kleebeck's Cancer Blog

February 7, 2007

How is everyone?

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Hi! How is everyone doing? There were days I wondered if I could make it, but I did. So, hang in there!
Went to see my horse yesterday, (I’ll put pictures on soon.). I usually see her every day, she’s twenty-two minutes from me. HOWEVER, in case you didn’t know, Colorado – Denver – got hit with TWO huge snow storms. At least six feet of snow total and more! It started before Christmas and whereas we’re a mile high and the snow melts off the streets – well, it was so cold and every weekend it snowed MORE. So it meant I could only go see Powder, (Registered Quarter Horse out of a stud by the name of Skip Powder, her name is The Powder Lady.). Anyway, I can’t only go see her if I take my husband, Ted’s Expedition. Well, Tuesday, Ted was on the Western Slope, (That’s the other side of the mountains for you who aren’t familiar with Colorado, Grand Junction.) And he had Tank. (I named him because he goes anywhere.)
Took my car. Powder was happy to see me. She is doing well. She’s in a big pasture and when it’s cold, she has a stall in the barn. There are two barns on the ranch. Powder is in the lower barnm, but the gravel drive sloped down. I knew I’d get stuck if I went down there. It’s pretty much a path the width of the tractor with snow piled high on each side.
I parked at the barn on flat level ground.
When I got ready to leave, I was STUCK! MUD! I figured if I could rock back and forth enough, I could get back on some ice and out of the mud. Twenty minutes later I made it. Then I drove close to the huge hay stack where there was still frozen ground and I really gunned it. Got out!
From now on, until we get dry weather, I’m taking tank.