We found a motel room and spent some time seeking the Lord. Your Dad was so positive we were to take both horses. I had never been excited about bringing any of them in the first place, so I silently prayed, "OK Lord, if this is really You, then I want an authentic horse trailer. I don't want to be on the back side of any more scenes like today!"
We had taken the trailer to have it repaired. I guess we went to eat and then picked it up. We slept and then made ready to leave and pick up the horses at 5:00 am. The vet was incredulous. Sioux P still looked as bad as the afternoon before, but she was moving around as though nothing had happened to her. I guess that was our first experience with a miracle. The vet just shook his head and said, "Well, if you want to try it, go ahead. But stop every two hours and take her out for some exercise." I could hardly believe what I saw. Inside I said, "OK God, now where's the new horse trailer?" I didn't get an immediate answer.
We continued on toward Austin. It was Sunday morning and there was very little traffic, and most importantly, no HILLS. We drove slow, but I was a nervous wreck. We arrived in Austin very early. About half-way through town we went by a lot full of horse trailers for sale. Of course, it being Sunday and also quite early, there was no one around. But we stopped to look at them and see if they had any prices on them. They did. One very plain, but sturdy one was right at $1000. I don't remember just what we had with us. I think just a few hundred over that. As we were looking and mulling things over, someone stopped and asked if we were interested in buying. He was a freind of the owner. We said, "yes", and in an hour or so we were on our way with a new horse trailer, still over 1,000 miles to go and less than $500 to see to the needs of two horses, two dogs, and eight people.
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