We crossed over into North Dakota, USA first thing this morning. The crossing went quickly and Customs and Border Protection staff were very nice. Unfortunately, they did confiscate Lientje for a short while, but she was eventually returned! The ladies at the office just thought she was too cute to let through!
The horses travelled fairly well again today, but it started to get quite hot once we passed into Minnesota. Therefore, by the time we stopped for the night outside of Minneapolis, both horses were sweaty and a little anxious to get out of the warm trailers. Oslo is enjoying the night outside tonight though, and Tango is in a stall covered with vet wrap! Janine and Sylvie had to vet wrap a few sides and edges of the stall to prevent Tango from hurting himself on some of the sharper edges.
At one of the rest stops in Minnesota we took Oslo out of the trailer and let him graze in the "pet exercise area". A woman walked by with her dog and said "your pet is so much larger than my pet!" =) Yes, yes indeed he is. Oslo also received some attention from two young city girls (wearing horsey shirts) at the rest stop. They were in total awe of his size and prescense!
The only eventful item today was that mother got us lost due to her eligible writing (or her eyes!). We were supposed to turn on "Nader" Street, not "Nelson" Street. We eventually stopped and were able to decipher the words. The detour only cost us a short 15, or 20 minutes. Definitely have had worse!
We have heard of some news that two girls' horses travelling from B.C. have been stranded ten hours from Kentucky with a commercial hauler. Truck problems. No word on what exactly the problem is, but hopefully they get things worked out and back on the road soon.
That is all for now. Sorry I don't have any pictures from today. I promise though that there will be lots to come once we get to the Horse Park!
Good night!
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