Hi Babe!
Up with the alarm at 7:00 and still managed to get out before 8:30. Had a bit of a scare getting out, though, just not the one I thought I would have having! I didn’t put any weight on the truck last night because I was afraid it might sink in overnight, and was very glad I didn’t! Once I got everything packed in except the horses and the last minute stuff, I dropped the trailer the rest of the way onto the truck and proceeded to pull out, or TRY to pull out. I was upping the gas, very slowly, waiting for it to start moving, and it just wouldn’t! I was scared to death that the wheels would start slipping and that would be the end of it, I’d have to start hauling gravel over to put under the wheels, but I kept slowly increasing the acceleration, until I was at such a high RPM I thought for sure I would be stuck for good, but finally, we started creeping, creeping, creeping forward until I was safely moving. My plan had been to move forward a bit, then back up between a couple of trees onto the road, but once I got moving, there was no way I was going to stop, so I just kept going, hoping like mad I’d be able to make it around the trees in front of me, and straighten out well enough to get past the tree that had come down after the rain. Miraculous, I made it! I even had room to spare, much to my surprise! Once safely on the gravel road, I loaded up the horses and all the final stuff and hit the road, yay! We had a nice, uneventful trip all the way to McIntosh, which was about two hours on the highway and another hour each before and after the highway. The only problem was just as I was making the very sharp left turn onto the road leading into the Reserve, some guy in a little car had turned the corner and then just stopped on the road! I needed the whole road and then some to make the turn, which he figured out pretty quick when I started getting closer and closer to his back end. I couldn’t very well leave my back end sticking out on the main road waiting for him to move, now, could I? Anyway, we made it the rest of the way with no problem, paid at the gate, then noticed that my emergency exit window in the gooseneck where my bedroom is was completely shattered and gone! Not sure how that happened, but I guess I must not have locked it properly, so that’s another job for me in the coming days! I went on and filled up at one of the water spigots, then found the perfect camping spot, where the trailer would be in the shade, but it was close enough to a clearing to take advantage of what sun I could get for my solar panel, and of course, right next to the river, as all the sites are. I got the horses up on a highline pretty quick, but had to leave right away to get into town in time to pick up feed and fill up three propane tanks, as they wouldn’t hold the feed after today. I did some quick shopping at Walmart, filled up with fuel (which had gone up fifteen cents a gallon in the last couple of hours, apparently), and made my way back to camp. I felt exhausted by the time I got back, not surprising with all the activity and no real rest I’ve had in quite a few days! Finally settled down for the evening, looking forward to a nice hot shower and a good night sleep! Good night, babe! Love you!
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