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Someone I worked with a year or so ago told me about how

the family moved from the La Cienga (south of Santa Fe) area

up to Espanola (north of Santa Fe).  They had a couple horses,

a pony, and a few goats I think.  Oh, and no truck / trailer or

friends with the same to borrow. 

 

The day they moved the ani-mules, she and her dad simply got

on 2 of the horses and rode the whole "herd" up to their new

place.  She said they started in the morning and got there early

afternoon... estimate 5 or 6 hours or so.  No vet checks, no

manditory holds, no entry fee.  There may have been water in the

Santa Fe River (think small creek / trickle) back then, but other

than that and maybe up by Tesuque, no water until they got the

the Pecos River (our rivers wouldn't even show up on a Canadian

map as a creek). 

 

Mapquest plots 20.88 miles between the two towns.  The actual

distance between their old home and their new home was closer

to 25 miles than 20. 

 

Anyways, all made it, all were fine.  They weren't in any kind of

shape at all... certainly not endurance shape, not even the goats. 

Typical way to move.  No one thought twice about it.  The critters

were hungry though when they got there.  She said they sure

ate a lot for the next couple days.

 

Just a story out of NM,

 

Kathy Myers

in Santa Fe, NM