The Start of The Trip - From Home to Woodland to Anderson

Well, we finally got our trailer on Saturday. We got the two hour plus tour from our sales guy, Ryan, and then I wrote one of the largest checks I have ever written in my life - except for when I was buying real estate.

The plan was that I would drive the trailer from the dealership to our house. Then, we would load up the trailer with our clothes, cooking gear, food, etc. Then drive to the barn to get the horses and then head out to our first stop in Woodland, CA.

We live on a really narrow street. It is basically a single lane and even less wide when vehicles are parked on both sides. Well, this is a 35 ft trailer and I totally miscalculated the turn onto the street. I scraped one side of our awning on a car parked on the street. The car was seriously damaged - I took out the guy's tail light as well as the rear panel of the vehicle. The awning was damaged, but it definitely won the fight.

The damage was pretty bad, but Ari spent about an hour wrestling with it and got it to the point that we can extend and retract the awning. I have an email out to the service guy at the factory. I am expecting our insurance will cover the cost of the repair. Fingers crossed the repair won't keep us off the road for more than a day or two.

By the time, we loaded up the horses and headed to our first stop it was well into evening, but we got to Sugarland Horse Park - a horse motel around 9:30 at night. They charge $35 per horse per night. No hook-ups for the LQ, but there is a nice bathroom available, but no shower. They did allow us to fill our water tanks, so that was something.

The parking lot was a good size so plenty of space to turn around. 

We slept for the first time in the trailer, turning in around 11 pm. We were dog-tired and slept until 6:30 in the morning the next day.

Before we left, we turned both horses out in the arena and they had a blast running around and rolling.

On the way to the next stop, our truck decided to act up - showing no oil pressure even though there is plenty of oil. 

So, tomorrow morning Ari will drive the truck into Anderson and hopefully, they can get it fixed by afternoon...otherwise, we may end up spending an extra day at the Happy Hooves Horse Motel. Not a bad choice. The people here are super nice. There are local trails to ride and the horses are getting the best of care.

More pictures and details to come....