Too Good to Be True

Rhoda found a 1992 all aluminum 4 horse Featherlite Horse trailer for only $4000.00 on Craigslist. This was located up near Chicago. We thought it might be a scam but the people selling responded both with phone calls and texts. After arranging to meet them at their farm at 12:30 pm, Karin and I drove the truck to the bank and picked up the cash. The seller sent through a text that she had an appointment at 12:30 and could we come sooner. We let her know we were already on the way and our estimated time of arrival was noon. She said that would be fine. We had passed Morton, IL and were getting close to the Goodfield exit when the phone rang. This time it was a guy to say, "sorry we just sold the trailer." We drove right back to the bank and put the money back.
So was it a scam to get us to go on a wild goose chase wasting our time and money or did they really just sell the trailer right out from under us?
Yes we are disappointed but also feel God must not have wanted us to have this trailer, perhaps He has something better for us.
So instead of driving 3 hours there and 3 hours back we only wasted an hour giving Karin time to grade the arena and work horses. She ended up riding Jenis, Eliza, Anna and Zalena before giving Mark a hand splitting another load of wood for the coming cold.

After 2 days of above freezing temperatures we are back into winter. For the next 10 days we will not see above freezing and the night temps are suppose to drop to single digits or below. The only good thing about this is we won't be dealing in mud. What a long winter.
Mark and I needed to put a round bale in Sissy and Star's paddock then stacked the split wood up on the porch filling for the wood burner. Mark counted the bales when he put the tractor back, we have 63 left. We used more than planned, we were projecting 67 by the end of March and this is only the 22nd of Feb. Sure hope we have an early spring and an early first cutting.