We Bought It

Emily is back and took care of Lily for me this morning so I drove in to the shop early to unload the 12 boxes of wrapped Bibles out of my car and into the warehouse. Mark came down to help and he was much needed and much appreciated. Then it was time to get to the bank to withdraw the money for the trailer. What was funny about that was it was the very same teller that helped me withdraw it on Saturday then put it back on Saturday. I told her to wish me luck this time.
Rhoda and I left at 9:30 am for the trip down. This wasn't just to St. Louis it was 30 miles past Six Flags on I 44 so was an almost 4 hour trip. We arrived to find no one around, the trailer was unlocked so we spent some time going over it thoroughly to make sure it was structurally sound. The mats are missing, the divider slants are gone, all the bridle hooks are gone, the removable saddle stand is gone. Basically anything that could be removed had been. The trailer is longer and taller than mine but the same width making it a breeze to drive. A man showed up to help us hook it up to the truck then when I asked him if I was following him to the dealership he said nope he didn't work for them, and had never ever been there.  Thankfully we had the address to the dealership already entered in the GPS so decided to just drive the 50 miles to the place and pay for the trailer when I get there. That was weird and felt weird driving away with the trailer before paying for it.
It took over an hour to get to the dealership and they weren't even expecting us. The man that was suppose to meet us at the trailer then take us to the dealership had to go to Kansas City unexpectedly.
After paying for the trailer and getting the title we stopped at Red Robin for a late 3:00 pm lunch then started home arriving home around 7:00 pm. The trailer pulls great, the truck handled it just fine even on those Missouri hills and we are now the happy owners of a 2007 Keifer built Genesis 4-X.

The first thing we need to do is get mats on the floor. We spent some time on-line looking for used trailer mats but haven't had much luck. I would love to buy a couple of the slant dividers but found out Keifer has them priced at $350.00 each. That's just scandalous! Anyone out there parting out a horse trailer?
A special thanks to mom today for coming over and taking care of the puppies while we were gone.
Emily called during our drive to report Ribbon is in season and got her covered by Killian.
Karin called during the drive to tell us that vaulting went well and she got most of the release forms signed for the fair. I'm heading to bed, tomorrow is another big day.