Boggle- USA bound!

[rabatsa]

Dodo.

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

I've literally just sat and read all 16 pages of this thread!!
Michen and CC you are both out of your mind crazy but I love it!! That scenery looks incredible ?
I hope Boggle and Ronaldo arrive to their new homes safe and well....looks like I caught up in time for the best bits ??

 

[DabDab]

Dodo.

Hehe, I had the same thought. If he was mine he would for sure end up being called Dodo

 

[Michen]

Yeah I love Dodo too! Super cute.

 

[Peglo]

@CanteringCarrot i like Ronaldo but not the footballer.
How about Antonio? after Banderas and that sexy voice. (Don’t mind me over here swooning) Or Tornado, his horse in Zorro.

look forward to you meeting up with him and hearing all your American updates.

 

[ponynutz]

So close to Boggle time now!!

 

[ElleSkywalker]

I kind of like Aldo for Ronaldo

 

[DizzyDoughnut]

Is he there yet?

I'm so excited for you to be reunited with him!

 

[palo1]

Boggle eta 4 hours. So here’s an emotion I wasn’t expecting- I am nervous! I woke up this morning to a Wtf have I done spending so much money shipping my horse across the world and doing this to him when I haven’t even been here a week. And wtf am I doing full stop. That feeling has kinda gone but.. yeh I’m nervous. Nervous at what I’m putting him through and worried incase he hates it here or something happens and I’ll never forgive myself! Nervous about the barn and not seeing him daily (I’m in Idaho for two days next week). Just a mini meltdown really!

I think I’ll need a gin before he gets here. On a better note I went for a beautiful two hour hike this morning and just… wow.


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Tis just a bit of culture shock; it will pass and you will be able to cope with the new reality. Just one step at a time and don't ask too much of yourself in terms of acclimatising to a whole new culture and country!

 

[Caol Ila]

Boggle eta 4 hours. So here’s an emotion I wasn’t expecting- I am nervous! I woke up this morning to a Wtf have I done spending so much money shipping my horse across the world and doing this to him when I haven’t even been here a week. And wtf am I doing full stop. That feeling has kinda gone but.. yeh I’m nervous. Nervous at what I’m putting him through and worried incase he hates it here or something happens and I’ll never forgive myself! Nervous about the barn and not seeing him daily (I’m in Idaho for two days next week). Just a mini meltdown really!

I think I’ll need a gin before he gets here. On a better note I went for a beautiful two hour hike this morning and just… wow.


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Dammit, your photos are making me homesick again!!! I love CO so much. It will always be home.

I had a lot of those 'WTF am I doing' thoughts when I shipped Gypsum here. I remember drinking beer at a pub near the 'Horse Hotel,' in tears, wondering what the f***ck I'd done. It felt so disorienting. I was a trainwreck for the first couple years I was here. When I started my MA in Durham, the other Americans could flit back to the US whenever - it was just a wee adventure, not a life commitment - but I was f&*cking committed because I'd dragged the horse with me. I could not just turn around. In hindsight, it made me throw more of myself into making life work in the UK and finding the parts of it that had drawn me here in the first place, because there was no easy 'out.'

The horse stopped me from the whole semester abroad at uni thing, but when I did go abroad, I went whole hog. It was a different experience, for sure. And here I sit, typing to you from Glasgow.

Looking forward to Boggle and Ronaldo* getting to you guys soooooon.

*Hermosa is just Hermosa. That's the name I yell across the field.

 

[HashRouge]

@CanteringCarrot i like Ronaldo but not the footballer.
How about Antonio? after Banderas and that sexy voice. (Don’t mind me over here swooning) Or Tornado, his horse in Zorro.

look forward to you meeting up with him and hearing all your American updates.

I like to think he's named after the original Ronaldo (the Brazilian one, not the Portuguese one).

 

[nagblagger]

I hope Michen has gone quiet because he must be there..or very shortly..
Waiting eagerly for an update.

 

[Michen]

Nah just been on the phone to my mum but leaving now to go get some carrots and head to the barn ??

 

[Michen]

Argh! Delayed an hour. 3 hours..

 

[nagblagger]

Noo..!!!!! How frustrating for you. (And selfishly us). More importantly is everything ok?

 

[Caol Ila]

Hopefully okay. Traffic on I-70 sucks. He could easily be sitting in a traffic jam in Georgetown or in the Eisenhower tunnel.

 

[Denali]

I don't have any...except for one that's kind of crap when he landed. That's what you get and pay thousands and go for one of the biggest names in the business (Dutta). I don't even know if my horse is out of quarantine. No PoC on a Saturday, no notification. About to call the layover stable and confirm that he's there.

They'll take your money and do "door to door" service, as in your horse will get there, but who knows when or how. ?

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Despite the side eye he is precious

 

[CanteringCarrot]

Despite the side eye he is precious

Hopefully I can provide a better photo tomorrow ?

 

[Michen]

He’s all good just stopped for water etc x

 

[CanteringCarrot]

Bummer about the delay, I'm on tenterhooks over here and it's not even my horse! Just happy for you to be reunited and him to be safely at his new yard.

We didn't have any traffic on our route because it's in the middle of nowhere... Or so it felt like it... That's how the whole mid west feels to me, really. Just checked into our hotel. Wish I could pop over and visit Ronaldo (he's a about 25 min away)...but we will be there to wake him up early tomorrow morning!

 

[CanteringCarrot]

Ronaldo's chariot awaits.



FWIW, we hauled this bumperpull (borrowed this trailer) for 400+ miles in gusty winds (up to 40mph) through very open land and it was totally stable. The truck is a 3/4 ton, so that helps. I'll likely go for a gooseneck though if I find one for the right price, condition, specs, etc. Just haven't had time to look or recover from the initial move.

 

[Michen]

Sitting in a proper American bar with some wine soothing my nerves

 

[CanteringCarrot]

Sitting in a proper American bar drinking... Gin ?

 

[Michen]

Quick one as just walking him in indoor he arrived in the dark. He’s dusty, fresh, very Boggley and pushing me around like I’m his servant ???

I am ecstatic.

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

He looks pretty chill all things considered!! So pleased for you that he's finally with you

 

[CanteringCarrot]

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[ponynutz]

Yayy! He looks so well!

 

[Michen]

Bog says thank you everyone He had a welcome party of my housemates and barn staff!

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[CanteringCarrot]

Your yard looks far, far, better than anything I can find here. Nothing like that exists. It's actually really sad and weird.


So glad that Bog is back with you and can settle into his yard.

 

[Lyle]

I'm so happy to see That he has arrived safe and sound!! He looks amazing, you must be so pleased! That barn looks drool worthy

Just on the transport thing, I'll chime in a bit. Although I'm in Aus, not America, I've got a Featherlite 2 horse straight load, with separate tack room, bumper pull. It takes massive horses, but being all aluminium it's tare is around 1160kgs. I tow with a Landcruiser Series 100 (kerb weight 2700kgs, and towing capacity 3500kgs). It's not in the same league weight wise as a Yank Tank, but still a heavy car and it goes it superbly ? I got it cheaply because the previous owner was towing it with a much lighter vehicle and it would move around in the wind. I will say, having had a gooseneck as well, if I had the means to get a nice american truck and a short gooseneck I would in a heartbeat. The stability is excellent.