Wild Horse Adventures

This is Scooter. He was a little "wild horse" rescue. I got the call from the BLM that they needed a home for this little guy, so sight unseen I said I would take him. Hooked up the horse trailer and headed out, 90 miles away, to pick up a colt I had never seen. It turned out to be a wonderful adventure. Scooter now lives with permanent family in Steamboat Springs Colorado.
I haven't seen him for a few years now, I do get a Christmas card and he has grown quite a bit.

I bring this up to tell you that my "wild horses" have given me a lot of adventures, and now even after a few years of being out of the wild horse program, I'm still having adventures. The week after my surgery I received a call from Margo in California. I had never met her, but thru our involvement with wild horses she had obtained my name and number and called to get some information on the adoption program and the plight of the wild horses. 99 minutes, we had such a visit and both hoped to do it again. Well, she and her husband are in Steamboat Springs for the week and we will meet with them for dinner tomorrow and more "horse" stories.

Pat and I were very involved with the wild horse program for about 5 years. We were instrumental in creating a Tri-State Wild Horse Event, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming included.
In order to win the larger prizes, contestants had to participate in each state to accumulate points. It was a great adventure and we met wonderful people.

Just last week I received a call from Grand Junction Colorado, a lady who now owns a horse I had given to her 84 year old father about five years ago. I met him at a wild horse roundup, he wanted a horse and I had just recently had "Rambo" returned to me. It was a wonderful match, he had Rambo about three years and decided he was just to old to ride so he gave Rambo to his daughter. We spent 2 hours on the phone, told her the story of when we adopted Rambo, how he came to have his name, how I met her father (Leonard) and gave him the horse. It brought back some great "wild horse" memories. I hope to get down there and see him again now that he's all grown up.

One of my funnest memories was making NBC News with Lester Holt!!!Yep, they sent a full camera crew ( 5 NBC vehicles) to our house and taped an interview with me and my mustang mare Trinket. It was a blast! We made national television, my and my little mustang. We were part of a larger story they were doing on the wild horses, our actual "air time" was limited, but we made it. I had a good laugh with a friend when I asked her where her quarterhorse had taken her lately, my mustang took me all the way to New York!

It will be fun to tell the stories and relive the memories. We have owned 29 horses in the last 9 years and helped place at least 8 more that were rescues and just needed new homes. Our herd is reduced to just 4 now, two of which are "mustangs" and we love them!