Posted on July 25, 2008 - by Hubba

A Mistake & Several Successes

Oops!  The horse trailer isn’t John Deere green at all.  The neighbor was funnin’ me on that one.  But instead of turning me off, I got all excited about it and mentioned it on the podcast.  I felt like a dummy when I pulled in and saw it.  It’s actually been painted the ever-popular “rattle can silver” like most of the rest of the trailers around here.

It’s also absolutely perfect.  It’s a veteran of the road, and has been accessorized to make such a life easier.  It has interior lighting which runs on a car battery, a row of hooks for tack or clothing, a step to get into the goosenck, and SOUNDPROOFING.  That one blew me away.  Even better, it has a little portable panel corral on the side.

This morning me and Carl figured out how to use the camp shower (that was quite a process) cleaned out the trailer, put a bed in it, and figured out a system for my toiletries.  I started feeling like a pro.

Then we tackled one that had been bugging me for quite a while.  I hadn’t seen my spurs since I sprained my ankle at the end of April, and that fact was beginning to bug me daily.  Carl and I mounted a full scale search, turning the barn, the house and several vehicles upside down.  We finally gave up after an hour.  A half hour or so later I wandered into my brother Nick’s room very absent mindedly and the first thing I saw were my spurs.  On Nick’s dresser.  I don’t have a clue how they got there or how long they had been there.  I was absolutely elated to find them.  I went right out and caught Duane, and we had a nice little ride.  He’s sitting in his panel corral as we speak.  I’ve taken to calling the whole setup my “trailer house.”

I don’t mean to get all Holy Roller on anybody here, but it really seems like God is watching over me.  I believe in God (I think most of us do) and it just feels like he’s helping me find all the stuff I need.  Thanks God.

Daggone I’m excited!  But the lesson I learned yesterday is that an internet personality can’t be so gullible…