The Rumors Are True!

We arrived safely in Oklahoma last night.  It was a long flat drive powered by gasoline and caffeine.  The trickiest part of the drive was getting out of Denver.

I went out to introduce myself to Fason in the round pen this morning.

Turns out he loooves having his ears scratched!

https://youtu.be/sdIXw5d0QHM

Once we had shmoozed a little and he had decided I'm a pretty nice human, he began to follow me around like we were old friends.
https://youtu.be/ZU_496OHBTE

Fason is definitely an immense horse, particularly when standing near Carrie's normal to smaller sized quarter horses.

Size is all relative though, as illustrated by Carrie's house dog, Roxy, who is the same size as a chicken.

We have enjoyed a really nice visit, and we will start the first leg of our journey home to Colorado with Fason tomorrow.  He has been happily eating my timothy grass hay and is drinking reasonably, so hopefully he handles the next leg of his trip well. Now I know the rumors are true.  He really is as friendly and gentle a horse as they said, not to mention being this huge gorgeous athlete...  I'm very happy with my makeover mount, and I cannot wait to start riding him!