Hi Darlin',
To give Flash a rest, and to cover more ground to the farthest trails, I enlisted my friend DeDe and her new UTV to recon those trails today. We had a great morning! Even the normally wettest parts of the trails are dry right now, quite the drought they're having here. Lola came along, so she got some exercise, and we only had to stop in a couple of places for some trimming. No need to send a team out here on Saturday during the work day! We were finished up by just after noon. Then I got a call from the trailer place about my little two-horse Logan, it seems there's a lot more wrong with it than the roof, so I drove up there to see what needed to be done. The estimate for repairs is almost as much as what I paid for it a dozen years ago, but still cheaper than getting a new trailer. I couldn't sell it in that condition, so I gave the go ahead to get it fixed. Seems that trailer place is making a fortune from me, between last year and this! Oh, well! Well, those two things pretty much killed the day. Just about dinnertime, my vet friend Art stopped by, and we chatted until it was time to feed the horses. I did a little work on the maps for the work day, but otherwise, just settled down for the evening. Another lovely day in paradise! Perfect weather, glad to be back in the 'hood! Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hey Babe,
Woke up in the dark to the sound of rain, then nodded back off, but it continued to rain off and on for most of the morning. Nothing heavy, but enough to keep the dust down, which was much needed. Headed over to Helen's to pick up the small horse trailer, chatted with her for quite a while, then dropped the trailer off at J&S in Williston to get the roof fixed and the brakes, axles and bearings checked out. Another quick stop at Walgreens to pick up some large bandaids, which I took back to Helen. She wrecked her car in an accident and had a deep abrasion on her calf, and she ran out of the bandages she liked, so I dropped those off to her. Got back to camp, and a short while later, my friend DeDe stopped by to drop off the mail she'd been collecting for me all summer, and we chatted for quite awhile too. It was too late to go riding today, and I didn't like the strong wind that was kicking up, but the rest of the week looks like perfect riding weather, so fingers crossed, I should be able to check all of the trails we plan on using for the ride before our trail cleanup day on Saturday. If not, DeDe has offered to take me out in her new UTV if necessary. We'll see! Fell into my usual routine the rest of the day, looking forward to getting back on the trail tomorrow! Good night, darlin'! Love you!

Hi Darlin',
Woke up early with the alarm, got packed up pretty quick, managed to get out of camp by a little after 9:00, arriving at the Black Prong Trailhead at the Goethe State Forest by just after 10:00. Because I knew I had a busy week coming up, and it will likely rain tomorrow, I decided to get as much done today as I could, so it turned out to be a very busy and productive day. I managed to get parked and set up in the camp host spot (thanks to Logan agreeing to giving me a special permit!), got the horses in their electric fence (thankfully, my insulators were still in the trees from before, so that was the quickest setup ever!), though I didn't put the fence charger on yet. I had picked up a whole bale of hay that someone left behind at River Rise (and camp host Ray encouraged me to take), so I put that into the paddock area so the horses would be set for all of today and part of tomorrow, so I didn't even set up their hay nets yet. Once everything was set up, I hustled over to Helen's to pick up her recycling (she collects from all the neighbors and donates them to the forest), then headed into town to do a little shopping and to get to my hair appointment with Jan at SmartStyle. She does a great job, and my hair had gotten so long it was bugging me, couldn't wait for it to be cut! She did another great job, of course. Finished shopping, headed back to camp with a brief stop at Jo's to FINALLY pick up the heartworm meds I ordered back in October for Lola. These weren't the same Heartgard, these were a bit cheaper, but they didn't charge me for the second delivery, even though they were not the least bit at fault for the loss of the first shipment. I wrote to them to say I was more than willing to pay for the second shipment, but they only responded with a confirmation that the delivery was received, and that was that! Very generous customer service! Lola wasn't quite as excited about these tabs as she is the Heartgard, but she did eat it without me having to bury it in peanut butter, which is a good thing! Got back to camp around 3:00, did a couple of loads of laundry (a real pleasure now that I have water, electric and sewer!), and settled down for the rest of the day. Need to rest up for the rest of my busy week! Good night, sweetheart! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie,
Had a fitful night, and as a result, slept late this morning. Not much to do today except a little packing. The camp, as usual, was mostly cleared out by early afternoon, nice and quiet for a change. Just did my basic packing and read most of the day before doing my evening routine. Short trip tomorrow, but a busy week ahead. I'm ready! Good night, baby! Love you!

