Sunday, October 25, 2026 – Another Busy Day at Biltmore Plus Packing

Hey Babe!
Had another busy day at Biltmore, though not so much at the finish. Today it was Ride & Tie and Equathon, and they had enough volunteers to handle it, so I mostly was chatting with a nice young lady named Taylor who is new to horse events and camping, so she was picking my brain about my experience with that. Always happy to share! Then I got involved with a couple that had a horse that was in the 50 yesterday, and for some reason, apparently uncharacteristically, refused to get in their trailer. They said they'd never had a problem with her in four years, so it caught them by surprise. To make a long story short, they tried the gentle approach for over and hour, then we tried the Clinton Anderson approach for another hour, and the stubborn mare just wouldn't give up! Tina rode her for another hour, she still refused, then her hubby finally went home, which fortunately was only about 15 miles away, and brought back a more open livestock trailer. She didn't even want to get in at first, but after I tried to give her a peppermint (she refused, silly mare!), she might have thought I may be there to make her run around again, or maybe just decided it was time to come, she finally hopped into the trailer with no issues. Very weird! Once they left, and I had done as much volunteering as I could, I started packing up my stuff so that I can leave in the morning. The horses are loving the new green hay that Steve let me have, it is SO MUCH BETTER than the stuff I bought in TN. I'm hoping I can find some good stuff in SC once I get down there tomorrow. I rinsed the truck off, as it was covered in dust from all the traffic on the dirt road in the equestrian center, and put some water in the tank, which I had run dry, just in case of emergency. Finally settled down for a quiet evening, working on a new binge, an Aussie show call the Heart Guy, looking forward to a good night sleep, and to sleep in tomorrow morning, since I'm only going about 100 miles, so an easy drive day, hopefully. Looking forward to a nice stay at Woods Ferry! Good night, sweetie! Love you!