Hiya Sweetie,
Had a great night sleep after getting to bed early, slept almost straight through to my 7:25 alarm! Finished packing up and was on the road before 9:30, had an uneventful drive and arrived at Hardee Lakes just after 12:30. I was surprised that the office was closed for lunch until 1:00, but since I knew what site I was in, and I wanted to go to the RV dump before I parked anyway, I drove in, emptied my tanks, and managed to park with no problem. My decision to use Site 2 was a good one, as it had a couple of trees perfect for a highline and even space on the side for a fence if I had decided to do that. My only concern is that there is another site directly behind me, which, if occupied, would be a bit crowded, but there's no one in it at the moment. The only other possibility might have been Site 9, which is on it's own, and closer to the fence than the road, but someone was in it. Doesn't matter, this works, just want to remember that if I come back here. Not a lot of trails here, but I have water and 30 amp electric, so the first thing I did was to get caught up on the many loads of laundry that have been piling up! I also worked up a grounds map for the Taste of Goethe, and am thrilled that I have a good cell signal here, and will be able to get a lot done a lot more quickly with a good signal. Not to mention watching TV was so much easier! It's been awhile since I had such a fast signal, very glad about that. After getting settled and unhooking, I drove back to the gate and finished paying for my site, then got on with my day. Looking forward to checking out the trails tomorrow. Good night, babe! Love you!

Hi Babe,
A good night sleep, and a busy day doing some heavy cleaning, though mostly just putting stuff away, some of which has been lying around since I got back from Yellowstone, would you believe! Packed up as much as I could, and burned about a half dozen boxes filled with old tax papers which I took out of the Buick the other day. Don't need those anymore! Finally relaxed in the evening, but am having real problems maintaining a signal for live streaming, so finally gave up on it. Even through away one of our old Parnassus storage boxes, the ones we used to tour with. It was cracked in several places on the bottom, but it was sad to see it go. Another lifetime! Won't be long out of bed, it will be a busy day tomorrow! Good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie,
Had another good long night of sleep, feeling a bit more refreshed this morning after my day off yesterday, and got busy pretty quick. I had a book order I needed to fulfill, so I got that ready, then I did the voiceover for the Taste of Goethe PSA, then I looked through the boxes that I've been storing the Buick and discovered five or six were just very old taxes that I can get rid of, and that made enough room for several boxes that were in the passenger seats to go in the trunk, so now at least I can carry Lola and/or people. I drove it up to Helen's house, with Art meeting me there, and we were going to take Helen to lunch, but she had her wellness concierge coming to check on her, so we decided to wait until tomorrow. After Art dropped me back off at Tidewater, I grabbed my propane tanks and headed into Dunnellon, stopping first at the Post Office to drop off the book order, but there was a long line so that took about 20 minutes. Then I stopped to pick up my mail, then diesel and the Walmart station, then some shopping at Walmart, then to Tractor Supply for propane, but they STILL didn't have any. I had called at least four times, each time they said it would definitely be in, but still no joy by 4:00. I even called the gas company, and their response was the delivery was "tentatively" scheduled for today! So I was running out of time, so I went up to the Feed and Seed store and filled my tanks there. More expensive, but at least now they're full! Raced back home, put groceries and propane tanks away, fed the horses, and just managed to make it back to Willards to meet Art for dinner, then headed over to Chelle's for a Taste of Goethe meeting, finally getting home around 9:00. Whew! What a day! Seems like that's going to be the them for the next few days as well! Tea, shower and bed for me! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hey Babe,
Finally had a day where I could let the adrenaline subside and crash! It started with getting over eight hours of sleep (now that the furnace is working and it was nice and toasty inside), and then spending the rest of the day doing just about nothing, which is exactly what I needed to do (or NOT do!) today. While I was tempted to do housework, I resisted the urge and simply read most of the day, settled into a couple of hours of TV in the evening, and little else all day. Needless to say I'm feeling more rested, and yet I can feel the need to get to bed soon and get another good night sleep. Hopefully tomorrow I will be ready to get busy again, as I have a lot to accomplish this weekend. Good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Hiya Darlin',
