The Long Riders Guild is an organization for people who have ridden at least 1,000 continuous miles, on a single journey, on horseback. I read that the there are less than 200 verifiable long riders alive in the world. Of those, around 50 have a recognized long ride in the United States. Those 50 are not all US citizens, or residents. I am not sure of the number that are, but let us say that 30 are. There are almost 300 million people in the United States. So less than 0.0000001 of a percent of the population has done this (1 person out of 10,000,000 people).
That is a staggering number of people who have no idea of what real freedom is.
My motivation for this ride is not commercial or ego driven in nature. My motivation is to discover what else is out there...to feel, to see, to experience in such a unique way. I have been in combat, been an executive in the corporate world, and traveled a great deal of the world, either for corporate or military reasons. My own country I have driven, from coast to coast, on numerous occassions...but I have never SEEN the country that I love so much. How can you see it going 80 mph, driving from dawn to dusk?
I believe this will be a truly wonderful experience. I am hopeful that my daughter will go with me on this trip, as we currently have it planned. I am not sure that I will be leaving from Georgia. I have been across the southern states so much that I fear it will be quite boring. I may start from Texas, but that has not been set in stone. I still have about 14 months before the planned departure.
Be happy people.
-GW
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