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Hi Babe!
Had a busy morning before getting on the road! First up was going to the post office to see if my overdue package was there, before it was put on the delivery route. Figured if I didn't have to wait until a late afternoon delivery, I might be able to get out today. As much as I've enjoyed staying at my friend Joyce's, it's high time to be back on the road, and parked at an actual trailhead! Well, once I got to the post office, I soon learned that the package STILL hadn't reached Danville! Since there was no chance of it arriving today, I went to Plan B, which was to call my vet in TN and have them put in the Rx to the Walmart. I had already checked with them to see if they had Carprofen, and the website said they did, but the gal at the vet's office didn't think they did, but she willingly called the Walmart and confirmed they could, in fact, fill that Rx, and put in the order. They were so quick about it, that by the time I finished doing some very light shopping, it was ready! I was back at the camper in short order, and managed to get packed and ready to go fairly quickly. Said my good-byes to Joyce, and was on my way before 11:30. A very straightforward drive, mostly I-74, but I changed time zones, so I arrived before 1:30 local time, or 2:30 ET. This is a pretty nice horse camp, actually! About 30 sites, all with 30 amp electric, but there's only a few spigots scattered around. I walked around, and ended up at site 14, which was the farthest west site, because it was fairly level (I'm hoping to not have to unhook), close to a water spigot, nice and shady, and easy to back into. Only downside is the cellphone signal is pretty weak, so that will be a challenge. I may have to unhook just to go find a signal! It's pretty wide open here, with lots of nice grass and clover, so I put the horses on anchors and let them have at it while I put up the highline, filled the water tank (though I should have let a lot of water run through first, it was pretty brown when I saw it in the horses' buckets), and otherwise finished getting set up. I was done by 3:00 local time, so I settled down after that. Worked up a real sweat, if was very humid and hot, but just as I finished, I took Lola for a short walk, and it started to rain! Perfect timing! It did cool things down a little bit, and the horses didn't mind getting wet at all, and afterward, it cleared up nicely. I so prefer Central time, because now it get dark at the reasonable hour of 8:30 instead of 9:30. I like a couple of hours of darkness before going to bed, otherwise I feel like a kid! Not that that's a bad thing, just not my preference. Glad to have AC though, it's going to be hot I think. My only concern is that when I came in, I saw a sign that said the horse trails were closed! I'm going to have to check that out, or at worst, apologize afterward (they gotta catch me first!) Even if I don't ride, it's a nice quiet place to chill for a week or so, except for the cell signal problem. No matter, I watched an old movie from the Dish DVR, Dragonslayer, the original, though I also have several sequels I can follow up on as the week goes on. Hopefully, I can get just enough signal to post my blog and check my emails! Will try it now! Good night, darlin'! Love you!

Heya Darlin',
Managed to get a better night sleep, Lola was a little quieter, though I had to take her for a walk at 11:00, and 12:00, and 1:00 before she finally settled down for the night. At least it was 7:00 before she woke me in the morning. She did seem to do better today, though, we must have gone on a dozen walks or more during the day. She'd come in, settle down for about 10 minutes, then start barking at me again, so I'd take her out again, and again, and again. She does seem to be moving better, though, so I can't complain too much. She's certainly making me walk more, which is a good thing! Especially since I'm doing so much sitting around. Got the disappointing news that now my package isn't expected until TOMORROW! I'm still not convinced of that either, as they're still showing the same information about it reaching Indy last Thursday, with no other updates, so I'm worried that it's just window dressing and wishful thinking on the Post Office's part. If it doesn't show as Out for Delivery tomorrow morning, I'm making other arrangements for the medications, I can't just sit around here for another week! My hostess Joyce has been so generous to let me stay here, and I finally spoke to her today, they arrived around 1:00 last night after flying back from a week in Utah, had a great mule trip out there. We chatted several times during the day, and in the evening, my other Indiana buddy Trish came by, and we had a chance for a brief visit. She had also gone on the Utah trip. Other than that, I did pretty much nothing but read, play computer games and watch TV. My life is really mundane at the moment, I'm just going to have to make up for it once I get back on the road! Very glad I have electric here, though, since it's been pretty hot and humid. More rain scheduled for tonight, I just hope Lola has enough sense not to try to climb any stairs! I'm going to give her an extra pill to keep her quiet, so hopefully, she'll be calm through the night. Not much else going on! Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hi Sweetie,
