Tired of Travel

Yesterday morning it was pitch dark when I left and pitch dark when I returned. That should be the last trip taken for at least a few months. The great thing about traveling for business is the meeting of new people. Yesterday I met Kris Gabriel and her husband interesting named Gabriel J. Gabriel. What mother does THAT? Kris was very kind and took time out of her busy day to teach how each piece of equipment we were buying would be used and how it was to be used. Together we went step by step from the collection to the processing and even how to AI a mare. This package came with supplies even for that. Someday we want to be able to AI our own mares and Kris explained not only is this doable she walked me through each step.
When it came time to load the truck we FILLED both the inside and outside with all of her breeding supplies. It was bittersweet for Kris to see this all go. Like putting the nail in the coffins of Flurry and Danny. Below is Kris with her beloved Flurry and below that is Danny.


The trip home seemed twice as long as the trip there having to stop twice for caffeine. The truck was just pulled into the barn last night, all unloading was left for this morning.
Now by spring time I'm going to be pushing to get the back area set up as a collection office. Counter tops, cupboards, a freezer, sink, and running hot & cold water, all of this will be necessary for this new enterprise. I just have to figure out how to present this to Mark.