Survived the 4th - But Not the AC

I checked on Gletta and Morgunn last night about 10 PM to make sure they were OK about the fireworks display just west of us at the high school. They were out in the back corner of their lot, but they seemed to be doing alright.

We had a lot of big thunder boomers during the night, a couple that seemed to be right on top of our house.

This morning, they were as spooky as I have ever seen them. Usually one or both are in their stalls waiting for their hay when I come out. This time they were both out and alert - watching across the street. Suddenly, Morgunn spooked and ran off with Gletta hot on his trail. They ran to the back of the lot. I thought maybe it was the thunderstorm from last night, but I suddenly heard an awful racket coming from across the street. It turned out to be our neighbor's air conditioning. Every time it tried to run it made this awful grinding sound - probably a bad bearing.

I couldn't get either horse to come into their stall so I put their hay in there to see what they would do. They both came into the far stall, grab a bite of hay and return outside. This went on for awhile. Eventually, they seemed to settle a little, but they were still very alert.

We were going to ride today, but we decided to let them have a quiet day to settle down. We'll try again tomorrow.