A Visit from an Old Friend

Peg Holloway is 96, but you wouldn't know it to look at her.  She still drives to and from church and the  food bank in Clarkston, Washington (where she volunteers several times a week), and she climbed in and out of our horse-drawn cart, without assistance, when she visited us here at Shorthorse in October. 

Peg and her late husband Marv were family friends of the Mannings when Don was growing up in Pomeroy, Washington.  Marv worked for the Forest Service.  The Holloways and Mannings spent  lots of time together camping, fishing, hunting, and playing in the Blue Mountains of southeastern Washington.

We've stayed in touch with Peg over the years and encouraged her to come visit us here n Montana.  Don's sister Martha finally made it possible when she drove Peg up to see us this past October.  We got to spend three great days in the company of both Peg and Martha (who now runs a bed and breakfast in Pomeroy).

While they were here, I was honored to take Peg for a couple rides in our horse-drawn cart.  Peg said it was like going back to her childhood in eastern Oregon, when horses and buggies were the only means of transportation.

It was great to have Peg and Martha visit us!  Ironically, we forgot to ask these special guests to sign our guestbook...which means they'd better come back in 2011 and do it!