Day 4: Welcome to North Carolina!

After a stressful morning of dealing with issues at the barn (it's just too cold in Ohio!), I finally made it! I woke up to find that some of the hardware on the fencing at the barn had shattered because it was so cold, and I found my horse a couple doors down in our neighbors' yard! I thought I was going to see wild horses in North Carolina, but apparently I have one of my own right by my house.

My flight was delayed for about two hours because of the cold, so I didn't leave Detroit until about 4:00, but I found Paul right away, and I made it to their house! They have an adorable black lab puppy (that I'm already best friends with), a yellow lab, two cats, and two minature horses. Their four kids remind me a lot of our family (they're homeschooled, too!). The two youngest (Mark and Mary) are four and six years old respectively, and they made a sign to put in my room as a welcome present. They are just too cute!

(The G stands for Grace.)

Mark was sitting in my room and saw a pack of gum sticking out of my backpack, and he goes, "I smell some gum...I think it's somewhere in the room..." and he kept glancing to the side looking at it, and then I said "Mark, would you like some gum?" And he gave a sheepish grin and nodded. It was so cute.

Tomorrow is the big day, so first I'm going to go play some trains with Mark and Mary, then I'm going to hit the hay.