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The 1,000th mile

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Lao Tzu said "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." But as I laid in the mud and watched my horse jump right to avoid stepping on me, I wondered if we would be able to take the final steps in that journey of 1,000 miles. The day wasn't starting off very promising. The 1,000th mile was just as hard won as the first. Come to think of it, the first mile was pretty easy. It was April of 2010. John (Kerry Killarney - 2003 Morgan gelding) and I cruised through our first 25-mile ride with the Eastern Competitive Trail Ride Association (ECTRA) . He won the rookie horse award, I won rookie rider, and we had a score of 99 out of 100. Now, we just needed 25 miles for me to reach my 1,000th ECTRA mile. John is still a few hundred miles off of this milestone, as some of my miles were completed on CBMF Secret Crush. We were entered in the Brookfield Competitive Trail Rides in New York, we arrived Friday night (June 23, 2017) after getting a little lost. I was ne