At first everyone at the table was nodding to George's suggestion, but when he mentioned getting a horse, several people looked surprised or furrowed their brows and comments and questions started to get tossed around the table.<br/><br/>"Does anyone here even know how to ride? How to take care of one?"<br/><br/>Most people were familiar with motorized vehicles ranging from the typical automatic car, ATVs, trucks, and in one case, heavy construction equipment; but only two in the group expressed any experience with horses and neither of them had any real level of expertise.<br/><br/>"How would we feed it? We can barely feed ourselves!"<br/><br/>There was a lot of truth to that statement, but it hardly connected. Horses and people ate different things and given enough space, a horse could graze enough to sustain itself. There was some concern about being able to take care of the animal if it became unwell, but someone else countered that a ranch horse couldn't possibly faring any better left to live wild either.<br/><br/>"If we found a ranch, shouldn't just consider moving the whole group there?"<br/><br/>That question seemed to draw in the most interest and people began talking about that. The idea of a house, barns, land that could maybe be farmed, and the possibility of livestock. The idea had appeal, and even though the same question arose about experience, more of the group seemed enchanted by the notion of such a pastoral existence.<br/><br/>"We're getting ahead of ourselves," Ron finally interjected after the discussion had gone on for a solid half hour. "George, go ahead and take Roger. We need the necessities more so than anything else, but if you happen to see a ranch or farm along the way and it's<i>safe</i>to look at, maybe have a peek. If nothing else, there's likely to be more supplies there. But, please, please, please, do not put yourselves in danger."