First Full Day~

The day warmed up quick!  I was anxious to see Farah's boarding stable.  It was only a few miles to the farm.  The drive was steep with a bit of a tilt to it.  Butch had his hands full with the truck, camper & trailer.  The parking was tighter than we'd anticipated.

Farah's new barn~

Farah was instantly excited when she unloaded!  With other horses in the barn & out in the pasture - she was checking everything out!  We put her in the round pen - deep with sand.  She took off bucking & running!  Next, a drop to the ground & roll!  We looked around - a very nice place - big stalls, well bedded, with auto-waters.  I'd reserved a stall - there were no outside runs available.  We decided to leave her out for a while, I wanted to see the house!

One of the three town water towers~

It was only a seven-mile drive to our new place!  I loved the corner of town where the house was located.  The neighborhood looked nice & quiet.  Walking in the front door though - I knew our work would be cut out for us...  We'd had the interior completely painted before our arrival.  Flooring installation was scheduled to begin tomorrow.

With street parking very limited, Butch wanted to get the Bronco unloaded & car-hauler returned asap.  We parked the truck & horse trailer where we thought they would be out of the way.  Once the Bronco was off - we hitched it up to the car-hauler & drove east out of town - to return it to the U-Haul dealer.

Trailer returned!

As we were returning to town, I got a call from a man who identified himself as a local police officer!  He asked if the Ford truck & trailer parked on the curve was ours?  Well... Yes!  He then asked where we were & how long it would take us to get back?  When we told him it would be minutes - he replied the school buses would be driving through on their way to the nearby elementary school!  He was worried they wouldn't be able to squeeze by :-)  

At home~

When we arrived - I had to ask how on earth he'd found my phone number?  As luck would have it - the painter we'd hired lives just up the street.  He'd seen the officer by our truck with those stand-out Washington State plates :-)  Disaster adverted :-)  Welcome to small town America!  :-)

Returning to check on Farah - we found her covered in flies!  She came running to us!  I sprayed her down & put her into her stall - she settled right in & checked out the water.  Back at the house, Butch parked the truck in the drive.  We'd already planned to live in the camper until the flooring was installed.  Let the remodel begin!