HBO’s Inland Northwest — 12.21.09

Bernice Ende of Trego, Mont., takes a break with Claire Dog and her horses Essie Pearl and Honor during a visit to Roswell, New Mexico, last week while on a cross country walking trek carrying on the tradition of the Long Rider. Ende left Montana March 20th for Portland, Oregon and since has traveled east, with a destination of San Antonio, Texas after her Roswell stop. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record Mark Wilson)

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