I know what you thinking. Don’t worry. We didn’t buy another horse. We could have…..but we didn’t.

This past week my wife and I drove down to Waverly, IA with some friends to see the semi-annual Waverly Midwest Horse Sale. Despite the name, there are a lot more things sold at this auction than just horses. They also auction just about anything you can think of that is horse related, including wagons, buggies, sleighs, saddles, halters, lead ropes, blankets, decorations, etc. If it is horse related, you can probably buy it at the Waverly Auction.

We didn’t really attend the auction with the idea that we’d buy anything major. In fact, we didn’t even bring our new horse trailer. Oh wait — didn’t I tell you? We bought a horse trailer since I last wrote. I don’t have a picture of the actual trailer yet, but if you are really desparate to know, it is a CM Circuit Champ, two-horse bumper pulled trailer. The one we bought is black with white pin stripes. I’ll post a picture when I get a chance. As I was saying, we didn’t bring the trailer, so that limited what we could bring home with us. We did get one thing while we were there. We bid on, and won, a nice new horse blanket for Sioux to wear when it is really cold.

The really interesting part of the auction for me was all of the people watching. Waverly is right in the heart of Amish country in IA, and since horses are a part of the Amish culture, there were quite a few Amish families at the auction. I honestly don’t know a lot about the Amish, but it was interesting to observe them. The ones we saw at the auction were exceptionally gifted with managing horses and/or exceptional craftsman. Even the non-Amish folks were interesting to watch, as there were folks from all over the country bidding and selling their horses and/or horse related items. It never ceased to amaze me the weird things that people would bid on.

–Pete