Khari's Leave-Taking~

Khari - ears in question?

No, I'd said I wouldn't cry...  I didn't either - until later.  As the trailer left down Dean's driveway - it was easy to be happy that this mare would finally get to move away from the cold, gray, damp, Great North Wet!  Heading for TX first, for a layover & to begin the process of acclimatizing to the heat - then by mid-September, on to Europe & from there her new home in Saudi Arabia!

I hope to receive updates from time to time on how she's doing.  We'd put a few extra pounds on her for the journey.  Diane, at the Arabian Horse Association called me yesterday - to discuss the final information needed for her registration transfer.  I was told that Khari is only the second Half-Arabian in the history of the AHA to be exported to Saudi Arabia!  That was pretty amazing news!  (They're making changes to the way they handle paperwork for the Half-Arabians due to more world-wide interest.)

It was Very quite at home last night...  The first time in many years that there hasn't been a horse on the property with us...   Both Rascal & Mischief missed their second dinner up at the barn standing under the feeders! Rascal walked around "looking" for Khari - he checked out the trailer twice...  was she still in there?   No...

Khari's leave-taking represents the end too, of many years of my life with Arabians & Endurance.  The rides, the miles, the scenery, the friends, the dreams...  all now saved in my memories & gone, as she is...  from the present.  Tomorrow, Farah comes home & a new chapter will begin! (I hope my old endurance friends will keep me on their list!)