a really big thank you!!!

Big, big thanks to the Ruddell Estate for donating hay to Hytyme! Karl Hendon came by the barn about a week ago, letting us know that we could have half the hay cut from a field owned by his inlaws. Karl and his wife, Judy, used to own the Eagle Creek Feed Store. They were also the ones who gave us Bo, a super nice buckskin gelding, who was adopted some years ago by a family in Bend.

Karl guessed there would be about six tons of hay that he could donate to the rescue. After it was baled, Jim and Kassi went to pick it up. They estimated that they could fit the hay in three loads. Well...it wasn't quite six tons. Or three loads. It was quite a bit more, in fact.

Sixteen tons of really nice hay! Yay!

It took nine trips back and forth to bring the hay to the barn (and Jim wanted to make a note that Kassi is one heck of a hay loader!).

It's really lovely hay, and it will help us greatly as we start to think ahead toward winter and hay-feeding season (not that anyone really wants to think about winter when it's 80 degrees and sunny...).

So, thank you, Karl, Judy, and the Ruddell's for this amazing donation!