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Oakville Woman Follows Dream with Horseback Journey to Montana - Centralia Chronicle

Curtis-Drennen, who stayed in the Nile Valley with Joyce Graff and her daughter, Sherri Whiley, last week.Born in Seattle, Curtis-Drennen was a toddler when her family moved to Fort Benton, Mont. They lived there for nine years, then returned to Washington, settling in Longview. That’s where she graduated from high school 40 years ago.“I missed my reunion for this and it’s worth it,” she said Thursday.The mother of two daughters and two grandchildren, Curtis-Drennen married twice. She divorced both.Her relationships with family members have ebbed and flowed over the years, too. Curtis-Drennen isn’t close with her siblings and didn’t get along with her dad, Carl Curtis, for years. But that changed in the five years before he died in 2005.“Dad said to follow your dream. If you get the chance, don’t go to your grave not doing it. At least try,” she said.So in April, the former in-home caregiver started making plans. She wanted to leave shortly after her birthday on May 15, but a few pieces had to fall into place before she hit the road in early July.Her journey started off a little rough.“I got lost the first night and couldn’t find my tent, so I stayed in an outhouse,” Curtis-Drennen said. “It was nice; it even had tile on the floor.”That was the only outhouse she slept in, though she’s used a few. “Sometimes it’s much nicer than using the woods,” she said.Curtis-Drennen follows no plan as she heads along roads, using trails when she can.“I make it up as I go. I figure it out from others,” she said. “... It just happens.”Koby wears a little cowbell that jingles a lot — when he’s running through the grass, dragging a great big stick or rolling over at Curtis-Drennen’s command.“It’s to know where he is, but also to warn off bears,” Curtis-Drennen said of the cowbell.She hasn’t seen any bears, or any other big predators. The wildest animals she’s seen so far were elk near Goose Prairie. They didn’t give her a hard time, but some humans have.“Pe...

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Oakville Woman Follows Dream with Horseback Journey to Montana - Centralia Chronicle

Curtis-Drennen, who stayed in the Nile Valley with Joyce Graff and her daughter, Sherri Whiley, last week.Born in Seattle, Curtis-Drennen was a toddler when her family moved to Fort Benton, Mont. They lived there for nine years, then returned to Washington, settling in Longview. That’s where she graduated from high school 40 years ago.“I missed my reunion for this and it’s worth it,” she said Thursday.The mother of two daughters and two grandchildren, Curtis-Drennen married twice. She divorced both.Her relationships with family members have ebbed and flowed over the years, too. Curtis-Drennen isn’t close with her siblings and didn’t get along with her dad, Carl Curtis, for years. But that changed in the five years before he died in 2005.“Dad said to follow your dream. If you get the chance, don’t go to your grave not doing it. At least try,” she said.So in April, the former in-home caregiver started making plans. She wanted to leave shortly after her birthday on May 15, but a few pieces had to fall into place before she hit the road in early July.Her journey started off a little rough.“I got lost the first night and couldn’t find my tent, so I stayed in an outhouse,” Curtis-Drennen said. “It was nice; it even had tile on the floor.”That was the only outhouse she slept in, though she’s used a few. “Sometimes it’s much nicer than using the woods,” she said.Curtis-Drennen follows no plan as she heads along roads, using trails when she can.“I make it up as I go. I figure it out from others,” she said. “... It just happens.”Koby wears a little cowbell that jingles a lot — when he’s running through the grass, dragging a great big stick or rolling over at Curtis-Drennen’s command.“It’s to know where he is, but also to warn off bears,” Curtis-Drennen said of the cowbell.She hasn’t seen any bears, or any other big predators. The wildest animals she’s seen so far were elk near Goose Prairie. They didn’t give her a hard time, but some humans have.“Pe...