Places I Recommend

Here is an outline of our trip so far. Included are places we highly recommend for stops along the way-good places to eat, sleep, and board your horse. Everyone here has donated to our ride and we are extremely grateful for their support!

May 22 - Oak Tree Inn, Vaughn, NM-this is a great motel and very giving! They donated a room to us for day use and then went ahead and let us stay the night as well! I sure did need it due to chaffing and a killer headache so this Motel was a life saver for me...very clean and the people are so polite as well.
Penny's Diner attached-great food. Going there this morning as well!
(575) 584-8733
oaktreeinn.com

May 21 - camped near old school in Encino, NM

May 20 - Jeannie, Tom and Colt Wetterman. Mile 238 (thank you!!)

Alpine Alley Cafe. http://www.indigomesamusic.com/alpinealley/ I could not recommend this coffee shop any higher. It's not just good coffee, but an incredible experience with a beautiful community in a small town. We were instantly welcomed in and treated as locals. It really has been one of the highlights of the trip. Mary is an exceptional woman who anyone would benefit from meeting and she has created an atmosphere that is comfortable, inviting, and leaves you feeling happy!

May 16-19 - Bob and Shannon DeRemer (thank you for housing Sojourner!!)
Shaffer Hotel (stink).
Rock Motel, Mountainair, NM (awesome, awesome, awesome)
(505) 847-2577
rockmotel.com

May 15 - camped off of highway 60. Walter discusses Wonder Woman and Sheman.

May 14 - Kiva RV Park and Horse Motel. Diane and Richard-we had a great experience here. I highly recommend this RV park. It's a perfect stop with great showers for you and your horse!
http://www.kivarvparkandhorsemotel.com/
(505) 861-0693

May 12,13 - Dave Hill, Lemitar, NM
Alamora Stables
575.835.1760

May 9,10,11 - Catherine, Athena, Maykean.
Magdalena Feed Company, Magdalena, NM-this is a great feed store run by three wonderful women. Definitely stop in if you're traveling through!
575-854-3253

May 8 - Camped Hwy 60 mile 87 at HH Ranch, east of Datil, NM.

May 7 - Camped Hwy 60 mile 67 near radio tower. Ate a bad enchilada.

April 27 - May 6 - Larry and Jennie Housley, Pie Town, NM
Horseman Haven Ranch
This is an incredible ranch that donated 8 nights to us and a free clinic on Natural Horsemanship. They are incredible teachers and I recommend a visit to them to any horse person!
horsemanhaven.net
520-253-0732
trucksntrotts@yahoo.com

April 26 - Camped Mile 9, hwy 601 across from old corral that we couldn't use.

April 25 - Camped El Sonador Ranch. Nichi and a couple of showers.

April 24 - Camped St Johns Rd (CR6040) just over AZ/NM border

April 22,23 - Kay McDevitt, St. Johns, AZ. St. Johns Equestrian Center and RV Park
928-337-3867
http://www.sjaz.us/index.aspx?NID=95

April 21 - Camped Concho Hwy. It snowed on us!

March 25 - (radio tower) - camped highway 62. Thanks to Cal DOT for bringing ice

March 26-28 - Janet and Gibbs', Parker, AZ. Dinner at Melissa and John Wright's house.

March 29 - BS Ranch. Bob and Susan Walter. Bouse, AZ
http://bsranchaz.com/
email: susanwalter.bsranchaz@gmail.com
Thanks for donating your ranch, food, and wonderful hospitality!!

March 31 - Open Rodeo in Salome, AZ. Met Claire and Jim Downing and Sharon.

April 2 - Larry and Sharon Simpson, Simpson Ranch, S Tegner rd, Wickenburg, AZ.

April 12 - Whitney Circle Bar Ranch, mile 209 highway 87, John Whitney, Dave, Marcos, and Diamantis.
http://www.circlebarranchaz.com/circlebar/index.html
Thank you for donating your ranch!!

April 13 - camped highway 87 mile 233 at McGill's cattle corral. Met Travis and Pete McGill and Media.
Thanks for letting Soj stay in your cow corral!

April 14-16 - Robbie and John Wirman, Payson, AZ
Thank you for having us!!

April 18 - camped highway 260, mile 301 off of a Nat'l Forest Rd in an old corral. Bob the good old boy.

April 19-20 - Rev. Leon Bigler. Stayed at Keith's (son in law) house

A special thank you to Kelly and James Verret at the Left Boot Corral in Joshua Tree, CA. After deciding that Sojourner needed a week's rest to work out his diet and get him in tip top shape before the desert, they opened their home to us for over a week, gave Soj an incredibly comfortable place to live, fed him morning and night, James is teaching both me and Soj new tricks of the trade, they donated their hay and a TRAILER!!, they called their friends and have had a farrier named James Faunt Jr. come out who donated his services and perfectly rounded off Soj's hooves. They called upon their friend, Paula, who has been incredibly informative and has donated a years worth of her organic hay to Sojourner! James is an amazing trainer who is worth traveling to bring your horse to. I really mean this, not just because he is so kind and patient, but I got to see him work with Sojourner yesterday and he got Soj to do things he has never done. He works with minimal tools. He had a halter and lead rope. I told him it was magic and he said "it's not magic, it's just learning to communicate with the horse". Not everyone communicates like that though. He's magic. His website is still under construction, but it will be www.jamesverrethorsemanship.com. He's the man to see about a horse, that's for sure. A huge thank you. What a gift to be with them.

Thank you to Sue Lund and Sally Ellis at Coyote Ridge Riding Stables in Morongo Valley, CA for donating a night's rest for Sojourner and to their friend, Ron Scragg, for donating his amazing homestead on the hill to Walter and I for the night. We enjoyed a home cooked meal and old cowboy tunes played by Scragg. It was a fantastic evening with amazing people. Oh! They also donated a lead rope after I lost mine on the trail!

Thank you to the Rose Bowl Riders for donating food and board for Sojourner and the guest house for me and Walter. This is a beautiful facility in Pasadena, CA. run by an incredible group of women.

Thank you to the San Dimas Equestrian Center in San Dimas, CA. for donating a stall to Sojourner for a night!

Thank you to the Sundance Ranch in Redlands, CA. for donating two nights room and board for Soj, me, and Walter. This is a beautiful family run facility with some of the best people you will ever meet.

Thank you to the Camelot Training Center in Banning, CA for donating 2 nights room and board for Sojourner, Walter, and I. Camelot is run by Athaea who is an incredibly knowledgeable, caring horse woman. Athaea also donated a horse blanket, feed, and leg warmers to Sojourner to help make our ride a success. I am so grateful to her.

Thank you to the HH Ranch in White Water, CA. for donating a pen for Sojourner for a night!

Thank you to Hadley's Fruit Orchard for donating $50 worth of food to help get us through the desert!

Outfitter's Supply — http://www.outfitterssupply.com — Outfitter's Supply generously offered a 20% discount on any product from their store to help outfit Sojourner for his long ride. Thank you!!

Ricochet Ridge Ranch — http://www.horse-vacation.com

Tall Toad Music — http://www.talltoadmusic.com (Guitar Straps)

The Long Rider's Guild — http://www.thelongridersguild.com