Tuesday, May 18, 2021 – Setup, Shopping, Repairs and Hanging Out Day

Hi Darlin’,
It was still raining when I woke up this morning, and several times during the night as well, not a real heavy rain, but there was likely some accumulation overnight. It looked like it was going to be drizzling for a good part of the day as well, so I decided to do some other stuff. First after breakfast, I went down and registered, there was finally someone in the office, then I drove into Muscle Shoals to do some shopping and fill up with fuel. I managed to find some diesel at $2.84, which was even cheaper than at the Walmart, though it’s been going up steadily since the new administration shut down the XL pipeline in January, and it’s likely to keep going up, how far, who knows? Once I got back to camp I put up the fence to make a nice paddock (I got permission from the office), so the horses where able to get out and roll, which, of course, made them happy, along with an abundance of clover, then I had a few repairs to do. First, the hose had a few leaks that I had to fix, then the electrical plug did turn out to have a couple of loose wires, as I suspected. Meanwhile, the crew I met at Wind Creek arrived and was getting set up as well. Two of the men came over and visited with me awhile (and helped me with the last hose repair, not that I needed it, but what the heck?), and we spent the afternoon and evening back and forth, right through to dinner, which they invited me to again. Eventually it started getting dark, so I left, put the horses back on the highline and settled down for the evening. Lola got a treat with lots of leftover fat from the steaks they grilled, she scoffed that down along with a whole can of food and then tucked away some dry food as well, which is good because she hadn’t eaten much in the last couple of days. We’re all planning on riding together tomorrow, and one of the ladies’ horse is lame, so she’s going to ride Apollo as well. Anyway, I’ve watched an hour of TV, and now I’m ready for shower and bed! Good night, Sweetie! Love you!