April 26, 2024 |
Photo – Lee with his horse Jessie and his home made sheep wagon – by Matt Copeland Bigfoot99
You may have seen the lone traveler who appears to be from another time trekking slowly down Interstate 80 or on highway 30 between Walcott Junction and Medicine Bow.
Lee the Horse Logger is traveling 19th century-style across the country in a horse-drawn sheep wagon of his own creation.
For the past 17 years, Lee the Horse Logger has been making his way back and forth across the United States. A professional horse driver by trade, Lee is on his fourth trip through Wyoming. Bigfoot99 reporter Matt Copeland caught up with the traveler at the Hanna Junction on Highway 30. Originally from Montana, Lee moved to Alaska for solitude. Now, Lee said his home is wherever he and Jessie, his trusty horse, find themselves.
Jessie is a 2,250-pound male Suffolk Punch with a short brown coat. Lee said Suffolk Punches are an old and rare breed of work horse. The traveler said Jessie handled the hills from Walcott to Hanna Junction better than anticipated.
Jessie has been pulling Lee and his custom-built sheep wagon across the country since September. Lee described his mobile home.
In early September, Lee’s previous sheep wagon was hit by a car and destroyed. No one was injured in the incident. The traveler said his newly constructed wagon isn’t a five-star hotel, but it offers protection from the elements.
Lee said he is on his way to Boston, Massachusetts and then he’ll head back to Alaska. However, Lee said he doesn’t intend to stop traveling any time soon.
Lee the Horse Logger was only in Hanna for two days to rest his horse. Starting today, he’ll be spending a few days in Laramie to resupply. Afterwards, the traveler will continue his way east.
To follow Lee and Jessie on their travels, visit the website xamericabyhorse.com or the YouTube channel X America By Horse.
On his website, Lee writes, “Here are lessons learned over the years of traveling, both inward and outward.
“Don’t Plan the trip.”
“It’s always the little things…”
“It’s the people we meet along the way that make it count.”
“Boredom is Death.”
“It’s all connected, we are all connected.”
