On Our Way

Equipment and ponies are off to Germany. I took some photos of the process...

Paul from Mersant, the shipper, ready with tools just in case.....our equipment was loaded and ready.

Cooper hanging out at the Vetport - looks like the stalls were made for bigger horses.

Riding over in the van with Josie, Suzy's pony

They use this contraption to load the horses from the van onto the pallet.....

Horse eye view

Getting the pallet all set

All ready for the ponies to get on. They really don't like photos being taken back in this area of the airport so I had to stop once we loaded the ponies. They just walk down the ramp into the pallet, one by one, once all three are on, it's closed up and covered with a net to be loaded onto the plane.

The pony flight was delayed a bit due to a late arrival, but fortunately they lounged in the vetport during that time. It's a real juggling act for the plane to leave so it arrives in Frankfurt at the right time. The cargo planes aren't allowed to arrive until after 4 am according to the pilot. He wanted to arrive just after that so they didn't have to stay in the air any longer than necessary.  Suzy flew over with the ponies and I will leave shortly so we will both arrive Friday morning.

Still taking contributions for our trip, the shipping estimate was off and more expensive then we anticipated. Go to www.catalystdriving.com to be part of Team Catalyst. We appreciate your support!