South to North...

Murphy and Dr. Downie, at Bailey Veterinary clinic is Roseburg, OR. Murphy was starting to get a few sharp points on his teeth so we decided to have this taken care of while we were in Oregon with vets that we know. I do think that Garrett enjoyed watching Murphy get drugged and violated. :-)

Today marks the day that we head from the southern part of Oregon, up to the North. We are Donald/Canby bound. It will be the next place that we set up camp and get the horses comfortable. They will be there until we leave for Montana. Garrett's dad and Tracy are our next gracious hosts. We will be based out of their place except for the time we spend in Bend and Seattle.:-)

We left Glide just before 10am this morning with our possessions, animals, and 4 cow tongues. Don't worry, we are actually delivering these organs to a customer of Seven Springs Natural Beef. The gentleman lives in Portland and we were heading that way.

We were sad and excited all the same as we pulled out of the Young's driveway this morning. We had a great time in Glide and on our trip over to Myrtle Point and the coast. We did have a slight variation in travel plans on Friday morning while on our way from Glide to Myrtle Point. Blue, our truck, decided that he needed some TLC and we ended up leaving him in Roseburg at Lithia Ford.

We had been having some, what we thought were electrical or computer, issues with him for a few months. He started shutting himself down as we made it the 20 miles from Glide to Roseburg before finally dieing in the dealership parking lot. Believe me, we were so thankful that he waited instead of doing this during a wind storm in western AZ. Timing really is everything.:-) No worries, he is on the road again with a new alternator and a pride lift. Lets just say that he feels super charged.

We made it over to Myrtle Point by Friday afternoon after borrowing Betsy, another ford truck, from the Youngs. She is a bit older than Blue, but ran like a champ for the 3 days we used her.

Our stay in Myrtle Point was perfect. We were able to spend time with my mom, dad, sister, and the grandparents. Most of the time that we spent with my immediate family was at a huge Open Rabbit Show. Yes, I am serious, and we have the pictures to prove it. :-) My parents and little sister raise show and meat rabbits. Their herd did quiet well at this show. There were people there from all over the NW, judges from all over the country, and over 700 scared little bunnies. Quite a sight to see!

I have to admit that bunnies are cute but I am a horse person. Garrett and I have decided that there are 2 kinds of people in the world, there are Horse people and there are Bunny people. You choose! :-) LOL

I do have some more tales to tell in the next day or so. I will have more on MT shortly. I did find out that we are closer to Mc Allister, which is just north of Ennis. We are near Ennis Lake and about 9 miles out of Mc Allister on a gravel road. Sounds Fabulous! We plan to head that way the 1st or 2nd of April. :-)

Ta Ta for now... Luvs~HB&GG