In a message to John Rooker  Mike May wrote:
 MM> Well no one works for nothing these days John.  I am sure you are
 MM> helping to pay the mortgage. You are also paying a salary for someone
 MM> to clean the stalls and keep the place up too. You are paying their
Actually, we're not paying a stable hand's salary because their ain't one. 
:-) The owner's do all the work.  Of all the stables we've visited..and that 
has been almost all in the area, Silver Creek Farms is by far the most 
"professional" in their approach.  That might also explain the nearly 2 year 
waiting list to get in there.  We actually came up on that waiting list about 
4 years ago.  They had 2 stalls open up and we almost moved Smokey and my 
Appy, Bo there.  We decided not to, and that is a decision that I would like 
to have back.  If I had moved them, it is very likely that I'd still have Bo. 
I'll never find another horse like that guy.  We had an instant rapport.  I 
think he knew that I don't see well because he always took care of me.  On 
trail rides, i could let him make a lot of the decisions because I knew I 
could trust him completely.  One year, we were "outriders" at an event..we 
would ride around to the Cross Country judges to pick up score sheets.  I 
rode Bo in just a jumping hackamore..no bit.  All these idiot Thoroughbreds 
were going nuts with the activity and kids..Bo was calm and assured. :-) The 
owner of Silver Creek is a cutting horse type of guy and we've watched him
work his top cutting horse, Baldy. It's amazing to watch.
We are seriously looking into Genesee Valley Morgans and will be visiting 
them this weekend.  They're in Avon, about a mile from where Smokey is now.  
They have more flexible boarding "plans" and I think Smokey will like the 
place. We drove by the other day to kind of see what the fencing and pastures 
look like and they look very nice.  It is very likely that Smokey will be 
moving by the end of the month unless our visit on Saturday turns up 
something really negative.
Sorry for the length.. :-)
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