Horse Rescue Review

My husband and I recently visited the Retirement Home for Horses in Alachua, Florida.  We had pre-arranged with the owners to visit on the prescribed visitation day that the Home has set up for the public.  I received an e-mail from Peter with all the directions and phone numbers to get there from Jacksonville airport.  He also told me to phone if we were going to be late or needed any further instructions or got lost.  As it turned out, our GPS system didn't like the address and it took a bit longer to get there than originally thought.  Once we arrived, we parked and got out our bags of carrots and apples and proceeded to the first paddock to visit with the mini horses and the draft horses.  After a few minutes Peter came to meet us and talked to us at lenght about the horses and the farm itself.  These people are amazing, they care for at least 130 horses, some blind, but all loved equally.  We arrived quite late in the afternoon, as the farm is only open to the pubic until 3:00 but Peter told us to take a golf cart around so that we could visit as many horses as we wished.  We took him up on the offer and had a wonderful experience.  We stopped at almost every paddock and always had eager takers for carrots and apples.  I took many pictures and will always remember the great time we had with these wonderful animals that others thought weren't worthy of continuing their life.  Thank goodness for Peter and all of his family and helpers.  The great creatures now have a wonderful environment in which to live out the rest of their lives naturally.  We should all be so lucky to have such caretakers.  Thanks so much Peter for the wonderful afternoon with the horses.