20,000 Mile, Three-Year Trip on Horseback Concludes
Holly Zachariah
Associated Press
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Marysville, Ohio (US):
In case you've always wondered what a man ponders during a three-year horseback ride across 20,000 miles, consider the mystery solved. Apparently, he thinks of ways to improve his storytelling skills.
"Well, you see, I started riding when I was a baby, 'cause my mama was being chased by Indians across the Plains, and the mare she was on was pregnant and the horse stopped and delivered a foal and my mama stopped and had me, and then she jumped back on the mare to get away and I jumped on the colt . . ." Veteran horseman Gene Glasscock trails off, and looks around the crowded kitchen of the Union County home where he bunked Monday night to see if anyone believes him.
No one does.
"Well," the 71-year-old begins again. "I have seen pictures of myself in diapers sitting atop a horse." So goes just about any conversation with this Texas-born nomad with a penchant for tall tales.
The former construction worker, former business owner, former missionary and teacher left Denver on Sept. 17, 2002, with the singular goal of visiting every capital in the lower 48 states. Now, 1,163 days and too many horseshoes to count later, the journey is nearly finished. He and his four horses entered Ohio on Nov. 14 and crossed Union County, in central Ohio, on Tuesday.
Nov 26, 2005
Holly Zachariah
Associated Press
Cleveland Plain Dealer
_________________
Marysville, Ohio (US):
In case you've always wondered what a man ponders during a three-year horseback ride across 20,000 miles, consider the mystery solved. Apparently, he thinks of ways to improve his storytelling skills.
"Well, you see, I started riding when I was a baby, 'cause my mama was being chased by Indians across the Plains, and the mare she was on was pregnant and the horse stopped and delivered a foal and my mama stopped and had me, and then she jumped back on the mare to get away and I jumped on the colt . . ." Veteran horseman Gene Glasscock trails off, and looks around the crowded kitchen of the Union County home where he bunked Monday night to see if anyone believes him.
No one does.
"Well," the 71-year-old begins again. "I have seen pictures of myself in diapers sitting atop a horse." So goes just about any conversation with this Texas-born nomad with a penchant for tall tales.
The former construction worker, former business owner, former missionary and teacher left Denver on Sept. 17, 2002, with the singular goal of visiting every capital in the lower 48 states. Now, 1,163 days and too many horseshoes to count later, the journey is nearly finished. He and his four horses entered Ohio on Nov. 14 and crossed Union County, in central Ohio, on Tuesday.
Nov 26, 2005
