Category: Family

Saturday found us working hard at the horse rescue as we prepared for the big Open House and Whoa Down for Hay event at the horse rescue. The bunkhouse was ready to be rented out to interested parties, and Munchkin had worked diligently during the week to get the nature park ready to show off to those who attended the big event. When 11:00 rolled around, we were (for the most part) ready for the event to begin. We had hamster races which were a huge hit. The Mane Street Stampede put on a great comedic western performance. Munchkin had…

While Monday held a bit of bad craziness with the freak storm that caused damage at the horse rescue, there was also some good craziness that took place the following day. The horse rescue has two different areas – the regular horse rescue and the retirement villa. The retirement villa allows horses/donkeys/ponies to live out the remainder of their lives in peace and comfort in a relaxing environment. There are a variety of reasons for the horses to be at the retirement villa rather than at the regular rescue, but they all revolve around having special needs whether it be…

On Monday afternoon, shortly after Munchkin and I had left the horse rescue for the day, a big windstorm came through the ranch. A wind funnel/dust devil ripped through the pasture taking out stalls and shade structures. The one set of stalls crashed through the fence causing some major damage to the fence. Thankfully, no one was hurt even though there were a couple of volunteers who were in a stall near the stalls that were taken out. Even the horses were okay; they were just really spooked and running around like a wild herd of horses. Sadly, this all…