Hello my love!
Had a hard time getting to sleep and yet woke up at the crack of dawn this morning. Managed to grab a few more winks before finally getting up and getting busy. Finished packing, had breakfast, hooked up the truck, loaded the horses, and was finally on my way at about 10:30. I didn’t have much of a chance to say good-bye to Jerry and Charlotte, they were out working, but we kind of did that last night anyway. Had a wonderful and uneventful trip to McIntosh, GA, SO HAPPY to be back in Eastern time, where at least it will be nearly 6:00 before it gets dark! I stopped at the park office, though I didn’t try to pull around the gate, it was a bit too sharp of a turn, so I walked over the check in. I had asked several people earlier, including those at the park office, about the availability of water, and was told there were spigots, which I made the error of assuming they were in the campground, as one would expect, but in fact, they are not. I was hoping to get some laundry done, but the nearest spigot is WAY too far away for that. I got out a hose and filled up the trailer at the park office, thank goodness my tank in the truck was full when I left, so at least I was able to fill up the horses’ water from that. A nice staff member named Neal led me down to the camping area, pointing out where the nearest spigot was (at least a quarter mile away), and there were a bunch of workers (inmates, actually) mowing the lawn and blowing leaves out, but I found a lovely campsite, the last one of the four, backed up against the river and across the field from a giant open pasture. There were a few piles of leaves around, one right where I wanted to park, and they offered to move it, but I just told them I’d burn it, and set it on fire after awhile. Neal said there’s another lady that comes here that just lets her horses graze out there, so I decided to do the same. I put Apollo on his anchors (one of which he lost somewhere along the way, but it was too late to look for it today), but Flash I just let roam free, since he never gets too far from Apollo anyway. After being tied up on a highline for the last 10 days, he took the opportunity to gallop across the field and back a couple of times, and wandering amongst the trees, but of course they both came back when I called them for dinner. For some reason, Flash stood right next to the smoke coming from the fire for the longest time! Maybe that’s why the previous owners called him Smoky, do you think? He seemed to enjoy having the smoke waft over him, weird little dude! I put up the highline, but I’ll just use it overnight while the camp area is empty, and let them graze during the day when I’m around. I got settled, glad I’m on almost level ground so that was pretty easy, and Lola got to explore quite a bit, too. First time we haven’t been on a busy road for quite a while, I really like that we’re at a dead end with no traffic. Grabbed some dinner, watched a movie, but am feeling really tired, so I’m heading for the shower early, I’ll probably just read in bed and try to get about 10 hours sleep, now that it won’t get light until nearly 7:00. I’ve been told there’s a family of bald eagles with a nest right across the river from me, and we saw one flying across the field, but I’d like to get a few more glimpses if I can. But not tomorrow, and probably not the next day, they’re calling for rain, and I’m feeling pretty tired, so I think a couple of days off are in order. That said, I’m heading to the shower. Love you, babe, Good night!
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