With the time change from Mountain to Central, we lost an hour yesterday, so getting up at the same time was actually like getting up an hour early, which we did. As we were putting the horses in the trailer, I saw that somehow, Apollo had snagged his winter blanket in several places on something in the stall, and had made several large tears in it, darn it. They literally jumped in the trailer, as I suspected they would, tucked into their alfalfa, and off we went. No Dunkin Donuts here, and I refuse to do Subway for breakfast (rubber eggs!), so the only other place in town was a Sonic. After filling up with fuel, we parked next to the Sonic, but the front door was locked. As we climbed back into our respective vehicles, though, we saw someone getting served at the drive through, so we tried again, this time walking all the way around the other side of the building until we finally found an open door. We parked on the side street because typically Sonics don’t have much room around them, but evidently this used to be a McDonalds, so it had a large parking lot we didn’t see. No explanation (even when asked!) as to why the front door was locked, and considering the hour, the place was dead, with only two employees working. We got breakfast, and soon discovered why there wasn’t a crowd, the food was pretty poor. We hit the road at last, and headed for Dripping Springs, uneventful drive, thank goodness. We stopped at HEB and picked up a few groceries, starting our New Year’s diet tomorrow. Last year we definitely indulged ourselves, so this year, our goal is to get more fit. I’ve been walking regularly, but unfortunately, yesterday when I stepped up into the RV, my knee buckled again (it did this before, about a year or so ago), and it started to swell up like a melon. I should have put ice on it, but was in too much of a hurry, so I’m limping like crazy today. Arrived at my brother’s, as beautiful a day as we had hoped when we left on Sunday, got the portable electric fence up in no time, and let the horses loose, so of course they ran and rolled in ecstasy. Brother arrived home, and we got the RV set up behind the garage, in a different place than last year to avoid the northern wind, and a new temporary garage he had put up for his vehicles. Feeling tired, but still washed the sheets and showered before bed, knowing it only takes a good night’s sleep to be nearly fully revived from the busy trip!
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