Larry’s History
MY FIRST HORSEBACK RIDE WAS WHEN I WAS 5 YEARS OLD. MY GRANDPA HANSON SHOWED ME HOW TO GET UP ON HIS DRAFT HORSE, USING A SUGAR CUBE AND A STUMP. I’VE BEEN HOOKED SINCE THEN. I NOW HAVE 4 HORSES AND A BLACK LAB AND A 3 HORSE TRAILER. MY WIFE AND I LIVE ON A SMALL ACREAGE NEAR NEW RICHLAND MN. MY HORSES ARE “COCHISE”,,”KEMO”,,”LUCKY” AND “DAKOTA” AND “MAGGIE” MY DOG. I HAVE BEEN IN THE WASECA COUNTY SHERIFF’S MOUNTED POSSE FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS. THE POSSE IS WHERE I MET MERT SCHWARZ, A RETIRED SHERIFF FOR WASECA COUNTY AND IS STILL A CURRENT POSSE MEMBER AT THE AGE OF 89. MERT WENT ON 7 OUT OF 9 YEARLY SEGMENTS TO COMPLETE A TRIP SIMILAR TO THIS WITH OUR MINNESOTA EX-GOVERNOR AL QUIE.I WAS INSPIRED BY BOTH OF THEM, SO WHEN I GOT A CHANCE TO GO WITH ROCKY I JUMPED AT THE CHANCE
