One morning we looked out our window and saw an amish lady and her four daughters walking, pulling, pushing their horse and buggy up the hill in front of our house. They turned into our driveway with a VERY exhausted horse! Their brakes had locked on their buggy! Did you know that was even possible?! The mom asked to use our phone to call her husband. She wasn't able to contact him, so they unhitched the horse and parked the buggy. They cooled their horse with the garden hose. I thought it was interesting when the oldest daughter said she wanted to cool the horses legs first. After their horse was comfortable, Mommy gave them a ride to their destination.
So if there is a buggy parked in your yard you might as well enjoy it...
Did you know buggies have windshield wipers?
This was a rather "fancy" carriage equipped with 3 horns, a clock, and speedometer!
Their horse had the nicest temperament. He was enjoyable to have for the day.
An amish tow truck..
A few hours later the husband arrived with his driver and trailer loaded with another carriage.
They swapped the buggies.
The amish man took the extra buggy to his wife who was at her sisters house -2 miles down the road. Elainah and David went along because buggy rides are always fun, especially in weather like this. Then Daddy picked them up.
coo!!!! that's fun checking things out!!! the Amish buggy's are so cool!!!! cool post Lilia!!!
ReplyDeletelove u all!! God bless!!!
When your mom told me what happened Lillia it was interesting. Your pictures were even better than hearing about it. You never know what's going to happen when you're driving whether it's a car or a buggy. Grandmommy
ReplyDeleteI just thought you might want to know the reason behind them cooling the horse's legs first. It would be sort of like you mountain climbing and getting cramps in your feet and calf muscles. But also because showering a hot horse is rumored to put it into shock. A lot of horse people begin by hosing down the legs or chest first. Others say that hosing the arteries in the inner thighs will cool a horse down the quickest. This is employed if the heat index is dangerous and a horse is showing signs of heat exhaustion.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure he was a sweet horse. Gentle people make gentle horses. Looks like a fun day for ya'll.