Where's Buddy

 I got home from Tampa and Kyle and I

took the dog for a walk in the woods.

(I wanted to go to the beach, but 

it was getting late and chilly...)

Anyhow, as soon as we got back from the

woods we got a call that the people we

gave Buddy to went out to give him dinner

and the gate was open and he was gone.

(He LOVES an open gate...)

So Kyle and I jumped in his car and

drove up and down the roads in their

neighborhood.

I was 99% sure I found his trail

leading into the woods,

but it was getting dark,

my flashlight was getting dim,

and we've had a LOT of rain lately,

so chances were good it was

going to be swampy in there.

(Plus, you know, snakes and stuff.)

So we went home.

Pat put him on our local Nextdoor,

and we hoped for the best.

As I suspected, he had wandered into the woods,

spent the night, and then in the morning came

back out again (on the other side) and

ended up in someone's front yard.

Rod and I hooked up the stock trailer and

headed over to where he was hanging out

and took him back to his new home.

Then we gave them a CHAIN and lock to

keep him in his new pasture.

He has a nice big pasture.

They have 3 other horses, but they are taking it slow

getting them acquainted.

He's going to do fine.