Hiya Sweetie!
What a busy day today! My camping neighbor Linda came knocking on my door at 7:30 to ask me for help finding her missing horse, a gorgeous leopard Appaloosa named River, so I jumped into clothes, then my truck and immediately started checking along the road. It wasn't long before I found distinct tracks that went from the camp all the way up to 13 Mile Rd, about four miles from camp, where I lost his tracks on the tarmac road. It looked like he went left, so I drove up a couple of miles with no sign of him, then the other way for a short bit, still no sign. Headed back to camp to regroup (Linda had been calling all hands on deck), but Janet W. had heard about the tracks leading to 13th and had picked up the search from there, and ended up finding more tracks up a nearby dirt road (after an apparent diversion into a field), and finally found him about another mile and a half away. We drove over, then ponied him back to camp, with Janet holding the lead and Linda driving Janet's car. It took about an hour, so we got back to camp around noon. River was none the worse for wear, and soon settled down to hay and water. Meanwhile, I got back to my site, and since my plan had been to take a nice long ride with Flash today, I got him saddled up and headed out. I had to shorten my plan a bit, but we ended up going up to Trails 24 and 25, which are in the far north quadrant, and one of my favorite rides, all rows and rows of mature pines, plus some incredible old growth oaks. Flash was his usual brilliant self (man, I love this horse!), with lots of lovely gaiting, and a great gallop down Trail 10 back to camp, just in time to get him put away and settled down before my friends Chris and Melvin arrived, soon followed by their granddaughter Alayna and her two year old son Austyn, who I am meeting for the first time. We had a nice visit, it was great to see them and get caught up! Settled down for the evening, finishing off some popcorn I had made, plus a bit of watermelon, and I expect to lose a little weight tomorrow, considering the math of how much energy I expended vs. how many calories I took in! Managed to watch a House, but am more than ready for shower and bed tonight! I did jump my generator this evening, but it overheated and shut off after only about 10 or 15 minutes, so I had to run the borrowed generator for half an hour to charge my batteries. Very frustrating! Still waiting to hear back from the two resources in Indiana that I contacted, so tomorrow I'm going to have to make some more calls to get an appointment on the books. Meanwhile, I'm done for the day! Good night, my darlin'! Love you!
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