Well, I sold my two mares today. In preparation for our move. It's bittersweet; on one hand, I know that we could not logically keep them and haul them across country, for financial reasons. On the other hand, a selfish part of me is inside crying, that now I am not a horse owner anymore.

I definately plan on taking some riding lessons once we move. I have owned these mares for years, but really haven't done much with them, short of rescuing them years ago and giving them a place to live/vegetate. The family who cought them, is awesome, and will have the time to work with them daily, and do things with them.

I will be better off, I think, learning more about riding and gaining experience. I have tons of experience in horse keeping/maintenance, but not much fun riding experience. My keeping them, has been mainly cleaning up in the miserable wintertime, and just having them as lawn ornaments otherwise.. granted, they are well-behaved and ridden sometimes; and fully handleable. but still.. I guess that this was the right thing to do. No, I know it.