Hi Babe,
It rained most of the night, and I had a decent night sleep though I woke up early, and had a lot on my mind so I went ahead and got up. Did my chores, then went into town to do some errands. First I stopped at the mechanic’s shop to let him test drive the truck to see if it really needed a power steering pump. It’s been behaving just fine for the last few weeks, so I thought maybe it wasn’t as bad as I thought, and he agreed, saying that nothing seemed out of the ordinary, so that was a good thing! Then I ran out to Walmart for a few things, filled up with fuel, then headed back. My plan was to get hay at the Coop, but it was still raining on my way past, so I figured I’d come back later. When I got back to the trailer I saw that I had an email from Anthony to come by the office, so I drove back down there. We did a bit more work on the trails on the computer, then he said he wanted to run the yellow trail on his side-by-side and did I want to come along, of course I said yes. He seems quite receptive, even eager to try to understand the needs of the horse riders, and he seems quite willing to learn. He had a few things to do first, and a while later he came down and picked me up and we proceeded to head out. I’ve NEVER YET been able to get all the way around on the yellow trail, though I’ve tried numerous times, the markings are so poor. Well, it took a few hours to manage it, we stopped and did some clearing with loppers and a chain saw, made notes on his GPS where we had to reroute some things, and where the markers were particularly poor, but we worked together well and I actually had fun. This is exactly the kind of stuff I love to do! He was quite a speedy driver, and his vehicle is quite a number, with really high clearance and a lot of power. Good thing I’m not the faint-hearted type! Got a lot of good work done, though, it was very satisfying. We have two more trails to do, and we have to settle on how we’re going to mark them. He thought he had some markers but hasn’t been able to find them, we might just have to resort to spray paint for the time being. We’re already talking about doing a better job in September before their Fall ride, getting the right markers and doing it up right. We’ll see. It would be great to keep this place open for horses, they just don’t really have the knowledge in-house to do it. Evidently he hired a forestry guy a while back, paid him an outrageous amount of money for a week of work, but I wasn’t quite sure what was accomplished, especially considered I’m still getting lost all over the place! Anyway, he’s got me cheap enough, and I’m more than happy to do it, I’d love to see them get more horse campers in here. Anyway, we didn’t get back until nearly 6:00, so I fed the horses and settled down for the evening pretty quick, and now I’m off to bed because we’re supposed to be getting an early start in the morning, and I still have to pick up hay before we do, so the alarm’s getting set! So I’m off to shower and bed now! Good night, darlin’! Love you!
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