Vet control in Basel, Switzerland, at the border to Germany

Machlon waiting for the vet

Quarantine stable at airport in Frankfurt

 

Overnight stay in quarantine stable

Ready to load the following morning

What a night that was!

Loading into the container box

Loading into the container box

The big goodbye

Machlon munching hay

Birgit's sister Karin and Fritz look on while the container is pulled away

Off we go

Loading into the airplane

Inside the Lufthansa cargo plane

Inside the Lufthansa cargo plane

Amidst cargo

In total there were five horses on board

Machlon not too happy

Machlon and the Arabian mare Shumeisee

Inside the cockpit. There are three crewmembers and three passengers (including myself) on board

Finally - we have landed in Canada

Mirabel Airport in Montreal

The containers are being unloaded

Simone, Shumeisee's owner, welcomes her mare

Machlon and Shumeisee are happy to be on solid ground

What a trip!

Shumeisee

Horses are loaded into horse trailers for the next part of their journeys

Machlon getting acquainted with the next piece of transportation

On the way to Nova Scotia with our driver Marcel Guerin, owner of ConsolAir

Thank goodness there is hay to calm down excited nerves!

Are we there yet?

 

 

Getting some rest on the way to Cape Breton Island (29 hours and 1,500 km)

 

August 20, 1998 -
Goodbye Cape Breton Island

Trip from Nova Scotia to Edmonton, Alberta (5,000 km)

Stop-over near Montreal at Marcel's farm

At Marcel's farm

On the road again

Northern Ontario

Heading towards Manitoba

Stopping for the night

Saskatchewan

Sunset

One of the many stops on the long trip

Machlon is a real trooper

Alberta-bound

2 1/2 days after leaving Montreal we finally arrive in Alberta

We made it! At the Nordin farm in Tofield, Alberta

Welcoming committee

Thank you Francois and Marcel for getting Machlon and me safe and sound to Alberta.