Being In The Right Place - At The Right Time !!!

I've always been a firm believer that things happen for a reason. Even the things you wish didn't happen.
We kind of sort of had a mini vacation this weekend down at the beach which is about a two hour drive from home. What was suppose to be an early start Friday morning for us ended up turning into a long stressful day. I sometimes tend to not pay attention to the little things that are kind of important, like for instance the drop off hours at the kennel. I stood outside like a dumbass with both my dogs, pounding on the door even though the sign clearly stated they were closed between 12-3. Ya it was 1:00. I was so pissed but what could I do except  to wait around until they finally re-opened and drop my babies off. We finally made it down there and after settling into our really awesome room, went out to dinner then headed to the beach. Only by then it was pitch black out so you really couldn't see anything at all. We ended up looking & chasing hermit crabs for a while before we headed back inside because it was really windy and chilly out.

Now Saturday morning went a lot smoother thankfully. We woke up early, packed a beach bag with some  goodies and headed back out to the beach. Now I took a few pic's with my iPhone, but I just can't even describe what we saw. The beach was completly deserted which was really strange and also nice because I didn't have to feel all fat in my bikini. :) The hidious part was that the beach was absolutly covered with seaweed. A GREAT WALL of seaweed folks. I have never seen it like this EVER down there before. It  was just really gross and oh how it stunk! We did try and attempt to make a small path to the water, but the tide was really high and just kept washing more and more seaweed up so we just gave up and decided on POOL TIME. 

For the most part we still had a really great time.Some of our really good friends drove down not far from us because he races in Corpus Christi at their local track. I felt so bad because he has worked very hard on his new racecar, but luck was not on his side that night. He was leading the race and had the fastest car when his engine blew and couldn't finish the race. Now this is were the story really gets good.

All the guys wanted to go out to eat but it was after midnight and the gals were sleepy, so we agreed to drop off his wife at their hotel. Chip was driving us out of the parking lot and headed back to the highway when I noticed a horse trotting on the opposite side of the highway's access road. I yelled out real quick 'OMG there is a horse running over there.' He stopped in the middle of the road(it was very late so no traffic) and rolled his window down and saw the horse too. Now I am a huge horse lover you guys. I grew up around them and even owned one. So I immeadiatly was like, "OMG we have to go back for it Chip." After we dropped the wife off at her hotel we headed back to where we last saw it, which didn't take us long at all.
Sadly the horse at that point was making its way up on the damn highway, completely saddled but with no rider. My heart was in my throat. I started yelling at my husband to hurry and try to figure out what we're gonna do. Chip was like hurry and call the cops and I was like, Chip you need to call the cops. Well I eventually called the cops while Chip pulled up behind the horse and put the truck's flashers on to try and give some form of protection for her. This became vey scary because it could potentially turn out very very bad for not only the horse but for us too. The traffic was light on the highway thank God, but still it was so nerve wracking. She kept a steady trott for a ways before she thankfully decided to take the next 'exit'. We continued to follow her until the cops finally found us, drove a little ways ahead and tried to block her path. The officer got out of his vehicle and just stood there while reaching his hand out very slowly.
 Bless this horse's heart she actually slowed down and walked straight to him. Chip was like," Go Nik." So I practically jumped out of the truck before he even had it completely stopped. I called out to the officer that I am very experienced with horses and he smiled and said, "Thank God because I'm not and I'm scared of this thing."
I walked slowly to her and took hold of her reins which sadly were still tied to the saddle horn. I wanted to cry so bad for this beautiful creature because she was in really bad shape. I released the pressure from her head after getting the reins untied from the saddle, walked her to a grassy area and just started to rub her and talk to her. You guys this poor girl must have been running for quite a while because she was absolutley drentched with sweat and her legs just wanted to buckle out from under her. Chip came over after parking the truck and started to talk and soothe her, just to help calm her even more. We were able to get her to drink some water that we poured into the officer's hand once her breathing became normal again. We stayed with her until finally dispatch notified us that the owners were on their way. Man did I have something that I wanted to say to them but of course I didn't know the whole story of what happened so I kept my mouth shut. When they did arrive they explained how she got away from them while they were loading their other horses into the trailer. When they finally realized that she was gone, they also started to look everywhere for her, except the interstate. They were very grateful for our help, but I just did't want to let her out of our site. In the end though, I had to say goodbye to 22 year old KK and was just so thankful that we saved this animal from possibly being hit by a vehicle. As soon as we got back into the truck to head to the resort I was silently thanking God when Chip said, "See honey there was a reason why we came to the race tonight and stayed as long as we did."
We were in the right place at the right time for KK!!!!

Here are some pic's