When award-winning author Lisa Wood decided to explore parts of rural Canada, she didn't do it by car, bus, or train. Inspired by the early pioneers, Lisa packed her saddlebags with what previous long rides had taught her were the bare essentials, then mounted her beloved horse, Dusty, and rode him 500 miles across Alberta and Saskatchewan. In the course of this intrepid journey, the kindness of numerous Canadian strangers enabled her to endure physical and psychological hardships and a succession of dangers--wildfires, relentless downpours, and hordes of biting insects--in what would become as much a voyage of inner discovery as a study of Canada's people, geography, and history--and amazing maple syrup!
