Just got an e-mail from Ginny asking me to post here as she has tried
twice and can't post.
I left work yesterday at 4pm to drive to PA to pick her up. It should have been an easy 3 hour drive. Especially as I have a new GPS and I had programmed it to take me right there. About 2/3s of the way, it died Battery went dead. I had no idea on how to go as I didn't have directions. Called my grandson and had him get the directions. At least I remembered the address. Well having directions didn't help. Street signs had ben pulled down. Long story short, it took me 5 hours to get there.
The mare is a very nice one. She is in good health, just needs to be cleaned up a little. She loaded and unloaded very well. Apparently, she is from a farm in MN and was brought back by a broker. He sold her once but she was brought back, don't know why. So after 30 days, he takes them to the slaughter auction to cut his losses. Thats where Danielle comes in. She notifies us, we contacted the nearby rescue, they pulled her and I got her last night.
I figure she is 37" and a Silver Bay. She's a little jumpy right now but is calming down. Poor girl, she's been through a lot. She went thru more last night. About an hour from home and on an Interstate HWY, my rear tire blew. I made it safely to the side but had no idea on how to change the tire. Well, I did a little, but it was so dark and the Semis were wizzing by soo fast and it was soo cold. I did what any red blooded woman would do. I called my grandson, bless him.. He got out of a nice warm bed and drove an hour each way to rescue his grandmom!!
So my easy 6 hour trip took about 11 hours!! But it was worth it. The mare who I now call Lucy Lu is a gem.
twice and can't post.
I left work yesterday at 4pm to drive to PA to pick her up. It should have been an easy 3 hour drive. Especially as I have a new GPS and I had programmed it to take me right there. About 2/3s of the way, it died Battery went dead. I had no idea on how to go as I didn't have directions. Called my grandson and had him get the directions. At least I remembered the address. Well having directions didn't help. Street signs had ben pulled down. Long story short, it took me 5 hours to get there.
The mare is a very nice one. She is in good health, just needs to be cleaned up a little. She loaded and unloaded very well. Apparently, she is from a farm in MN and was brought back by a broker. He sold her once but she was brought back, don't know why. So after 30 days, he takes them to the slaughter auction to cut his losses. Thats where Danielle comes in. She notifies us, we contacted the nearby rescue, they pulled her and I got her last night.
I figure she is 37" and a Silver Bay. She's a little jumpy right now but is calming down. Poor girl, she's been through a lot. She went thru more last night. About an hour from home and on an Interstate HWY, my rear tire blew. I made it safely to the side but had no idea on how to change the tire. Well, I did a little, but it was so dark and the Semis were wizzing by soo fast and it was soo cold. I did what any red blooded woman would do. I called my grandson, bless him.. He got out of a nice warm bed and drove an hour each way to rescue his grandmom!!
So my easy 6 hour trip took about 11 hours!! But it was worth it. The mare who I now call Lucy Lu is a gem.
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