Road Trip

Brian has been looking for some horses ever since we had to put Lighting down last year. There are several that we have watched for awhile, but now that the weather is starting to break and he had a day off we decided to call and go look at one.  He loaded the truck and trailer loaded and I surprised the kids with an  Early Dismissal, we started Spring Break a couple of hours early!!  It was a 3-3.5 hour drive there and was beautiful, just on the other side of Natural Bridge and close to Moorehead!

Hunter took advantage of some screen time on his DS

While Hayley napped. God love her, she gets in a car and she is O-U-T!!

The drive was SO worth it, these people are go sweet and I honestly feel comfortable about buying from them. They were so honest and upfront about every horse--sadly, there are few people like this  when you are dealing with buying and selling animals.  The kids wanted to "test drive" this one horse and the guy told them they weren't allowed because he didn't feel comfortable with them on that horse!! I was SO thankful and relieved.

We looked at 4 different horses and decided to take Ginger and Copper home with us!! Brian was excited (more so then the kids) because he had watched them both all winter long.

Brian on Copper
Copper is a 12 year old, sorrel, quarter horse mare, who stands 14 hands tall. She can flat get with it (Brian LOVES that about her) when you let her, and can be rode double, she is also very calm and just like Ginger. Hayley is already trying to talk Brian into turning her into her barrel horse in a couple years.

Ginger
Ginger is a 10 year old,  non-gated, Palomino mare pony, who stands 13.3 hands tall. PERFECT size for myself and kids. She is broke to ride, pull a cart and work. You can even ride doubles (two at a time) on her. They said that they have pulled logs with her, and I believe it. She is STRONG!! Sweet horse who is DEAD BROKE (there is NO FIGHT in her!!) He crawled under her, pulled on her tail, ears, lifted her feet and she wasn't phased one bit!!

They told us how Ginger would cart and pull and were adamant about showing us. Here they hooked her to a old pallet and were pulled around the field. The kids had a blast riding around like that!!
Both horses loaded and hauled beautifully, that makes a trip easier and less stressful. We all were so excited but worn out too, it was after 11pm before we got home with our newest additions! Can't wait to get to ride tomorrow!!