No need for a gym membership when you keep horses at home

Ah, that time of the year, end of summer.. and time to get the 2nd cutting hay in.

We always get our hay from a wonderful hay farmer, great quality (no moldy bales, ever), reasonable prices... but alas Bob has one drawback: No help! That means it goes somewhat like this: JP drives our truck and trailer an hour to his place, Bob throws the bales down from the wagon, JP loads truck and trailer, drives home, we unload and I carry each bale through the barn to the hay room where JP stacks the bales. Unfortunately, the people we bought our place from had not much of a clue regarding efficiency - or more precisely: common sense. The barn is build downhill, so you cannot drive up to it. Needless to say, that doesn't appeal to the farrier or vet, or in this case, help with the hay delivery.

We pondered if it is our advancing age, or if the bales this time were just humongous. OK, to our relief our horse friends confirmed that the bales indeed were extremely large and heavy, at least 75 pounds. Good to know it's not us! Or perhaps Bob made big bales so we can see them better?

Even though we got quite the work out, it's a really good feeling having a barn full of excellent hay that will last until next year. Not that I want to think of winter!!