Set the alarm so we could get up early this morning, and after another round of putting our final stuff away, and going to the RV dump (which camp trustee Jerry was kind enough to come out and open for us yesterday afternoon), we still managed to get out around 9:30. With a full tank of gas, we didn’t even need to stop before we got to our anticipated destination, a stable near Allegany State Park. We thought a stable might be more secure for the horses, but when we arrived and saw it, though the folks seemed kindly enough, we quickly decided it wasn’t quite the kind of place we were looking for and departed. That left us in a quandary. Do we carry on to Turnpike State Forest, which we’ve never seen and still haven’t been able to confirm has sites big enough for our rig? Or do we go back 20 miles to Allegany State Park, where we’ve spent the night once before, knowing the only problem there is that there is only a single water spigot at the front of the camping area, but since we still had a half a tank in the back of the truck we didn’t really need water anyway? We decided on the latter, because it was getting late and I didn’t want to have to solve a bunch of potential new problems, not the least of which is, will we fit in there? If we couldn’t, that mean another 90 minute drive (by now in the dark) to Sugar Hill, which is way to far east for this day. We were getting low on diesel, but fortunately there was a small truck stop on the same exit that we needed to get on I-86 with, and very inexpensive (probably because we’re in Indian territory), which alleviated another worry I was having. It didn’t take long to get to Allegany, and it was too late to go to the rental office to make a reservation, and there’s STILL no cell service at the horse camp, so we just picked a spot (the place was empty), and I let the horses graze for a bit before tying them in their covered stalls for the night, and played with Lola to tire her out. She kept me awake last night and I ended up having to put here in the truck at 4:00 in the morning, so she’s going back in tonight so I can get a full night sleep! Didn’t unpack much for just overnight, raring to go in the morning!
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