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[RC] nightmare part2 - Julie Herrera

So, now Allegra is all bandaged.  The track man shows up with a trailer. I
was thinking she would never get in but she proved me wrong and walked in as
good as could be.  Another amazing thing about this incident is that Bonsall
is also the home of San Louis Rey Equine Clinic.  It is where all of us in
this area send our horses for major surgeries, x-rays, etc.  It was 15
minutes away from the accident site.  I told you there were angels on my
side!  The vet called the clinic to tell them Allegra was on her way.  I had
to stay on scene to finish up the reports.

Suddenly, I realized the tow truck was about to load the pieces of my
trailer onto the flat bed.  I told the officer I was talking to, " Oh my
gosh, I have got to get my saddle out of the trailer before they take it!"
Now that I knew that Allegra was being cared for I wasn't about to let my RP
saddle go to the wrecking yard!  It is bizarre how the mind works in these
situations.  It wasn't until I went to open the tack door that I really
became aware of the condition the trailer was in.  I also realized I needed
to take out allot more than just my saddle!  Two bridles, reins,
breastcollars, long ropes, buckets, leg wraps, half chaps , helmet, gloves,
grooming box, saddle pads, cooling blankets.  This part of the trailer was
sitting on the ground so I was having to crawl down deep into it.  I am sure
that the men around me thought I would never stop pulling things out of that
little compartment!  It must have looked something like a magician pulling
the long scarf from his sleeve or 20 clowns coming out of the little car at
the circus.

By now the fireman have left, the police finish getting their information,
and now I have to deal with the tow truck driver.  He says," Where would you
like me to take this?"  I said, " Well, it's definitely totaled so take it
to the scrap yard."  " I can't", he tells me.  "  They only take cars, not
horse trailers."  Could somebody please explain the difference between the
metal they use on cars and horse trailers to me?    The driver says," I
could take it to your house."   Well what am I supposed to do with a wrecked
horsetrailer, make a lawn sculpture out of it?  Finally I got my husband on
the phone and let him work it out with the driver.  I just wanted to get to
my horse.  The driver agreed to take the wreckage to their yard.  The next
day Ken and my father had to go down and remove EVERYTHING that was not
metal before they would take it to the scrap yard.  Another funny side note:
I had about 1/2 a flake of grass hay  in the manger.  When the driver was
telling me  that everything must be removed he made a point of saying
"including the hay."  I had to chuckle when I thought about that later.  Did
he really think that any of that hay would still be there after driving down
the road with no roof over the manger?

This is getting long again, I better go to part 3  ( I am starting to feel
like Howard!)

Julie H.



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