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Welcome back Debbie. Glad to see you and that crazy flatland sand 
trained horse did fine in the mountains.

As far as hauling. I've hauled from FL to Northern Idaho and of course 
back. I've hauled from FL to Utah and back. I've hauled from FL to CO 
and back and I've hauled from FL to WY and back. I've hauled from MI and 
back.  I've also done the long hauls (two days) we sometimes have in the 
SE to get to rides.

Bottom line once our horses get on in the morning they stay on. We stop 
every two to three hours for 15 minutes or so to let the dogs pee, let 
us pee and let the horses rest. The horses always have hay in front of 
them. At stops they have water in front of them the whole time we are 
stopped. If it's meal time they get fed.

Our horses will pee in the trailer. They will drink if they need to. 
They munch on hay - actually go through a lot of hay. I'd rather give 
them breaks but get to where we are going for the night so they can get 
out unwind and relax. I also tend to break up trips with an off travel 
day here an there, e.g. two long days followed by a rest day.

Truman

Debbie Parsons wrote:
> Debbie & Boomer
> FL to the Big Horn 100 in WY via Auburn, CA . . . it could only happen to me!
>
>   


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monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also 
into you.”  Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil


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