Had an excellent night sleep, with my bedroom starting at 71 degrees, but by morning it was down to 45, so bit challenging to get out of my warm and toasty, flannel-sheeted bed! Fortunately, my RV repair guy was here by 10:00, and he worked on it for awhile, then had to go and come back again, twice, but finally got it working. I should have just bought all of the parts to replace everything when I was working on it before, and it would have save me some money, but I'm just happy it seems to be finally working correctly. Very chilly, sub-freezing temps this morning, and will be again tomorrow, but at least now I can set the thermostat and not be freezing in the morning. Art picked me up at 6:30 for a New Years Party at the Ripleys, and it was really fun. Everyone wore silly hats and crowns, and got a sticker on their back of some character or person that they had to ask questions (with yes or no answers) to try to figure out who it was. It was tougher than you might think, but it was fun. Then we counted down to midnight on the Sandwich Islands, occupied by penguins (9:00 our time), and celebrated. Before that, though, Melissa played a couple of things on the piano, and then I offered up my Man From Snowy River monolog for entertainment, which was greatly appreciated. It was a lovely party, and though I'm not usually all the sociable, it was a good time had by all. Got back to camp around 10:00, turne up the furnace to warm it up, and will soon be showering and once again snuggling into my flannel sheets! Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hey Sweetie,
A better night sleep, and I woke up late to a chilly morning. I drove around camp taking down the last of the signs and making sure everything was cleaned up. There wasn't enough hay around to collect, which my horses would normally have enjoyed, but no can do today! Art arrived about 11:00 and we headed out into the woods to try to find a GPS transponder that someone lost out on the trail yesterday. We had been given the coordinates, but no joy, though Lola enjoyed her time out there! We also took the opportunity to lock up the gates I had opened up for the ride. Shortly afterward, I was sent out to pick up some of the remaining water tubs, which I dropped off by Kelsey's (the trailmaster) truck at Tidewater. By the afternoon, my energy was running on empty, but I had to get propane, and Tractor Supply was out, again, to I went to Dunnellon Feed and Seed for the second time in a week! My RV repair guy wasn't able to get out to me tonight, so I've been running the generator since about 4:00, trying to get the trailer warm enough to make it as far into the night as possible. I had hoped to relax during the day, but that was not the case! I did managed to watch a little TV, though it was a struggle, with lots of buffering, until I finally gave up. Won't be long out of bed! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hey Darlin',
Another busy and exhausting day. Didn't sleep very well last night, probably due to the amount of pasta and carbohydrates I ate last night, was up bright and early and at my registration station by about 7:30. The whole day was about registration, prizes, tallying and otherwise keeping busy. Hard to describe all the different hats I wore today! That's kind of what makes this volunteer work so interesting, I never know what's going to be sorted out next! It culminated when the ride manager had just barely come off her ride by the time the after supper meetings were to begin, so I ended up doing the awards ceremony, handing out prizes (with Jo's help) while Cheryl had time to finish her dinner. She took over, I went back to computer work so the ride list would be ready for tomorrow (despite some VERY last minute changes!), but hopefully it's all sorted now. Got back to camp just before 8:00, took Lola for a walk, made myself some tea, and plan to be in bed right after a lovely hot shower. Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie!
Whew! What a busy day! Up before my alarm, and promptly got to work. Finished putting up as many signs as I could, and roping off the areas that needed to be cordoned before just about anyone got there, then spent the day getting things done, directing parking, doing registration, opening gates, helping set out and clean up after dinner, hardly a moment tor relax! I managed to break away just long enough to open another gate, clean out my horses' paddock and give them their dinner, and didn't get back to camp until after 8:00, after ordering breakfast for the morning. Can't get enough signal on my TV to watch anything, obviously the tower is overwhelmed with data requests, but that's fine, I need to get to bed early anyway. Another long and busy day tomorrow! Probably not quite so hectic, but I'm sure I'll be asked to do a bunch of other things. Jill of all trades, after all! Having my sleepytime tea and a chocolate/hazelnut ball of candy (which I definitely don't need but am going to eat anyway! I'll start my diet after New Years!), won't be long out of bed! Good night, baby! Love you!