Stuck in the Mud

 I got stuck in the mud and my heart went with a thud when I thought that all my worries were behind  trouble got on the trail spent the next 3 hours in jail I should have read that detour sign.   That is a song dad would sing on all of our vacations each time we had take a detour. Today I really did get stuck in the mud. More about that later. On our walk this morning we stopped at Joan's to check out her new bedroom set then each of us got a loaf of friendship bread special baked by Berlica. Below we are leaving Joan's house with our treasure. Joan couldn't walk because of Faith's co-op.

After the walk I downloaded and uploaded another of David's messages, another one from June 2018.

I listened to it while making the video. From there I drove to Diane's office to drop off a couple checks then to the money center to deposit a couple checks. The money center wouldn't take my checks and after trying two times I just gave up and decided to drive to CEFCU to deposit them. The drive through was pretty busy but I only had 1 car in front of me on my lane. It still took quite a while. When it was finally my turn, the drawer opened, the checks were put in and before the drawer closed the wind grabbed a check and started hurling it into the parking lot. Of course that meant a chase but the check was grabbed and I got back in line only the time spent chasing the check gave about 6 or 7 cars to get in line before me. That took an extra 20 minutes. Kroger was the next stop. That was going to be the only grocery stop today but checking prices I just couldn't do it, bought a few things then drove to Aldi in Pekin. $99.00 was spent at Aldi but even there I made a mistake. I got in line with only 1 cart ahead of me, realized I had forgotten the sugar pea pods went back to get them and all of a sudden there were 7 carts in from of mine and still only 1 line open. I didn't get home until after 2:00 pm, got the groceries put away, took the golf cart up to the barn, plugged the trailer into the truck and took off for Middle Grove. When I arrived at Middle Grove I got out of the truck, opened the gate then walked in to make sure the ground was firm enough to drive on. That was another big mistake, it was firm enough on top but I realized very quickly when driving into the field this wasn't a good idea and decided to drive right back out to the road. I almost made it out. The truck got stuck at the gate and started sliding backwards with the trailer starting to jackknife. Backing the truck was worse it started sliding sideways down the slope. I was stuck in the mud. I called my brother John and asked him first if he was in Farmington or Missouri and when the answer came back Farmington told him I was stuck in the mud. He sent two of his sons, Tom and Tim to help. 

They tried first with their 4 wheel truck but that didn't work the ground was just too soft on top then frozen underneath . They then drove to the next gate where Mike has the tractor,

brought that back, hooked up and pulled everything backward.

Once it was back far enough the chain was unhooked and the tractor taken to the front of the truck.

The tractor easily pulled the truck and trailer out to the road.

What would we do without family? I was so thankful they lived close and were willing to come. By this time it was getting late. The truck and trailer were left parked on the side of the road before hiking up to find the horses.  Sally was the first horse that came up.

Below Sheena is left and Rosaleigh is grazing on the right.

Big Rosalie and Indy were eating at the hay bale.

Big Rosalie was haltered, that is Indy next to her. I originally planned on bringing Rosalie and Galena home. 

There were more horses over by the round pen. That is Lily on the other side and Lola to the right. 

Galena saw me and came waddling up. She is just huge but her udder is still flat. She is due in a month.

Below is Soul.

Hadassah is below.

Rosaleigh came walking over for attention. She is due July 4th. That is Jewel behind her and the black in the corner is Tatiana.

The rest of them were scattered and I didn't want to take any extra time to get close-up pictures. Galena was haltered and brought over to Rosalie but they did not want to walk together. Galena was sure that Rosalie was going to bite or kick her. It just wasn't going to work, the halter was removed from Rosalie. She doesn't need to come in so soon anyway. Galena was taken to the trailer, loaded, the gates were shut and by that time it was almost 5:00 pm. At least I made it home before dark. Isaiah was here and helped with putting Galena in a paddock. Tomorrow Karin is taking Ripper and Irish out to Middle Grove and bringing in the 3 walkers so the trailer was just left in the drive. Supper was late tonight, I'm muddy, tired and cold so will draw a hot bath then hit the bed early.