4t-Us£sst*r Fam&s, Saturday, Fabniary H, 1978
‘‘What do you mean, my car is still in that five
foot drift, and the snow plow hasn't come through
yet?" my incredulous voice demanded on the
phone. “This is Wednesday afternoon, are you
sure the road hasn't been cleared vet 7 ”
This whole mess started on Monday when I had
to abandon my car a little over three miles from
home and hike the rest of the way on foot. I had
made a last minute stop at the barn where I keep
some of my livestock located a few miles from
home and my famous-for-bemg-temble-m-snow
car just slid into a snowbank on the side of the
road and quit.
But now this was Wednesday and my car was
still enveloped in its snowy crust. The road was
supposedly impassible. Do these things really
happen in the 20th century? I had to find out for
myself.
So I saddled up my horse, Dollar, and off we
headed down the road. I must admit he showed no
enthusiasm for the trip.
At first it wasn’t bad going. The road had been
well-cleared for the first mile or so, and we made
good time. The black macadem even showed
under the snow in spots. Surety all roads were like
this, I thought.
Then we rounded a corner, and what can 1 say 7
The road just ended in a .snowbank It- was in
credible.
The rest of the trip was made cross fields and
over snowmobile trails. Farmers and residents of
the area stopped their shovelling to stare at the
girl on the horse pushing through the snow But
there were no smart cracks about my mode of
travel As long as I was moving I was to be envied
There was one hairy moment when Dollar
managed to slide in a humendous drift and bogged
down to a complete halt. There is a certain sinking
feeling involved in looking down from the top of a
horse and noticing that the snow is up past your
shoes. I mean when the horse gets stuck, what do
you do 7
Upon getting out of the saddle, it was noticeable
that the horse’s stomach rested firmly on packed
snow, and none of his legs were visible. He stared
at me patiently, waiting for his faithful master, who
got him into this predictament, to get him out
My first thought was how long it would be until
spring thaw. My second, why do these things
always happen to me 7 But then I got an idea that I
was sure would solve the problem.
Walking about ten feet in front of the horse, I
turned to him and called, “Oats, Dollar, oats." At
the magic mention of his favorite food, his head
came up like a trooper's, and making the supreme
effort, he lunged forward out of the drift.
The rest of the trip was made without incident
and sure enough, my car was still snowed in with
no snowplows in sight. Dollar and I headed back
home where he got an extra ration of feed and I
waited for the sound of snowplows.
But who says I don’t know the way to a horse’s
heart 7
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