In which Endurance 101 takes a break: meanwhile, back at the Farm

Usually, Ryan brings hay over from the Dry Side to Haiku Farm. 

Ryan's in college and needs tuition money, plus all of his coolest friends are on the Wet Side, so he's usually eager for any reason to get paid to visit us....

Unfortunately, he got sidelined recently,



Ryan at Harborview Hospital in Seattle

not by a horse-related accident (which is what most of us expect when we hear he's in hospital) but by a sinus infection that "went bad"  (I'm thinking Marlon Brando, here, or that bad guy in True Grit, maybe). 

The hospital in Yakima got scared and sent him over to the Wet Side in an ambulance WITHOUT A SINGLE BALE OF HAY.

I know, I know.  Outrageous.   The good news is that Ryan is completely hilarious when he's on painkillers.  Heh heh heh.

Anyhow, Ryan's back on the mend again, but meantime I had a day off from work that was forecast for good weather on both sides of the mountains. 

That's like, highly statistically improbable in my state in December, and not to be ignored.  I didn't ignore it:  I hitched up the rig, and headed over to the Dry Side to get some hay!

Two tons of Ellensburg's Finest leafy green

It's not as cheap or convenient as when Ryan delivers the stuff to my barn.  And I had to stack it all myself (twice, although Paul The Hay Guy helped load it and my kids helped unload the last half of it when they got home from school).

But, a roadtrip? with Luna? in December?  in SUNSHINE?

Luna at Indian John rest area, Mt Stuart in the distance

Priceless.

Coming soon:  more Endurance 101.