Some of the donkeys got to go on an adventure today. Benson had their 4th of July parade, so we loaded up donkeys and decorations and joined in the fun. Wish you could participate and also see parades, but it doesn't usually work out that way. You just get to see the groups around you.
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Waiting for something to happen
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This cute little "short eared" guy was behind us in the lineup
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For a town of 5000 people, I think they were all out on the streets watching the parade.
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Lots of people along the route
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| Wendy and Koshare...... Koshare needs to work on his parade skills. He seemed to think it was a "timed event" and Wendy got quite a workout trying to hold him to a parade speed. |
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Gary and Harley ready to go, thanks Gary for the pictures
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| Our vet was hiding in the crowd, somewhere along the route and shared this picture he took. John had his sanitation department tools in case one of the donkeys couldn't wait until they got back to the trailer. They all did just fine, although a lot of the horses left a deposit, which John ignored....!! LOL | |
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When the parade was over, everyone came out to the house and we had pizza. I stayed in town to get the pizza, while everyone else came out to unload the donkeys and let the others out of their pens. When we leave early like that, they get fed early but don't have time to finish their breakfast.
When I came home, Big Gus was out and in the area of the driveway gate, not really that close, but obviously close enough that he came at a fast walk and I couldn't get out of the truck, open the gate, get thru the gate, get out of the truck and close the gate in the time it took for him to get out of the gate and head out for a walk about. I tried to get him back in, but unfortunately Frijolita and Buddy saw what was going on and decided they'd like to get out too. So I couldn't leave the gate open while I tried to encourage Gus to come back in rather than go on an adventure.
Drove to the house and told everyone what was going on and they took off to capture him. He's harder to capture than most of the donkeys, he's not out to eat weeds, he wants to see what's out there. If Buddy and Frijolita had gotten out they would have probably been within 50 feet of the gate, eating whatever was there. Not Gus, he was headed east on a mission.
But we got him and he was more than willing to come back with us, but we'll have to watch him for awhile, if he is within sight of the gate when we drive in. We'll also have to probably marshal people coming in for tours for awhile. Most of them probably wouldn't have a clue of what to do with a big brown donkey strolling out of the gate, not that there is much you can do except go get him....!! LOL
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