Hi Darlin',
Had a good night sleep with earplugs, and woke up to a very chilly morning. The forecast had said 35 overnight, but when I woke up, the phone said it was 32, which made me worry about my plants, which I had left outside. I'm hoping it wasn't that cold for long enough to hurt them, but it's too late to do anything about it now! Spent most of the day reading, took a quick trip to the drugstore, refilled my water tank, then binged out on Bones. Too cold to ride, at least from my perspective! Proven by the fact that the furnace kept coming on all day. So happy that it's working so well! Only has to run for about two minutes to warm up to temperature! I had to put some more oil in the generator, it was cutting off once it got warmed up, so I figured it was because of low oil, and that did seem to solve the problem. I have a small oil leak, but can't seem to find it, so I'm just going to stay on top of keeping it filled. Other than that, a pretty mundane day! To bed soon! Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie!
Had another great night sleep, then a pretty lazy, though indulgent day. I had bought some smoked turkey drumsticks the other day, so along with that, I made some stovetop stuffing, and had myself a nice big Thanksgiving meal, including pumpkin flavored applesauce and a mini pumpkin pie, including an entire bottle of Taylor Port, so I achieved the usual feeling of being stuffed, though I'm likely to regret it all by morning. What the heck, it's only once a year, though I have to be careful not to gain my usual holiday five this year, hopefully. Took Lola for a couple of walks today, but otherwise had a very quiet day of reading and watching TV, along with my cooking. Won't be long out of bed tonight! Good night, baby! Love you!

Hey Sweetie,
So happy to wake up to a quiet camp! There were still a few campers here, several came in yesterday but parked on the other side, but they were quiet, no loud generators, thank goodness. Once I finished chores and breakfast, it didn't take long to hook up the trailer and get it moved to site 13. One of the neighbors, Wendy, helped guide me into the spot. It has a bit more sunshine so I should get some solar energy out of it, but it slopes up a little in the back, so it's sitting high in the front, making the first step out of the trailer a bit steep. I managed to lower it a bit, but I have a slight slope to the front now. Next time I'll need to put some bigger blocks under my jacks to level it off better. Got the horses moved over and was completely set up by noon, with no issues. I had been messaging with someone about hay, but they suddenly stopped communicating, so I had to find another haymaker nearby, which fortunately, I was able to do. Not the best hay I've ever seen, but the bales are very tightly packed and not too big, so they fit snugly in the front stall, plus enough to last me this week and then some, so I'm good for awhile. I just hope the horses don't mind it, it's not very green, but then, they've been suffering a bad drought in the area for some time, so I'm guessing it will be like this all winter. Stopped at Winn-Dixie for some nuts and chocolate, and Tractor Supply to fill up one tank of propane, as it's due to get colder on Thanksgiving Day for a few days, with lows back into the upper 30's, so I'm hoping my furnace will work now, and wanted to stock up on fuel so I won't freeze. Fortunately, both stores are only a couple of minutes away, so propane refills and groceries are close. Settled down for the rest of the day once I got everything put away. Hoping to get in a quick ride tomorrow before I go to Gainesville for my big shopping. Binged on Bones, heading to bed! Good night, baby! Love you!

Hiya Babe,
Woke up to the generator next door being turned on just after 7:00 (sigh), eventually got up and started my day, looking forward to when it finally quieted down here. I did a couple of loads of laundry and hung them out to dry, though I was a bit concerned about how much dust was getting stirred up every time someone drove in or out. I was happy to see my neighbors packing up, but then they saddled up and the whole family saddled up and rode off, leaving their generator on! I don't understand why anyone would leave a generator on when they're not even in camp. It was a few hours before they finally came back and eventually finished packing up and leaving, and I had an afternoon of quiet bliss. Didn't do much else today, just wasn't in the mood, so I mostly just read, and tracked down some hay. I didn't even do much packing up, other than filling up all my water tanks including the truck tank, so that I could put all the hoses away, since I'm only moving from one side of the campground to another. Shouldn't take me too long in the morning. Not much else to report! good night, darlin'! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie,
Got up a little earlier today, but ended up doing very little today, mostly waiting on others. I was invited to take a ride with a couple of the other gals here, but I didn't know when my volunteering job was going to start, so I declined. Turned out I could have gone and had hours left over. Was told the volunteers would be gathering at 2:00, but then the first organizer didn't show up until after 3:30, and the second organizer didn't arrive until nearly 5:00, too late to do much of anything, with the exception of marking arrows on paper plates for the trail markers tomorrow, and setting up tables and chairs in the pavilion. I arranged to mark the trails tomorrow with camp host Ray on his park Gator starting at 8:00, but other than that, not much else was accomplished, except I managed to finish reading my latest book. Settled down for the evening, listening to my new neighbor's generator all day and evening, and was beginning to think it would be on all night as well, but it was finally turned off around 9:15, thank goodness! Heading to bed soon, as I have an early wake up call in the morning! Good night, babe! Love you!