Last Friday we had a very exciting, crazy adventure. We were on our way to Heritage Farm for a cattle clinic when the craziness started. Everything was like normal as we sat in the truck, talking to pass the time. Then we pulled up to an intersection in Northampton, and the truck stalled. We all froze, our eyes wide as Roberta tried to get it running again. Cars behind us began honking just as the truck started up again. We all sighed and relaxed as the truck started moving again, but that was not the end of our problems. "It's still not running right," Roberta said. Then the truck completely broke down, and we were stuck on the side of Rt. 10, 4 miles away from the farm. Jamie was picking up parts in Pittsfield, and he didn't have a cell phone on him, so we either had to continue on to the farm without the truck and trailer, call a towing company, or wait for Jamie to get home.
It didn't take long for us to decide, and soon my mom had Tango and Willy tacked up and unloaded. We got on the horses and headed off down the road, riding in the breakdown lane. Roberta and Jason walked behind us, leading Flash (Jason's lab puppy). After about a mile, Roberta and Jason couldn't keep up, so we continued on without them. Every time we reached a grassy stretch, we would trot, but when we were on pavement we would walk. Both horses were being great, not even twitching as big rigs, buses, and motorcycles whizzed by. Many people stared at us as they drove by, but we just smiled, waved, and kept going.
45 minutes later we turned onto Florence Rd, and the farm was right there. We were hot and sweaty, but the horses weren't tired at all, so we brought them over to the ring to prepare for the clinic. Roberta and Jason showed up soon afterwards, having hitched a ride. Erin and Jason then participated in the clinic and did great, and then Jamie came to fix the truck, and was able to get it to Heritage so he had the whole parking lot to fix it in. By that point it was already 8pm, so we put the horses in stalls and went out to dinner. The truck still needed a lot of work, so we let the horses stay in stalls for the night while we went home. The next morning Jamie went back and fixed the truck, and trailered the horses home.
Anyways, that concludes our exciting, scary, and crazy adventure. :)
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