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I think of Nancy Haugan often when I'm on the ride, I have such great respect and esteem for her professional veterinarian skills. She is deeply loved and appreciated in our community.
If you wish to make a financial contribution, checks may be sent to:
Glacier Bank of Eureka, P.O. Box 326, Eureka, MT 59917
ATTN: endeofthetrail
Outfitter's Supply of Columbia Falls, MT
7373 Highway #2 East,
Columbia Falls, MT 59912
Russ Barnett, owner
e-mail: gopackn@outfitterssupply.com
Lady Long Rider Sponsors
A locally owned feed store and a big part of our community. They provide a full line of services in bulk Organic foods and livestock feed, topped off a with home-town touch.
The Front Porch Music and Coffeehouse
in Eureka, Montana
The Lady Long Rider thanks all these individuals :
Dave Brown
Tesca Vermeulen
Janna Pekaar
Theodora Rice
Mia Eckholt
Pom Collins
Thank you all for your generous support!
Thanks to the entire community for the encouragement
and interest you have all shown!
Outfitters Supply has been riding with me since 2005 when I began long riding. I picked up a black Trail Max saddle bag in Missoula, Montana on my 4 month journey to New Mexico. I was so impressed with the durability of the packs that after returning from my first 2000 mile ride, I went in to introduce myself and let them know how impressed I was with their saddle pack (Three other packs had fallen apart on that first ride.) The rest is history as I am now into my the 5th year and nearing15,000 miles that I have been using Trail Max gear from Outfitters Supply. Not only do I use their front and rear saddle packs on Hart, but also Outfitters Supply has fit the saddle pack and panniers on Essie Pearl. I will be using the same style saddlebags and panniers as I have in the previous years. They cannot be beat. No one uses a saddle pack and gear as much as I do in a given year, unless it is another long rider. The zippers and stitching, the fabric and leather, are put to a most grueling test. My hat is off to you, Outfitters Supply.
Many thanks and smiles....Bernice
"Where did you get that hat?"
It's one of the most frequently asked questions I hear. Understandably so, as the Sunbody Hats are indeed striking. I wear a 6-inch Gus with a low crown and a stampede string. It is one of the many Classic Old West hats that Sunbody offers. My 6-inch Gus offers much needed protection from the sun, holds up to relentless wind, keeps the rain off my back and shoulders, all the while continuing to look great!
I prefer a good palm hat to a felt hat as they are cooler and will hold up to rain and wind much better. As a long rider, a hat is an intregal part of my attire. Although this is the first year Sunbody has sponsored one of my rides, it will be the fourth year I have ridden with a Sunbody Hat on my head. I am delighted to finally have them on the website.
Ed Braaten
C 406-270-2768
Ranch: 406-882-4786
This is why I wear Ariat Boots!
To someone who walks/rides 1000's of miles in a year, a pair of boots can mean comfort and ease or tormented feet and legs. I wear Ariat Boots because I know, without a doubt, I am wearing boots that:
1.) I can ride and walk in.
2.) are high quality leather that can be kept waterproof with good care.
3.) I can slip into but will still fit well, accomodating my wide, high arched foot.
4.) and that look good!!
I am not merely walking from the barn to the house to the car. In a given year I will be in these boots day after day crossing on anything from rocky mountain trails to desert power line roads or paved country roads, trekking in mud, snow and rain. I am not interested in changing shoes from riding to walking. I do not need another pair of boots in my packs taking up space. I need boots that I slip on in the morning, step into the saddle, ride 10 miles, step down, walk 10 miles, and repeat that in the afternoon.
My Ariat Boots are as important to me as my Tucker Saddle and my Outfitter's Supply Pack Gear. As I begin this year's ride with a new pair of Barn Yard Twin Gore H2O, my feet say 'thank you, Ariat'.'
Sarah Anderson
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"Nothing comes between me and my horse but a Tucker Saddle."
The Tucker High Plains Saddle was on dear Honor's back for over 10,000 miles until Feb. 2010 when she was tragically lost in Wimberly, Texas in a corral accident. The new ride, Hart, a handsome, paint gelding, now carries the Lady Long Rider, again, with a Tucker's saddle. When Bernice took Honor's saddle in for "show and tell" at the Tucker Saddle Shop in Yoakum, Texas, it did not look shiny or new; it told a story of it's own; it was, it is a piece of art. The Tucker folks saw their High Plains saddle first hand and it told the story of a brave, beautiful horse named Honor and of how she comfortably and proudly carried Bernice for thousands of miles.
Click here for the promotional video
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Gary and Penny Montgomery
Eve and Van Clowers
Kathleen Patrick
Molly Browns
Katie Titchbourne
Doug & Kathy Greenshield
Kirk & Ellen Sullivan
Sharon DeLong
Kate Dunkell
Louise Hearn
Carol Blake
Alta Smith
Kris Kindberg
Mark &
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The
Sitco Company
Makers of
top-of-the-line
saddle pads
Sandpoint, Idaho
Margret & Charles Gwinn
Linda Mims-Johnson
Carol Ende MaryAnn Ende
Kathryn Wilson
Another Sunbody Hat lover that I met in Roswell, NM!
I'm proud to have FindARanch.Com riding with me as a sponsor. If you are looking for that perfect Texan ranch, do not hesitate to call Tyler Wright! "Help'n you find your Texas Ranch". Glad to have you riding along Odie and Tyler.
J. Craig King, DVM
937 Leyendecker Road
Fredericksburg, Texas
Phone: (830)990-9052
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