Lola was restless again, waking me up around 5:30. I had to get up and take her for a quick walk, then went back to bed and read and dozed for a bit longer. I did most of her PT again, and took several walks, and she bounced between being okay with it and fighting it. Can't really tell if she's improving or not, though at times she seems better. Spent the day reading, playing computer games and bingeing on TV, plus occasionally checking for updates on my overdue package, which never came. It still says it arrived in Indy on Thursday, but nothing since then. I did many loads of laundry and little research on future camping sites over the next few weeks, but otherwise, it was a pretty quiet and boring day. It definitely looks like I won't be leaving as planned tomorrow, but it the package doesn't come, I'm going to have to make other arrangements, I can't just sit around here waiting for it, not knowing when it will ever arrive. Very frustrating and disappointing. Anyway, heading for shower and bed! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hiya Babe,
Had a better night sleep, but the day was a day of doing nothing. The package I was expecting yesterday, the one that's kept me here since Wednesday, didn't arrive yesterday, nor did it arrive today. All I got was a notice from the vet's pharmacy the package has been delayed, but with no amended delivery date. This is getting ridiculous. The package left Harrisburg, PA, just two states away, on Monday, and it still hasn't arrived! It says it got to Indianapolis on Thursday, which already seems too long, but I'm only a few miles out of Indianapolis, so I don't know what the hell is going on. Very frustrating! I guess I shouldn't complain, too much though, at least I have power, which, with temps in the upper 80's and above, I have definitely need to run my AC all day. I did most of Lola's easier exercises and took several walks today, and sometimes she seems like she's doing better, but then she suddenly collapses like she's got a cramp or pinched a nerve. Wish there was more I could do for her. One thing for sure, she (and I) are getting a lot of rest, not that we need it. Anyway, another day of reading, computer games and TV, not much else to do! We have thunderstorms coming in tonight, so I've given Lola three gabapentin, which the vet said would help keep her calm during storms, hopefully they go to work fast, I was a bit late in giving them to her. Enough of this boring day! Good night, darlin'! Love you!

Hey Darlin',
Lola had a very restless night for some reason, woke me up way before dawn, so I was up early. She seemed to be in more pain and not doing as well today, so I just did the gentlest PT exercises and a couple of walks today. She managed to pee and finally poop on our evening walk, so some progress was made. I had arranged to pick up hay today (freshly cut, heavy bales at $5 a bale...I love being up north in the summertime!), but stopped at Walmart first to pick up a few things. This haymaker was tucked way off the road with no mailbox that I could find, so it took few minutes to find it, and Google wasn't much help, but it was worth it. Stopped for fuel on the way back (cheapest diesel, with member discount, was Speedway in Danville, still paid 5.61 a gallon!), then spent some time and muscle getting the hay moved into the front stall. Struggled quite a bit, since I had to do it at a weird angle, and these bales were much heavier (or I'm getting weaker 🙂 ), but finally managed it. I covered the rest up with a tarp in the back of the truck, since it's supposed to rain over the weekend. Still haven't received Lola's carprofen refill, it was supposed to come today, and it arrived at the Indy postal center yesterday, so I don't know what the holdup is. I certainly hope I get it tomorrow, I'd hate to get delayed here any longer than necessary! Been away from a trailhead long enough! Finished off some more bookkeeping, which took longer than I expected, but finally got my accounts balanced, so that's a good thing. Relaxed the rest of the day, heading to bed soon! Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie,
Had another day of mostly sitting around, though I did manage to get a few necessary things done. I was able to do almost a complete PT session with Lola, but later in the day she seemed to relapse a little, expressing a bit more pain when she laid down on her right side. I hope I didn't overdue it with her today, though I was warned she might backslide occasionally, so I'm hoping that's all it is. At one point, she started barking at me, but I was in the middle of something and made her wait a few minutes, but then when I went to take her out, she didn't make it, and peed inside. Oh, well, my fault! She'd already gone out once, so I didn't think there would be that much urgency, but there you go! I filled up the spare tire with air, which it needed because I had to take the air out of it to fit into the spare tire compartment, evidently this tire has more tread on it than the previous one. Hope I can get it off when I need it! I spent most of the afternoon working on bookkeeping. I hadn't realized just how far behind I was, so that took me most of the afternoon to get caught up, and I still have a bit more to do. Otherwise, a pretty mundane day. The weather has been perfect, and I'm so missing not being at a trailhead where I can take advantage of it! I should get the rest of my deliveries tomorrow, and Walmart FINALLY contacted me that Lola's prescription was ready (I'll be out of gabapentin in the morning!), and I've arranged to pick up hay tomorrow. So not an entirely unproductive day, but I'm not a big fan of just sitting around wasting time! No worries, I'm sure I'll be busy soon! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hey Babe,
