We went to bed so early last night that we were both up at 4:00 am waiting for morning. After checking in with Joan and Ruth I grabbed a couple halters and lead ropes, some grain in a bucket and headed out to Middle Grove with the truck and trailer. That trip usually takes just under a half an hour but there was a big oversized semi stuck on 116 for about 20 minutes just outside of Farmington and when it finally got going again of course it was going the very same direction and only moving around 30 mph. The trip to Middle grove took almost an hour arriving there after 8:00 am. Thankfully the herd was in sight and I didn't have a huge amount of hiking. They were all spread out on the hillside grazing. I just took a couple pictures before grabbing the halter and hiking.
Rosaleigh was taken to the trailer first and loaded. Her colt went running back with Jewel's colt but that colt ran to Madiera instead of Jewel so Madiera was haltered and taken to the trailer and give grain. She was glad for that treat. About this time Jewel realized her colt was by the trailer and came running so she was haltered and loaded. Both colts jumped in pretty quickly and we were on our way home. The mares and colts were unloaded and taken into a stall. Halters were put on the colts, the mares were slipped out of the stall, loaded back on the trailers and drive back to Middle Grove. They walked out of the trailer quietly and just started the long walk back to the herd which was now over the hill. As soon as I got back to Hanna City the colts were brought into the indoor arena where the trailer had been put and loaded. Hoerr Vet clinic was called and Chris told me to bring them right over. Below they are getting ready for their blood draw.
The foal in the gray halter is Spirit HM (Rosaleigh's colt by Evan) and in the red halter is Sterling, Jewel's colt by Evan.
They were loaded back up, the trailer backed into the indoor again and the colts turned loose. They were calling for their mom's but soon settled down. Thankful they have each other. The other 4 weanlings were very curious about these 2 new ones.
Kayla from Friesian Heritage Horse registry sent me a message that the other 7 registrations were in the mail on their way. Thankful for that since Nov 5th Kincade and Spirit are getting picked up. Dan and Ruth drove to ElPaso to buy a wheel chair van for mom and were bringing it over to try out so once the weanlings were fine I drove over to mom's to check it out. Dan found an aluminum wheel chair ramp for sale on the same road as the van about 2 miles apart so bought that also. Below he is installing the ramp.
Karin took mom down the ramp for her first outing since the brain bleed. Below they are waiting for Ruth to check everything out.
It wasn't long before mom was on the ramp.
And we are off!
For this first ride we went to Ruth and Fedi's house to check on Fedi. He had surgery on Monday to fix the hip that kept popping out.
Below is unloading at Ruth and Fedi's house.
Below Fedi and mom are talking together about their experiences.
We kept this first trip short. Mom was tired after all the excitement so relaxed in her chair for about 15 minutes until Rachel brought over a big 4 piece chicken dinner from Gils Supper Club. Mom was hungry for fried chicken and ate the thigh leaving only bones. Dan, Amy and I finished up the rest of the chicken. After supper we were able to watch the Bible study on Facebook live. Amy is staying until Joan arrives and I'm heading to bed after a very long but productive day.
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