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Your Friend, The Map

Map

Six Reasons You Need a Map on the Trail by Robert Eversole   There are many tools that are commonly used to help find your way happily down the trail. While the single most important element in your equine travel toolbox is you, a map of where you’re riding is …

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How to Experience the Beautiful Life

Ten Tips to Ensure Safe and Happy Trail Riding People often ask me why I’m a trail riding enthusiast. That’s easy. Horse trails are found in beautiful places— places with sunsets tinged with purple; snow-covered peaks piercing the horizon and skies so clear and blue they merge into black. On …

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Apps and Maps: Using Your Cell Phone on the Trail

Fun and Easy Ways to Track Riding Adventures by Robert Eversole When I was first introduced to navigating, the tools were essentially the same as what Columbus used back when he sailed the ocean blue, in 1492. For hundreds of years, paper maps and magnetic compasses have been, and in …

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Best Gifts Under $50

November 2014

Inexpensive Ways to Remember Your Favorite Trail Rider by Robert Eversole   It’s hard to believe that the holiday season is already upon us. It seems like just yesterday we were enjoying the heat of summer and now, to judge by the advertising, it seems we’ve already skipped Thanksgiving and …

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Beyond Basic Training

September 2014

Five Skills to Master Before Heading Out on the Trail by Robert Eversole   Trail riding can be a wonderful experience. It can also be horrible and we’ve all been there. In riding back country and front country areas across the US I’ve noted what differentiates the successful from the …

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Are You a “High Performance” Trail Rider?

The Performance Demands of Backcountry Riding by Robert Eversole   As a trail rider you are a high performance rider, and your horse or mule is your high performance partner. By “high performance” I’m not only referring to the various extreme trail riding events we often see. Even away from …

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Trail Savvy: Eating Well on the Trail

The ABCs of Campfires, Camp Stoves and Dutch Oven Cooking by Robert Eversole   An oft-quoted saying of Napoleon Bonaparte was that “An army marches on its stomach.” This bit of wisdom is also relevant to horse riders and campers. After all, a great camp dinner is a beautiful flourish …

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Best Friend of Man and Horse?

Preparing Your Dog to Be a Valued Riding Partner by Robert Eversole   Roy Rogers had Bullet, Big Jake had Dog… I have Abby.  Not only are dogs faithful companions to movie cowboys and me, they’re also favorite pals for many other equestrians. With 70 million dogs in America, chances …

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