Day 2: Reporting from North Liberty, Iowa

Dreamed about forgetting buckets last night. Pretty weird.

When I woke up around 5:30 I was able to look out the window and see Catcher still standing in the corner of his paddock grazing. He hadn't drunk any water overnight and wasn't interested in any this morning which was kind of worrying. No problem loading and we got underway around 6:50. The border crossing was mostly uneventful but took about 45 minutes. The border guard didn't really know what to do with my paperwork so had to get some help. I almost got sent over to cargo but got lucky when someone appeared with the correct stamp.

Today was LONG. We took 69 south onto 94 then onto the I80 which we stay on now until the far side of Nebraska. Traffic was heavy, especially around Chicago. Mostly it's all big nasty trucks. Can you tell I have a real dislike for trucks now? I stopped about every 2 hours to check on Catcher and offer him water. He's eating lots of hay but I don't think he's drinking enough. We pulled into the 7A ranch at 5:30 after 10.5 hours on the road. Spent about 1.5 hours making sure Catcher was settled in. Tonight he's in a snazzy barn that has big stalls with outdoor runs attached. He has no direct neighbours but there are 4 other horses close by. He had his dinner which I added extra water to and he drank about 1/3 of a bucket of water. Hopefully he drinks more overnight.

I'm feeling quite numb and have a little bit of motion sickness or something happening. Everything seems a little wobbly. The hotel is nice, except there is no trailer parking and I had to back the trailer up all over the place trying to park it. Hopefully no one was watching ! Now I'm off to find a bank machine (on foot so I don't have to move the trailer again) then an early night because tomorrow is a VERY LONG day too. Those following on a map, tomorrow's stop is North Platte Nebraska.