As the day was going to be busy there was no going back to bed once they were fed. The morning was so deliciously cool it was a joy to be able to clean the stalls before 5:00am. After the walk a trip to the Fast Stop in Hanna City for diesel fuel as the skid steer was going to be in use today. Mark had 5 gallons waiting and while I was purchasing 10 more gallons, Mike came out of his office and asked if I was going back home, his office workers, Shannan and Jennifer wanted to come see the pups. Good thing I had already spent over an hour cleaning their stall, taking out the indoor outdoor carpet and hosing it off, then sweeping out the barn. The transport company thought they would be here around 2:00pm, meaning I should not leave the place until they arrived. They were bringing a mare in from West Virginia named Breyer to breed to Raven. Steven Marchal arrived in the afternoon. He helped with moving horses around to prepare a paddock for Breyer, by putting Ylse and Pari in the field, then as it was nice out the 2 boys were let in the pasture behind Raven. We had to watch them have fun bucking and galloping around. One can sure waste time standing around watching young stallions but they were so entertaining. Jenis is in her foal heat and Steven helped get her covered. She is not an easy mare, she acts like a stallion herself but Raven got the job done. While this was going on, we hear squealing and find the boys made it over the fence in with Ylse who was making sure they kept their distance.
Steven had only a few hours to help as he came straight from his work and he has puppies at his place that would need care by 4:00pm. We were able to clean out the bale in the middle paddock none of the horses would eat and move in one of our first cutting from way back in the field. We will see if they will eat this one. What spoiled horses we have. We needed to stack the bales to be traded for Gary Unsicker and had to decide which ones our horses would not want ending up with 14 bales to trade. I'll call Chuck today and tell him they are ready to go. Once Steven left I started moving bales off the side of the field and into the barn.
Mom called and invited us to dinner and what a wonderful invitation. I'm not compulsive or anything but don't like to stop work just to prepare a meal.
The transport company had not yet arrived so they were called and given mom's number. Sure enough they called during dinner to explain they had a flat tire, then one of the horses on the trailer went down and needed care. They thought they would arrive around 9:00pm. After dinner Mark moved the dump trailer to the back and Mike helped him unload the wood splitter and stove, then power washed the finish mower deck for the Kabota which he wants to sell on ebay.
The transport company actually arrived around 11:00pm, backed into the arena, unloaded and gave the old pony a rest in one of the stalls so she could lay down while they moved around the other horses. Their rig is a huge 7 horse with living quarters. They were very professional and great with the horses.
Breyer was taken to her paddock, she is a very nice mare and will be a great cross with Raven. Once they left the 2 mare stalls still needed to be cleaned before falling into bed around 11:45pm.
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