So Tim has a mammoth horse trailer. I didn’t know how mammoth until I saw it this week for the first time. It is so long that Grandma said it “looked like a TRAIN was comin’ down the driveway” I had my cowboy boots on at my session last Friday and all of my stuff packed and ready to head straight to the horse barn and go to Grandma’s afterwards, and I was like a kid on Christmas morning! I haven’t ever had a “hobby” that was this energizing. I have always, always loved all animals, but horses and dogs have always been on the top of my favorite list. I thought Rev would load the best into the trailer, but it was actually a nightmare. He ended up raring up like the black stallion and was so scared it broke my heart. The others loaded first after we had tired getting Rev in first and didn’t succeed, and then Rev saw the others in there and decided he would be ok and hopped right in. Now, wouldn’t that have been easier if he would have done that the first time???
So we got a late start and didn’t really know how we would let them loose at Grandma’s in the dark. When we got there and let them all backout of the trailer they were in horse heaven! No more small stalls without pasture, it was all wet, lush grass with a TON of space to run around and stretch their legs. I told mom to make sure she woke me up early so I could not miss a beautiful part of the morning taking a few pictures of them. It had poured all night long and the horses were soaked, but I think they loved it.
We rode and rode all weekend, those horses must have been pooped! They did eat everything they could ever want though. When we left the horses all loaded great. We just had to walk them in and it was such a blessing not to have to go through the Black Stallion drama very much again. We made it home and when I put Rev back in his tiny 8×10 stall I was real sad for him, so we called Clayton at Coyote Run and had him put Ruth (Rev’s new girlfriend) and Rev in a larger outdoor area. I’m sure he is much happier about that.
The Train
Tim riding his “green” mare who has bucked him off 2, almost 3 times now.
Carter on the front porch of the horse trailer and mom.
Sister, Magen
