Fourth of July Greetings from the Road

My fellow Americans. Happy Fourth of July!

I am celebrating the birth of our country this Fourth of July relaxing in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania at Melissa and Ed Garrett's beautiful Wayside Farm. Mom and I arrived here by trailer today through the kind generosity of Toni-Lu Martin and her friend Matt. It was a very enjoyable trip. Toni-Lu has a very luxurious trailer. Matt put pine shavings in the trailer to cushion my feet and I ate hay for the entire ride. After I unloaded Mom groomed me with the wonderful brush that Little Lisa and her mom, Lisa made for me. They also gave me fancy anklets to put on my legs to scare the flies away.


The reason I came by trailer is that I'm not allowed to walk on the Appalachian Trail and the National Park Service wouldn't let me walk on Route 209 where it passes through the Delaware Water Gap. I don't understand. Why would a protected national treasure like me, an American Mustang, be prohibited from walking through a National Park on Fourth of July weekend? What could be more American than me? Mustangs were around blazing trails, plowing fields, delivering mail, carrying cavalry troops and shaping America long before anyone ever thought of inventing the hot dog or the picnic. It's a good thing Gettysburg wasn't a national park 143 years ago. If it had been, Mr. Lincoln would have had to dismount at the gate and walk in to deliver his Gettysburg Address.

I apologize to Carol Phillips and the nice folks at the historic Dingman Bridge who were looking forward to my visit.

I'm not letting it get me down though. I'm having a great time celebrating the birth of our country. This afternoon I ate watermelon with Mom and Mister Albino. Right now as I'm writing this blog I can hear fireworks exploding in the distance. Tomorrow I'm having a picnic with Mom and Mister Albino. I'm going to enjoy that big bag of carrots Val gave me.

I hope you all have a great Fourth of July holiday! Talk to you soon.
Love,
Winnie