Support and Acknowledgements

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; phone #406-297-2521: attn: endeofthetrail.

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Outfitter's Supply of Columbia Falls, MT;

Russ Barnett, owner,

7373 Highway #2 East,

Columbia Falls, MT 59912;

e-mail: gopackn@outfitterssupply.com

www.outfitterssupply.com

Tucker's Saddelry;

Box 271,

Yoakum, TX 77995

www.tuckersaddles.com.

MtVista@montanasky.net

Lady Long Rider Sponsors

A locally owned feed store and a big part of our community. Provides a full line of services in bulk Organic foods and livestock feed, topped off a with home-town touch.

Thanks to Sportsman Haus,for the comfort

of a high quality North Face tent.

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 this will be the 5th year and over 10,000 miles that I have been using Trail Max gear from Outfitters Supply. Not only do I use their front and rear saddle packs on Honor, 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 four 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...

"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 deligted to finally have them on the website.

Acknowledgements

Ed Braaten

C 406-270-2768

Ranch: 406-882-4786

To someone who walks/rides 1000's of miles in a year, a pair of boots can mean comfort and ease or tormenting feet and legs.

I wear Ariat Boots because I know without a doubt that 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.

This is why I wear Ariat Boots.

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'.'

info@ariat.com

Sarah Anderson

"Nothing comes between me and my horse but a Tucker Saddle."

This will be the fourth year that Tucker's High Plains Saddle will be on my dear Honor's back

offering comfortable support for both her and myself. The saddle does not look shiny or new;

it tells a story of it's own; it is a piece of art. I ride out once again perfectly confident this High Plains saddle

will ride as well as it did 8,000 miles ago. I will have the privilege of stopping to visit the

Tucker Saddle Company in Yoakum, Texas this winter. They will see their High Plains saddle first hand and the story of thousands of miles this saddle bears.