I rode with Best of America by Horseback from Limon, CO to Brush, CO during the last week of June.
We camped one night on the Fisher Ranch and another night the Fellowship Baptist Church of Woodrow, CO where the church members hosted us to a very good potluck dinner. On Saturday we rode into Brush, CO and set up camp in the sale barn parking lot where we stayed Saturday and Sunday nights.
On Sunday we encountered a group of antique cars passing through Brush on their way to the west coast. They were re-enacting a coast to coast automobile race originally ran in 1902. What are the odds of a coast to coast antique car race and a border to border horseback ride being in Brush, CO on the same day?? It was interesting talking to some of the drivers of their adventure, and they were equally intrigued by ours.
On Monday we rode north out of Brush with me on a very contrary horse. He seemed to want to shy and spook at every thing. We rode only 9 miles and were at the new camp site by noon. I got a ride back to my rig and went to the new campsite and fed Ali, and had a bite of lunch for myself. I then loaded Ali into the trailer and headed for Missouri and home. Personal reasons dictated that I go home for a while. I was home from the 540 mile trip across parts of Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas at 1AM Tuesday. It was good to be home and see Bonnie.
Bonnie and I spent the next couple of weeks working on the yard and property and mending fences. We had made plans to return to the Mexico to Canada trail ride together, and depart from home, on Tuesday July 22nd after Bonnie's mother's 90th birthday celebration. I had started to load the supplies into the trailer on Friday July 17th.
On that night a phone call changed our lives forever. We received a phone call that our daughter, Deanna, had died as a result of a gunshot while driving her car in Kansas City. Our granddaughter, Tessa, sustained eye injures from flying glass from the bullet going through the car window. She has recovered from her injuries, but our daughter is gone from us forever and we are having a difficult time dealing with the pain this left us with.
I have no plans or desire to rejoin the trail ride at this time. I wish the riders the best of luck. May God be with them.
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My heart is heavy and sad thinking about what your family must be going through. Please know that you are in our thoughts and prayers. I'm sure if you look into the eyes of little Tessa you will see that a part of Deanna is still alive and well......and she is waiting for the time when you will all meet again in heaven. May the peace of God be with you during this most difficult time.
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