Last minute stuff

It's the  night  before we leave and  we're  catching  all of the  things  that  need to be  done  before we  lift  anchor and head out.
      Today  Scout  went and got her  haircut  for the trip. and  the  horses all got  the  curry comb  trying to get as  much  loose hair out  before we  hit the  road.

I also went to our  Vet and  got our  Vet Health  Certificate , a copy  of the  result back from our  Coggins test and  our  Brand inspection reports as well as a  copy  of  Scouts  Rabies  certificate.
Last  night  we had tags  made  for the  horse halters and  Scout in case any of them get lost.
I put the  "ICE" phone numbers on the  horse trailer rear doors and Tack room door and  Camper door.
        What is  "ICE" you may ask.  It stands  for  In Case  of Emergency. It is the  first thing that a first responder looks for on your phone  when they  come upon you. It is a phone number of someone close to you or in this case, my  cell number in case  something  happens while we are  out  on a ride.
        We also carry a paper in the  Tack room of the  Trailer that gives our  Vets name and phone  number and  authorization to obtain vetrinary assistance up to a certain amount for each horse in the trailer and  emergency contact numbers for people to get in touch with. A Copy of this same  ICE paper is kept in our  Glove box of the truck. This is  something  that  Peg and  I learned  when we attended the Large  Animal Rescue Team (L.A.R.T.) class a few years ago. We also became  members or  our  local E.E.R.T. (Equine Emergency  Rescue Team) at that time and drilled with the  fire dept.
        Tomorrow we are  pulling  out and  we just have to load the  food, our  clothes and  the  3  bales of Hale that I'll haul in the hay rack on the trailer. It's hard to believe all of the stuff that needed to be  done  before tomorrow. It seems as though we've  been working  on it for months. Well, actually , We have!
        There were  many miles of trail work that we did with the  horses to keep them in top shape for the  1400 mile roadtrip. We wore out several sets of shoes in  the  rocks and  hills  of  the Anacortes  Forest Lands. All of the  work on the  camper, trailer, setting up gear, etc. The list just keeps going on. We are planning on living  off of the grid and being  self sufficient. That takes  time  to prepare and  lots of planning. It is not something  you can just  "do" without thinking  ahead and  being  prepared for "whatever  happens". I am actually  glad  that  I've had  all of my  LNT training because alot of it is  coming  around  full circle  now as we  leave on this trip.
         We are  looking forward to many mile of trails  with healthy  horses , new  friends  and  beautiful scenery. We hope that  you'll be riding along with us!