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As usual, as soon as I started loading the truck, it started to
rain. But, I was still going. I made sure the rain gear was
stowed. As soon as it starts raining, the horses came running
in from the pasture - they hate to get wet. At least I didn't
have to go look for them. So, everything loaded, get a muddy
Drake from his stall, load him, and we are off.
Now, there is limited roads off my mountain. A big, like very big,
semi tracker trailer tried to back into a drive way. He didn't make
it. I had to turn around my truck and trailer on a barely 2 lane
road. One guy was in a hurry and thought he could get past the semi.
Sure. He got stuck between semi and me trying to do a many point turn.
I did get the rig turned around, and headed back up the hill to an
alternate route.
The road up to Beaver Meadows is a pretty drive. It was raining most
of the time. But I'm still going to ride.
Get to base camp. They like to park you in particularl placed, but no
one is there. I chose a spot where my riding buddy and I can park
together. Then I unload.
Oops. Blood on Drake's leg. I check him out. He has a very small
cut right on the fetlock. It's bleeding very nicely. It is all the
way through the hide. It's only an inch or so long. But it opens
with each step he takes.
After waiting for the first vet to arrive and set up, she looks at it
and says that she doesn't know if I should pull or not, maybe stiches
or staples, maybe go down to a lower distance, maybe wait for vet #2 to
show up. Vet 2 comes about 3 hours later. She's supposed to talk at
the ride meeting. Wait some more. Finally, she looks at it and says
no go. Fine, I expected this. Maybe clean up now and stitch in the
morning. I say, no way. I'm going home. Do what we can now. I'll
call my vet. So wait some more. Finally get a bit of cleaning, staple
in, wrapped, and on to home.
11 pm I get home and call my vet. Talk to his answering machine and
ask him to call me in the morning. He calls right back. He was working
on his bike. He'll come out in the morning.
Grummble, mummble, swear at little tiny cuts.
Now, I get to keep a very fit endurance horse in a corral for a couple
of weeks. Which also means the other horses have to stay in as well,
since Drake would go ape if the others were out and he was in.
Grummble, mummble, swear at little tiny cuts.
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