Had a good night sleep, did a bit more than half of Lola's PT exercises this morning, felt like she needed to get used to me handling her before we tackle a complete session. After we took our morning walk and I put her back in the camper, I went out to feed the horses, and when I got back, I found her by the water bowl outside, meaning she managed to open the door, go down the stairs and move to the water bowl all on her own! Guess that means she's doing better! Had an evening walk, with just a tiny poop and lots of pee, but she wasn't putting much weight on her leg again. I gave her a red light treatment and more massage in the evening, hoping that would help. I mostly spent the day doing research on flights and travel arrangements for my Peru trip. I received confirmation from the outfitter that they have room for me, and started the process of signing up. I rationalized that there really isn't any reason for me to limit my vacations to once a year, and there's so much to see in this world, why wait? Who knows how long my health will hold out? Need to do it while I can! Otherwise, a pretty quiet day, not much else going on. Just waiting for a package now, due on Friday. If I had known it would take so long, I wouldn't have ordered it, but now that it's on its way, I guess I'm staying through the week. It will be good to see Joyce, she's due back on Sunday anyway. So it's a waiting game. I need to get hay, and I ordered a prescription from Walmart from Lola which I thought would be done today, but I never heard from them. More to track down tomorrow. Meanwhile, good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Hiya Darlin',
I slept deeply with earplugs since we're on a fairly busy road, and there are so many critters running around, I figured there must be a rooster around here somewhere! Got my morning chores done, took Lola for a walk with her new harness, which is really helping her, and she peed right on cue. I made her a bit larger breakfast today, since she's been eating her snacks better, and she ate about half of it, which is much better than the last week. Finally headed out for our noon appointment with Paws Rehab, and had a fantastic 90 minute session! I learned all about what exercises we need to do, and also confirmed some of the stuff I've already been doing, so I feel comfortable we're on the right track. I canceled the appointment with the second vet that I had scheduled for tomorrow, figured I've gone about as far as I can go in figuring out how to treat her. Afterwards, I brought her back to the camper, then headed out again to Tractor Supply to pick up horse feed and propane, and Walmart for a few things, including Cheez Whiz, which I discovered was a great pill delivery device, both of which are only about 5 minutes away and right next to each other! Easy peasy! I was planning on picking up hay, but the hay guy wasn't available until later, so I decided to skip it. I suddenly realized I have no reason to say here any longer and could head out to another campground, until I remembered I had ordered Lola more Carprofen, and it's not scheduled to be here until Friday, though it's only coming from PA, so it might show up earlier. So I'll get hay tomorrow (everyone is haying right now, we've had several beautiful sunny days, and no rain in the forecast until the weekend, naturally), and I have to figure out where I would go anyway, since I don't want to go back south to Blackwell, which was my original plan. No problem, there are plenty of horse camps around, I just need to find one with open dates, or is first come, first served. Just as I got back with my groceries, I was told my package had just arrived, it contains the new end for my 50 amp extension cord, so after putting everything away, I started working on that. That turned out to be a much longer job than I expected, but it was my own fault. The old cord had the end all sealed up, no screws and no way to get it off, but I tried anyway. After using a razor knife, screwdrivers for prying and my little Dremel, I still couldn't get it off completely, so I finally gave up and just cut the end off, which is what I should have done in the first place. Once I did that, it wasn't long before I had it all put together, though it was a struggle because the screws were in so tight, I had to use pliers just to turn the screwdriver! Finally got it all together, plugged into the 50 amp circuit, and viola! I had power! Happy about that, too, since it's been very sunny and hot, and the inside of the camper gets pretty warm inside when it's sunny, so the AC came on pretty quick. It was 6:30 by the time all that was done, so I was happy to settle down for the evening at that point. I did take Lola for another walk around 8:30, and we went all the way around the house and back through the barn, and she peed and pooped along the way! Definitely feeling much better these days! I have high hopes for a full recovery, at least to the condition she was in before she fell down the stairs. Anyway, time for shower and bed. Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hi Sweetie,
