Kent and Charlene Krone

Trail riders Kent and Charlene Krone reminisce about Charlene’s first horse, an Appaloosa named Buckwheat, in this month’s Inspired Rider column.

California’s Joshua Tree National Park offers spectacular trail riding through unique desert ecosystems.

For a true getaway, ride and camp in Nevada’s Great Basin National Park, a vast region that offers solitude, stargazing, and endless wilderness trail riding.

Leave civilization behind at the Turpin Meadows Trailhead, gateway to the largest wilderness area in the continental United States.