I think I moved him just in time as its been 95 to 102 degrees here all week with no break in sight! I was very happy to learn that the new owner is very happy with him and he seems to be doing very well in his new northern Wisconsin home. He even has a new girlfriend! I am nursing a toothache and staying in the air con

Below is a photo I took on the way to Manawa where I met Santa Claus (John Dallas Chapman) and Tania Wadzinski.
 I took my trailer to the Hawk manufacturing plant in Manawa and had some stuff done to it that required it stay there over nite. I was lucky enough to have Nancy call Tania ( a friend and former client) and she put me up for the night. Manawa is an hour and half from Antigo where I had spent two nites with Nancy. That was after one night at David and Sue Grill's farm where I left Corde. He will have a cooler life with Alex Pelley, Sue's trainer. I felt I left him in capable hands at a beautiful farm in Northern Wisconsin.
When I drove down to Manawa, I saw beautiful big barns and silos. I stopped at a cheese factory where they were making cheese curds, those squeeky delightful morsals Nancy first turned me on to. When I got to Tania's, she was busily trimming one of her minis. She had an appointment and was leaving me for a few hours so when Santa trotted up in his "sleigh" and invited me for a ride, I jumped in. Afterwards I realized how crazy that was. Fortunately, we made the trek to his home 2 miles from Tania's in his buggy (drawn by a 2 yr old shod hackney mare) without incident but I did see my life flash before my eyes when a 18 wheeler flew by! Santa turned out to have a herd of horses and enjoyed them. Their feet were mostly neglected (but I could say the same about a favorite trimmer friend of mine too).
 I was very impressed with the horses Tania owned.Not only were they slick and healthy looking, their feet were in excellent shape. Tania hadn't gotten to trim a few of them and I volunteered. For someone this age to have this many horses and keep them this healthy and trimmed beautifully is quite an accomplishment.
My trip to Wisconsin required a stop in Indianapolis, halfway. I stayed at Cuttin Up Stables with Mike and Melinda both going up and coming back.
I won't say I'll never go back up to the area again but its pretty unlikely. If I ever do, I would want to fl