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We got some visit from Kelly this weekend, she is from USA, working as a teacher in Quito, and heard from Saly over friends of friends of friends… She did a master work about nutrition for horses, so she came to have a look at our horses, an at the same time got the opportunity to come ride with us on a great tour yesterday! We left in the morning with 8 horses direction the mountains, went up and up, and it got more and more beautifull!!! Up in the hills it was quite windy, but we got an amazing view over the valley and all volcanoes! The scenery was just fantastic, and for me, beeing in the mountains is just always like beeing home… Luckily we had Cristian with us, who was reasonable enough to remind us we have to go back again… )) I could just have stayed there… So we rode back again, tired but happy… And with red hands for Kelly… She forgot to put suncream on her hands… ups…

Today we had an exact look at all horses with Kelly, measuring them with a special tape that gives an idea how heavy they are, taking pictures of them, looking at their food , etc… We did the horse check in the corral, and I brought one by one to Kelly. Platanito found that really interesting, he kept on trying to eat Kelly’s notebook, and wished to be allowed to get checked at least a second time… It was a nice morning, I could learn a lot! Not only about nutrition, but also how old the horses are. Sally had written a list for Kelly, and I was amazed to hear that many of them are between 15 and 20!!! So when I see how fit they are when we go out into the mountains… WOW!!!!! Great horses!!!

Kelly left at noon, and I worked some horses in the afternoon, and even got some extra exercise. ?Thanks the horses, because they escaped into the oat field… I don’t know who had the idea first, but all others must have been convinced very quickly about that great idea… Luckily I saw it right away, so they didnt get the chance to destroy much… Well, that’s part of the ife when you work with animals… They always have surprises for you… Anyway, I have to think about an alarm that tells me when they escape… Or I might hire a security guard… Or I teach Guapa ( Sally’s dog) to be a bit more border collie and to do the job she’s supposed to do… Regarding her genes… Ok, it would be horses, but thats just like a big sheep… bit less curly…

Well, I wish you all a nice morning/day/evening/night, wherever you are…

Sipuli

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