Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 – Sunny Dry Day!

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Woke up to pure sunshine this morning, yeah! Spent the day dragging everything out of the tent, our bags, all our clothes, just about everything, and spread it or hung it out to dry. A perfect laundry day! Temps were great as well. Hubby feeling a little better, but still having a hard time breathing, so he spent most of the day sitting in a chair by the trailers while I did most of the work. Some folks took a ride in the afternoon, but we were just too tired, and enjoying the day the way it was. Dinner tonight was full of Seminole related history, including a dance around the fire, but I was hoping to make an announcement about the book but was never given a chance. We did our best to talk it up today, but didn't get a chance to reach out to too many people. I did manage to secure a table in front of the registration RV in the vendor area at tomorrow's Frolic, as they call it. Some folks were asked to move their trailers today out of the arena area, apparently with all the rain, there is no chance for anyone to actually drive out of it, so the Forest Service brought in three bulldozers to use to drag them out, and they wanted to get a head start today. Doesn't bode well for tomorrow! Anyway, we had a relaxing and revitalizing day today, ready for the short hop to the Arena tomorrow and the end of the Cattle Drive! I have to say, the motto "It Ain't for Sissies" is a clever device. It should be followed by, "no matter how badly planned, organized and executed this event is, if you complain, you're a sissy." I understand there were a lot of logistic involved, and the unnaturally wet winter didn't help, but there were so many things that could have been made easier and better and more comfortable for the folks involved. The worst part of it all was the food and the way it was handled. They should have had set times for different groups, instead of people having to line up for 20 minutes. There should have better leadership at the circle group level, better communications, more camaraderie, etc. Well, lessons learned! At least on my end. I'm glad we went, but I don't see us doing it again any time soon.

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