Man traveling across country on his horse-drawn carriage for 5th time

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (KGWN/Gray News) – A horse logger from Montana is traveling across the United States in a carriage for what will be the fifth time.

Lee the Horselogger first left his hometown of East Glacier, Montana, on Aug. 6, 2006, to travel across the country.

He would make the same journey another three times before this year.

“I travel to see nursing homes to meet people, go to schools, I do my show and tell, this is a horse, you know a lot of people have never seen a horse,” he said.

Lee is now making his fifth trip across the continental United States with his horse Jessie. They most recently made it through Cheyenne in early May.

Lee said he has made the journey multiple times because he is 63 years old and doesn’t have a family to tie him down.

“So I figured, why the hell not, see what goes on in the world,” he said.

On a trip last September, Lee’s original carriage became stuck in an accident. But that didn’t stop him from planning his fifth cross-country trip this year.

Together, Lee and Jessie only travel around 3 mph. He said people giving him the space to travel is usually what makes his day.

“That’s the biggest issue for me, just give me enough room, I’m driving but also I’m like anybody who’s driving,” he said.

Lee is currently on the way to Boston, Massachusetts. While they have a long way to go Lee said the experience is “one he will never forgo.”

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