The second time we went to the property, we found out why....horses! About thirty of them. They were fenced in by a single hot wire. Apparently someone was leasing the land for their herd.
Every time we've been there since, we've seen the horses there, even through the winter.
It was pretty lush last summer, but we noticed through the winter someone was coming out to drop and scatter the hay for them.
Now it's greening up again but when we drive out there in the truck or Donna's suburban, the horses get really happy and want to get so close to the vehicle that they leave their goobers all over the place. They think we're there to feed them, so we become their best friends.
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Well, Donna becomes their best friend. One time she walked out into the herd and it completely surrounded her! That was pretty amazing. The guys just ignore them or say "get outta here" and me, I just stay out of their way...way out of their way. I'm always just afraid they'll spook and get running and before anyone notices, they'll run right over me.
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So the day we closed on the lots, we happened to go by and found some irrigation equipment, a Catepillar and that some of the vegetation had been cleared out and stacked in a pile. Someone was obviously getting ready to grow some feed for the horses. They must not have known the lots were sold!? After finding who the owner of the herd was, we found out that they are bucking horses for rodeos. Their owner has been leasing the land and will continue to have the forty acres to the south of us for them, but we worked out a deal that he can run them on the back half of our twelve acres, too. He will keep it nice and green and we can have some pretty horses for neighbors.
This silly guy was trying to scratch his belly on this dried up weed. He was really enjoying it!
I think I'll keep an eye on this one...maybe we'll be best friends by the end of this adventure.
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