Archives for 2015

Spent most of the day doing some writing, though I also cut Roy’s hair, which was LONG overdue, then with the help of our neighbor Marsha, put some water in our tank and hers, while several more trailers, two from Canada and one from Florida, joined us on our loop. Had conversations with everyone throughout the day. Marsha’s husband’s sulky blew out a wheel yesterday, and I helped her look for a replacement, to no avail, but she suggested that since the buggy was in operable, that maybe we could go for a ride on her two horses, since they are as inseparable as our two, and since Apollo’s back is hurt (he flinched a lot less when I touched it today, so he’s definitely getting better, but still needs to rest it, though I think it’s only bruised), I thought that was a great idea. Sat in our loungechairs and watched the world go by during cocktail hour, before settling down for the evening.

As soon as I got up this morning and looked outside, something was wrong. Apollo was standing on the opposite side of the tie rail, on the outside of the stall. Upon closer examination, it became clear that somehow he got underneath the rail. He had a long scratch along the top of his back, and tufts of his hair were stuck on the bottom of the rail. I can only think he either laid down and then got up wrong, or was reaching so far for grass that is a yard or more away, that he jammed himself underneath. I cleaned the wound and sprayed it well with Vetericyn, and hoped for the best. He didn’t seem to have any other injuries, so I’ve got my fingers crossed. Meanwhile, we had a slow day, though I got a lot of essential writing done, thank goodness. When we fed the horses in the evening, when I touched Apollo’s back and he flinched badly. I examined him a bit more, and he only flinched on one particular point, though it wasn’t from the abrasion, it seemed more along the spine. I’m hoping it’s just a bruise, but we’ll look at it more closely over the next few days. Don’t think we’ll be doing any riding until he shows remarkable improvement. I sure don’t want to slap a saddle on a sore back! Settled down for the evening, with hopes for his improvement tomorrow!

After having a nice restful day yesterday, after breakfast today, we took a ride into Glenville to pick up my mail that had been forwarded, then Lowville for shopping at Tractor Supply, Walmart, and a quick lunch at a Chinese restaurant, mediocre but it did the job, got gas for the generator, and threw out an old vacuum cleaner that died on us and which we replaced today.

We had a busy travel day scheduled today, and got off to a slow start when we discovered a flat tire on the RV. Hubby pumped it with air, but then discovered it was out of round, really bulging on one side. Since we didn’t want another blowout, especially after just finally getting the last damage from a blowout on the RV fixed a few weeks ago, we decided the safest thing was to put the spare on, which we did, making us more than a half hour later leaving camp than we expected. I found a tire place in Ithaca that had the right size in stock, so our first stop was there. Unfortunately, they were so backed up, the only service they could do fast was to mount the new tire on the wheel. Anything more, like mounting it on the trailer, couldn’t be done before 3:00, so we skipped it, tucked the new tire in the spare tire rack underneath, and vowed to change it out the first chance we got. Another half hour plus behind, now, we carried on, then discovered both a Tractor Supply, where we stopped for propane, and a Walmart, where we stopped for groceries, and finally stopped at a misnamed Liquor “warehouse” which was a tiny store in a strip center with almost no choice of brandy, not a single VSOP, much less an XO! Undeterred, we finally heading up the highway towards Camden, where my old high school buddy Steve had a cabin. He just happened to be there this week, so we decided to visit on our way to Otter Creek. Arrived just after 5:00, he was waiting for us at the end of his driveway to shuffle us in, and we were soon settled in, with the horses on a highline and us parked in a rather narrow loop in his driveway that proved challenging to maneuver, but we managed, as always. Enjoyed a lovely evening with him and his girlfriend, her two daughters, and another friend of Steve’s, including smores over a campfire, just before it got washed out with a sudden rainstorm! We sat on the covered porch the rest of the evening,getting caught up on all the latest. Too many mosquitos, though! We all got bit like crazy!

Spent the day finishing off laundry and cleaning house, as we prepared to leave tomorrow.