Solomon is safe and sound in his new home!

...and I was in such a rush to get him to his new place that I forgot my camera. Heh. Don't worry, tomorrow is the big discover the pasture day, and THAT I'll get on video.
Another boarder at the old barn gave us a lift. It took all of 10 minutes. Those roads really weren't safe to walk along with a horse, alone, or anything. Lots of sections were sharp corners with no visibility and zero shoulder. We wouldn't have survived an attempt. As for trails there, I really don't know where those were or how long they were.
Anyway, Solomon loaded fine when old barn boarder took him on. I didn't know how, have a better idea now. Of course, the whole way there it was *STOMP STOMP STOMP STOMP* "RHEEEEHEHEHEHEHE REEEEHEHEHEHEHE!" *STOMP STOMP STOMP STOMP*
When he came off the trailer he was a little freaked out. Head high, ears straight up, really big eye and flaring nostrils. He was sweaty too. He calmed down on the walk to his new home. Just a couple of minutes after I put him in his mare motel, the feeding guys came by on their John Deere.
"How much do you want us to give him?" they asked.
Holy crap, he can now get enough to eat, how cool is that?
So Solomon got 2 flakes of yummy high quality orchard grass.
He'll get 2 flakes of alfalfa in the morning, and some supplement in the afternoon, then 2 flakes at night. I will possibly cut that down to 1 flake of alfalfa, the supplement, and 2 flakes of grass hay once he is at the ideal weight, but we'll just have to see what works for him.
I washed Solly in the cross ties with the nice heated wash water and spray nozzle with a bunch of different spray options. He still hated it, but not nearly as much as the cold water. Cleaning his face with a sponge was a lot harder, and I ended up getting soaked myself.
Then I thought I would take him on a walk down to the soda machine at the other end of the property so he could dry out in the sun a bit. He saw some deer, froze, and whinnied, but when I put my hand on his shoulder and asked him to walk again he unfroze. The covered arena, however, was Big And Scary, especially since they had it all set up for a show with colored flags and OMG COLORFUL FLOWERS LOOK OUT! So he spooked. He spooked and sat down for a second. Goodbye bath! But dust is better than manure, so I'm still glad I washed him. I made him stand in the Big Scary Arena with me while I bought a bottle of water, and then we left again. He high-tailed it out of there, and I had to make him turn a circle once or twice because he wanted to go faster than I was able to. My ankles were Very Displeased with me walking from one side of the property to the other and back again twice, heh.
Then I took him back to his paddock and let him loose. He set himself to eating like there was nothing strange going on. Well, it was HAY, and really TASTY hay at that! I sat on the ground ant watched him, something I would never do in the deep, soggy manure mash of the old place, if there were even room for me in that stall. I gave him a bit of fly spray. Tomorrow he'll get the curry comb and the brush, and he will be shiny and white again, unless of course he lies down in his own poo even though he has a much bigger space now. He's a white horse, so Murphy's Law says that he probably will.
The people that I met there said that he was a nice boy and he had a pretty face. :D
I called the vet's office up and told them that I had found a ride, and they were very happy and relieved that I got out of the old place and took him to Hossmoor. He went from a dirty bad reputation place to a clean excellent reputation place. Yay!
I wanted to stay there all night, but I needed to get home. Tomorrow I may well go up there twice, once in the morning and once in the evening. There's a lot of stuff going on AND there's a show this weekend at Hossmoor, so that'll be interesting. I really want to hang out with my horse in our new home though!