Woke up before my alarm and got busy, finished packing, hooked up and headed out, with one stop at the RV dump. Managed to get out around 9:30, had an uneventful trip to Joyce's near Indianapolis, except for rubbing up again a big rock she has at the end of her driveway. Oops! Just a scratch, hardly noticeable with all the other scratches this poor trailer has acquired over the years! Got the trailer settled in and the horses are sharing a pasture with an old black horse and a couple of donkeys, but they all seem to be getting along just fine. I didn't have enough 50 amp cord to reach, so I used the 30 amp adapter, only to discover there was no power coming out of the 30 amp outlet. Joyce's brother Bill came by and checked the circuits, and the 50 amp works, but my 50 amp extension cord has a burnt out end, so I had to order a new end, which should be coming tomorrow. Was thrilled when FedEx arrived with Lola's new harness, it wasn't due for another day or three, so I was able to put that on her. When we first got out of the truck, I got help from one of the boarders here, and she did a nice little walk and pee. After I put her harness on, we walked again with that, and Lola seems to really be gaining some confidence now. In fact, just now, she was scratching at the door, so I put her harness on again and we took and walk and she finally POOPED! Yay! And not just one pile, but half a dozen. She really IS gaining confidence! So happy! I'm still getting her evaluated tomorrow, though, to learn what else I can do to help her, but I think I can cancel the Wednesday appointment, it seems it will be surplus to requirement. Anyway, had a pleasant evening, even though we had some rain (which was most definitely NOT in the forecast!), and won't be long out of bed! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hiya Babe,!
Had a good night sleep, got my chores done, then worked with Lola for awhile. I started out putting her walking harness on, but then left it alone, as she started quivering, though not as much. Then I did a red light treatment and back massage, then I put a plate of her favorite things on it: a meatball, a ball of cheese, a leftover deviled egg, and finally, a lump of peanut butter with her pills in it. As usual, she didn't eat it right away, but she didn't wait too long before gobbling it all up. Happy to see she has an appetite! Finally, after I had my breakfast, I hooked up her leash and she practically jumped up and headed straight for the door! I managed to get her out okay, and we took a little walk, and she managed to pee just fine. That's a relief! Once I got settled back inside and started a load of laundry, I saddled up Flash, with Apollo's western saddle (because it has a horn to carry everything I needed, and my new Aussie saddle doesn't), and headed out to pick up markers on the Lake Trail. It was only about six miles, but there was a lot of gravel, so Flash was going really slow. I don't know if it was because his feet hurt, or if he generally was tired from all the hill climbing we did yesterday. Today's trail was very easy, very few hills, and we just took our time with it. When I'm taking down markers, I sort as I go, so it was pretty easy to organize once I got back to camp. After I did that, I remounted Flash and ponied Apollo around the campground loop, which is about a mile, just to give him some exercise, since he's been patiently tied to the damn hitching post for the last five days! I swear, if I lived in Indiana, I would start a petition to force the DNR to replace all these abusive hitching rails to highline posts, which I know for a fact would be welcome by just about every camper out there! I haven't met ANYONE who thought a hitching rail was a good horse containment system for an overnight stay! Anyway, I put Flash away after that and took Lola for another walk. She does seem to be doing better, gaining some confidence, for which I give my new friend Lani a lot of credit. She only squealed a time or two today, and I was finally able to pinpoint that that only happens when she lands on her right side. Laying on her left side doesn't seem to hurt her at all. And good news! The woman physical therapist I've been trying to get her into, and who I was scheduled to see on Friday, had a cancellation on Tuesday at noon, so now I'm able to get Lola in even earlier! So happy for that! While she is doing much better today, I want to keep her going down that road to a full recovery, the sooner the better! Lois came by and picked up the markers (and seemed pleased that I had them all sorted and bagged accordingly), then I settled down for the afternoon and evening. I put some things away, like the hoses, but I didn't unpack much, so tomorrow's load out should be easy enough. I'm only traveling 125 miles, so I should get there in about 2 1/2 hours or less, so there's no big hurry. So glad I can get Lola in on Tuesday, though, I was hoping for an earlier opening! Anyway, time for shower and bed! Good night, my darlin'! Love you!