Joe Costillo of Ft. Collins, Colorado is riding his horse Indio to 
Washington D.C.  He is riding about 30 miles a day and has a crew of 
one - a friend who goes ahead and sets up camp each day (How's that 
for ride management!).  The purpose of the ride is to fulfill a dream 
to see the country he and his buddies discussed in Viet Nam.  Most of 
those buddies didn't return, so Joe is finally getting to do this 
ride for them.  In one article I read, Joe commented that he doen't 
think it will be possible much longer to make such a trip on 
horseback - a topic of concern to all of us who ride distance and 
trail!
As for Indio - nothing was said about him in the articles but he 
looks like a grey Arab or Arab cross in the photos.
Linnea & Pesadilla (Can we go too?!)
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Linnea G. Skoglund, Ph.D.
Dept. Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
970.491.6950
970.491.3862 (fax)
skoglund@lamar.colostate.edu
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