What’s Your Next Adventure? Sometimes your heart says go and when your mind follows it’s sure to be epic! There is a horse trek that the Appaloosa Horse Club of America puts on every year. A group of courageous souls rides 100 miles over the path the Nes Piece traversed to evade the Calvary. They do 100 miles every year for 13 years. In 2017 the 1,300 mile adventure began again and President of Women in the Pet Industry Network, Shawna Schuh was there. “I went alone, hauling my horse in a borrowed trailer, which I had never done before. Setting up my own tent/ bedroll each night and tearing it all down each morning. I rode alongside 130 other riders and met angels along the way. This trip tested me in ways I hadn’t imagined and I’m thrilled I followed my heart.” says, Schuh. This is one of the most fascinating and sorrowful events in Western U.S. history. Here are some details on the trek... The flight of the Nez Perce began on June 15, 1877. Pursued by the US Army, they intended initially to seek safety with their Crow allies on the plains to the east. Chief Joseph, Chief Looking Glass, Chief White Bird, Chief Ollokot, Chief Lean Elk, and others led nearly 750 Nez Perce men, women, and children and twice that many horses over 1,170 miles through the mountains, on a trip that lasted from June to October of 1877. Forced to abandon hopes for a peaceful move to the Lapwai reservation, the Nez Perce chiefs saw flight to Canada as their last promise for peace. Their desperate and circuitous route as they tried to escape the pursuing white forces is what we now call the Nez Perce National Historic Trail. Shawna expereinced many leadership/character building lessons along the way, and just like being in business, it was both thrilling and a little scary. Here are photos from this first 100 miles of the trip. May they inspire you to step out and up into something that tests you, strengthens you and allows you to live epically!
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