Thurs MIsc.

Temps. break 40 degrees F in KC yesterday.  Mr. Nob gets back in the saddle for a nice walk with #17 over soaked snow melt.  We're 3 more days in the hay field before we get kicked out.  Such is the saga of the RR racing stable at the moment.  I am tempted just to put 'em in the trailer and head to OK City first time we can get the trailer out of the mud.  Two things hold back:  #1  Price of gas.  Good grief.  700 mile round trip with horses costs $200.00, and that's if we coast with the manual transmission half the way.  #2 is that #148 is still rehabbing from surgery/still stall bound with daily turnout.  The horse is happy as a lark as he's in an out door stall with 9 of his buddies nosing him and playing with him all day long.  Have been surprised at length of time it's taken for the hock to get appreciably better.  Am guessing this was bone chip surgery of the old fashion kind were they need to drill a good size hole into the joint.  Doc said there were three separate layers of joint they had to sow up.  2 months post surgery there's still some swelling.  Two months to go for #148 before training recommences.

Am calculating the finances to travel.  We're on the edge.  Everything costs so much more these days except the stalls at Celestial Acres OK City.  Still $125/stall same as in 1992 when we came through.  How do they make $$$ at those prices?