His story? Rodeo star and Western re-enacter Ezra Cooley is on a 27,000 mile journey around the world on horseback.
His goal? To raise money for children's charities and to show one step at a time that miracles can happen.
After selling his construction business, Cooley, at age 26, left California in April of 2006. He has already traveled over 8,000 miles through 25 states. He estimates that his journey could take up to eight years.
Ezra reached New York State in May 2007. He then traveled to New York City, where he roped the Merrill Lynch bull on Wall Street and rode his horse, Red into Battery Park to see the Statue of Liberty.
From here he traveled to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He has completed his journey across Texas and thus the United States when he set foot in the Gulf of Mexico at Corpus Christi, Texas. Additional stops around the world should include Mexico, South America, Australia, Africa and Europe. The order of these adventures is not determined. After all this he'll then travel back to the United States to ride home to Chico, CA.
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