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!

Hi Babe,
Had to put my earplugs in last night because of the ongoing generator in the motorhome across from me. I have to say, I'm hoping their leaving tomorrow, and can't wait to enjoy the peace and quiet of this lovely preserve again! I had a quiet day in camp, about the only thing I did was waterproof my orange windbreaker, which, last time I wore it, got pretty soaked through. Not surprising, really, I've had that jacket for decades! Hope the Scotchguard will improve it! Mostly read outside, it was a beautiful day. Met a couple more of the folks that will be involved this weekend, but still haven't met the key players, so I'm not sure what it is I'll be helping with, other than checking the trails, which I've already done. I'm hoping to help mark them, but we'll see. Was thrilled when the motorhome finally pulled out after 1:00, with their generator STILL running, even as they drove off! Crazy! Heading to shower and bed soon! Good night, darlin'! Love you!

Hey Darlin',
Got moving around 8:00, was leaving camp just before 10:00 (it's great when the horse containment is someone else's paddock so I had nothing to deconstruct!), and had an uneventful drive to River Rise. With a stop at O'Leno State Park to get my permit and gate code and a short drive to the Preserve, I was finished parking in my site by noon and fully set up within 90 minutes or less. Got involved with a conversation with a rider, which delayed me a bit, but I then took a quick drive down to Alachua to drop off the UPS package of my Amazon return (the circuit board I didn't need for my furnace) and was going to make a Walmart stop, only to discover there is no Walmart here, that the nearest one was another 15 minutes farther south in Gainesville. Since I didn't have much to get, I opted to go to the nearby Publix instead. Got back to camp around 3:00, put everything way, and was sitting down enjoying the afternoon when I got involved with another conversation with some guy who just stopped by my site and started talking (I guess I must just look like a good listener, though I wasn't trying :-)), and eventually settled down for the evening. Despite them having a barn here, I put my horses on their highline, which is more convenient for me, and because I'm worried that a stall would limit their movement, especially Apollo, and he'd get too stiff. At least on a highline, they have to move back and forth between the water in the middle and the hay bags on each end. I've half decided to just stay here two weeks, though I'll have to move sites, so that I minimize the amount of driving. I don't really have to go down to Green Swamp yet, since that's my destination in January anyway, so it doesn't make a lot of sense for me to get there any earlier. It keeps me going in the right direction, anyway, southward, until it's time to come back north! Besides, I rather like this "back yard," though I can't get very much sun here for my solar panel, but it's very woodsy and feels like old Florida, and I'm close enough to a water spigot (at least this week) for my hose to reach. It will be a different story next week, but if I fill up everything before I move, it should hold be for the week, and if I need more, I can always get some at the barn in my truck tank. Nothing I haven't done many times before! Headed for bed soon, my love! Good night!

Hiya Babe,
Another beautiful sunny day, warmer temps, gorgeous morning! Woke up to find my side table had somehow come loose and fallen to the floor, so job one was to screw that back in with bigger, better screws. Did more laundry all day, flushed out the black water tank, did some cleaning on the exterior of the trailer that still has some traces of oil from the recent mishap, vacuumed, and did a bunch of other small chores while packing up in between in preparation of our departure tomorrow. A busy, productive day, but I still had time to read and have my usual dinner and movie routine. Mundane but necessary activities! Heading to bed soon, of course. Good night, sweetie! Love you!