6:30pm: I went out to hook the truck up to the trailer around noon and the back passenger side tire was completly FLAT. Mark and I worked about an hour to change it. First we had to figure out how to remove the spare from under the truck, then we had to jack it up 3 times each time adding wood under the jack as the jack just wasn't getting the truck up high enough for Mark to put the spare on. I had to run get the camera by the third time.
Mark was so hot and dirty from lying under the truck. The spare needed air and our air compressor is not here right now so I headed to Casey's to fill both the gas tank and the tire. The shower felt wonderful after all that and I made it to the lake by 3:00pm. One of the automatic waterers was not working and was flooding the middle paddock. Karin got it to stop but what we didn't know was that she stopped all the water going into it, not just the running over. We loaded Ribbon into the trailer and took off for Weaver farm for the CIRTS benefit. We were there in plenty of time and unloaded Ribbon. Karin got a phone call from Alicia that her car had broken down on the interstate and they were going to be 45 minutes late. Alicia has 3 of our vaulters, Mikayla, Mitchell and Mathew, and we only had 6 for this performance. Rebekah, Anni, and Sasha were a little stressed out thinking they were going to be the only vaulters for this performance but the Cooksey's made it just before it was time to go on. The vaulters did WONDERFUL, it was a really good performance and the crowd loved it. Most had never seen anything like vaulting. We got back to the farm by 6:00pm and discovered the waterer was completly dry. Ralph was working on it so I felt pretty comfortable leaving it up to him. Steven had Pacheron loaded for the trip home but before I started driving Pacheron started making noise in the back of the trailer, Ralph discovered he had his hoof caught in the hay bag. I had to take the bag down to get it off him. I am SO glad to be BACK!
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