It's been several years since our big trip to Wyoming with Laertes and Oberon. Laertes and Oberon are now retired at the ages of 28 and 29, respectively. They are living the good life at a retirement barn in Newcastle, CA. We visit them every month or so and the barn manager provides us with regular updates on how they are doing.
We have two new mounts...
Lennox is a 14 year old Tennessee Walking horse, out of the The Pusher. He has the classic Pusher markings with the white socks and white blaze. His previous name was Bulldozer because he really moves out. Ari has had him about three years now and he has calmed down a great deal.
Mercutio is a 13 year old Tennessee Walking Horse, registered as UC I'm Tough. His previous barn name was Keno. We give all our horses names from Shakespeare, so I renamed him Mercutio - who was Romeo's best friend. Mercutio is more laid back that Lennox and not as confident. I am hoping as he gains more trail experience he will become less nervous.
Prior to the trip, both horses get checked out by our vet, Bill Seale from Tri-County. They are pronounced in perfect health and up for the long trip to Colorado and back.
Ari was so excited about his packing job, he asked me to take a picture. He has got most of our camping gear in. We still have to add kitchen gear and our camp refrigerator as well as two bale bags filled with hay and alfalfa, but it looks like we will be in good shape.
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