The experience was the seed for a new reality: we sold the house with all of our stuff and set out for Argentina to live on horseback.
RIDING INTO THE WIND is the story of our four and a half years on the trail.

In 1973, we rode onto an old homestead on the side of a mountain in northern BC, overlooking lakes and forests and decided to call this place home.

The walls of the old Swede Johnson cabin were still intact, we built a floor and a roof for our 12 by 14 foot home.

Three daughters, Raya, Conchita and Naomi joined us.
We worked the land with horses and for many years, horse logging was a substantial part of our livelihood.

As the girls grew, our focus changed to competition horses for dressage and jumping .

Saddle Tramp Ranch became ST Training Stables

Enjoy the Gallery of photos!

The Reno (54) slide show

In the early spring of 2007, we began an extensive renovation project of the log house we built in 1975.

First, a staircase to nowhere, Nathan making use of stone masonry skills learned from canteros in the Basque country, when building the house on Machichaco.

The Homestead (32) slide show

After almost three years on the trail in the three Americas, we were ready to stop and call someplace HOME.
Why here? you may ask.
Follow the story and you will find out.