TANIA MILLEN ................ WRITER. RIDER. ADVENTURER.
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2017 Trans Canada Trail

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​5 weeks riding Spanish Mustang 'Chocolate' through southern BC.

From south of Merritt along the Kettle Valley Railway to Midway, then along the Columbia & Western Railway to Castlegar. 

Highlights included riding all 18 of the Myra Canyon trestles (!), and surviving the 910 m long Bulldog Tunnel. The whole trip was about 550 km.

​This trip was published in Canadian Horse Journal March/April 2018 issue as 550 Kilometres on the Trans Canada Trail. 
The final Facebook post is below, too.

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June 30 2017 Facebook post:
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And, we're done. From south of Merritt to west of Castlegar on rail trails. 550 km in 5 weeks. Choc's mustache intact :)
I'm now in Nelson while Choc's hanging out waiting for a massage near Fruitvale.
Tunnels = about 20
Trestles = about 30
Travelling days 36 - 11 rest = 25...
Rides in strange horse trailers = 4
Temps = frost to 35C
Days with rain = 4 (!!)
Tick total = 21 Choc; 3 Tania
Average hrs sleep/night = 5
Average hrs grazing/day = 9
Nights thermarest stayed inflated = 3
Weight lost = not enough
Worn out = 1 pr pants, 1 pr socks, 4 horse shoes
Horse shit-fits = 2
Times Choc got loose and ran down the back trail = 1
Days rode with friends = 6
Wildlife we missed = bear, cougar, rattlesnake
Random acts of kindness received = 5
Surprising activities enroute = telecon; chicken butchering; barefoot trimming; driving a one-horse cart; eBay shopping; gymkhana
Repeat trip? No (too many trails too little time)
Recommendation? Ride the section from Beaverdell to Greenwood. Lovely!
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  • Writer
    • Books >
      • Pack em Up, Ride em Out
      • Go Horse Camping
      • The Joys of Horse Packing
      • Rockin' Whitewater
    • Journalism
  • Work With Me
    • Funding Dreams
  • Media & Awards
  • Rider
    • 2018 -2020 Trips >
      • 2020 Badger Pass 4
      • 2020 Palliser Pass
      • 2020 Mt Assiniboine 2
      • 2020 Morocco
      • 2019 Muskwa-Kechika
      • 2019 Telegraph Trail
      • 2018 Trips
    • 2016 - 2017 Trips >
      • 2017 Trans Canada Trail
      • 2017 Waterton 2
      • 2017 Writing-on-Stone
      • 2016 Crossing the Rockies
      • 2016 Brazeau 3
      • 2016 Badger Pass 3
      • 2016 Waterton 1
    • 2013 - 2015 Trips >
      • 2015 Barkerville
      • 2015 Badger Pass 2
      • 2014 Spatsizi 3
      • 2013 Cypress Hills & Grasslands
      • 2013 Kakwa
      • 2013 Spatsizi 2
    • 2010 - 2012 Trips >
      • 2012 Brazeau 1
      • 2012 Best of Banff
      • 2012 Pobokton Brazeau Nigel
      • 2012 Spatsizi 1
      • 2011 Willmore
      • 2011 Twintree Lake
      • 2011 Jasper & Willmore Solo
      • 2011 Mt Assiniboine
      • 2010 Jasper & Mt Robson
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