Schulze said he thought about selling the colt but doesn't want to disappoint his friends and family in Germany, where Timujin has become a celebrity. Plus, he couldn't help but fall in love with the colt, having spent a night sleeping in a trailer with Timujin to keep him calm. But with more than a year of delays and one extra horse, Schulze is out of money. He found a sponsor to defray the cost of the upcoming Atlantic passage, but more patrons have been hard to find. Most nights, Schulze sleeps in a sleeping bag on the ground.
Coder sleeps in the van.
His wife, Inge, is running the office-machine store, but Schulze said business gets worse each year as the typewriters and calculators she sells become even more obsolete. He's gone back to Germany every winter to visit Inge and work on a book. When he's on the road, he relies on help from strangers. For example, Dorene Henschler, owner of Heartland Stables, is boarding Timujin for free. Despite the hardships, Schulze said he's having the time of his life, and he's too close to quit now.