more rain!

Had destination today: The BACK in Bovina, TX. The BACK is a clinic for animal skeletal adjustment run by Mindy Neal, AVCA Certified in animal chiropractic.

Almost made it - 3 miles from town on hwy 86 - when
the downpour began. After a mile thunder & lightning broke from the
sky and we waited it out in a driveway using a little tree as a
pitiful attempt at a windbreak. Did we ever get soaked! A man drove up
in a pickup. He was the Mindy's father, farrier Tony Neal, looking
for us.

Tony left, we rode off into more rain, it began to clear and he came
back. He led us through town driving on the wrong side of the street.
We chatted through the driver's-side window, Walter picking his way through the puddles.

At the BACK, Mindy wasn't there but she had offered to put us up for the night
plus a rest day, and to see Walter for an adjustment the next day.
Tony got Walter settled, and then he and his wife Dottie invited me to
thier home next door to dry out my gear, soak in the Jacuzzi to warm
up, have a hot dinner while my packs and clothes were washed and dried,
and spend the night. Ohhhhh.... an offer I could not refuse!



Walter in the round pen.. "Hey! Where ya goin'?"

At dinner, Mindy joined us and after some father-daughter consultation on Walter's case decided
to work on him tonight in case he needed another treatment tomorrow.

We all traipsed next door. Dottie kept records, Mindy evaluated, and
father and daughter worked as a team, adjusting Walter front to back,
top to bottom. It was fascinating. Walter's reactions were fascinating
too, all over the map.

Walter gets adjusted

Tomorrow Mindy sees Walter again. I'll try write more then, about the clinic and family
and braiding and dogs and...

and I'm falling asleep...

that's it for tonight!