learned about horses and riding at a young age, participating on a local drill team and performing in parades and venues such as the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Pat's father was an avid hunter and fisherman and taught his young family how to enjoy and survive in the back country of California, hiking or riding horseback into the Coast Range and Sierra Nevada mountains.What Pat knew and learned he would later teach to his new bride, Rhonda, as they settled onto acreage on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska in the 1970s, shortly after marrying in 1975. There they raised a family and spent many outdoor moments in the Caribou Hills, travelling on horseback to their wilderness cabin and hunting the elusive moose and avoiding the brown bears this area was known for.When the economy faltered in the late 1980s, Pat's business as a professional land surveyor also crashed, and Rhonda's comment was "Let's go south so that I can ride more than three months a year," and Oregon is where they landed and have lived for the past thirty years.Now living in Central Oregon on the edge of the high desert and at the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, a horseback ride is right out the back door or the mountain trails are only an hour's drive away.Now retired, horses and mules are the staple of their pursuits, and their focus of many hours of volunteer work for government agencies in support of the trails they so love and cherish.This book is about a hope and a dream, and the efforts and love it took to bring The Journey into focus and become a reality for two hardworking people. I hope you enjoy it.