So what would you do if you lost your job as a ranch hand in Florida as well as your house, owned 2 horses, and there were no opportunities for employment in your state? Maybe try another location. Which is exactly what 44 year old Donna Byrne is doing. Except she's getting there on horseback.
"She loaded up her horses and all her worldly goods and hit the road," says Daniel Skidmore who read about Byrne in a local newspaper. In search of work as a cowgirl or ranch hand, Byrne is headed west--maybe to Texas or Montana, where she hopes to find a job.
Tonto and Jay, her two horses, are her traveling companions and so far, so good. She spent the first couple of nights sleeping outside until some local newspapers picked up her story. Since then, people started looking for her and many have offered her money, places to sleep, food, even veterinary services and new shoes for the horses.
"It's been a dream of mine to do this ride," she says. "Lost a house, lost a job. Had to do something quick. I figured right now'd be the best time to do it."
Members of a Florida chapter of Cowboys for Christ, a national organization, have started a website for Byrne and they are trying to set her up with lodging through Florida, and maybe all the way to Texas.
There is some concern that Ms. Byrne may not be making the best decision for herself and her horses and that she has indeed received offers that she has turned down. It may just be that she wants to go west, regardless of what stands in her way.
You can follow Byrne's journey for yourself and see what you think. If nothing else, she is one determined cowgirl!
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