Hey Babe,
Well, the day finally arrived, and what a day it was. My first call of the day, before 8:00 am, was from Jo, who said there was a guy out there removing markers again. I called owner Christine, I don't know if she ever got out there, but Jo tried to explained to the guy that the markers would be down in the next day or two, so I guess he quit. Big "it's my property and I don't have to leave these here" crap, but I know for a fact that most of the markers were on WMD property, so that was no argument. Not long after, I got a call from someone who was lost on the white trail, which, to my mind, was the easiest trail to follow. Turns out she missed a marker, but I drove all the way out there to make sure the markers were still in place. With all the rain, there were a few of the signs down, but all the ribbons were still in place. I won't go into what her excuse was, but then I actually watched her pass a turn, and she wasn't even aware of it (despite that there were no markers where she was going), and only turned around when I beeped my horn at her. She continued to get lost throughout the day. I ended up on the phone and putting out fires all morning, mostly on the red trail, which was complicated, but so many people were rushing through it and not reading the markers, it got ridiculous after awhile. Suffice to say it was a very frustrating day for me. I had planned to go out and take down one of trails after they were done with it, but with so many fires to put out, I decided I couldn't afford to do that, which was just as well, because I spent time going out and picking up water troughs instead, as they became available. Fortunately, my friend Linda from Pete's Place is coming back out to help tomorrow, so she's going to pick up the markers from one of the 15's while I get the two 10's, then I'll only have one 15 on Monday to do. I'm booked here until Tuesday morning, so hopefully I'll be able to get packed up and back to Goethe before it gets too late. My trailer and my truck are a mess from all the rushing around, we had terrible rain yesterday which luckily was mostly gone today, so weather-wise it was a good day with just a few sprinkles. I managed to get the local vet from Dunnellon to look at Lola, and she was kind enough to call in a prescription of antibiotics for her and to let me schedule a follow-up session before I leave the area. This is the vet everyone recommends but wasn't taking new patients until June, so I was very fortunate to get her to look at Lola. Hopefully, I'll have more time to soak her foot and let the pills work and she'll get better. Probably a foreign object, remotely possible it's a fungus. We'll know soon, I hope. Anyway, once we got all the troughs in, I ran into town to get the prescription, and I grabbed a salad as well at Publix, and I couldn't help it, stopped at the liquor store for some bourbon, which I've had a craving for, and frankly, really appreciated after all the angst from the day. Fed the horses a treat of some peanut hay, and finally settled down for a slightly more normal evening of salad for dinner and a Northern Exposure. Won't be long out of bed, that's for sure! Tough day!
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