The plan was to shop first and ride when we got back, but of course, the best-laid plans… Though we got out fairly early, we ended up making so many stops, getting propane at Tractor Supply (just $2.59/gallon!), a grocery store, Home Depot, Walmart, a beer store, then another beer store, then a liquor store (just to get wine!), and a stop for fuel, whew! It was nearly 3:00 by the time we got back to an empty campground (only a couple of day rider trailers left), and Hubby was too tired to go for a ride, so we decided to postpone it until tomorrow, when we was more rested. It took me a while to put everything away, and to look for my truck key which I somehow misplaced between the trailer and the truck just before we left, but I didn’t find it yet. No idea where I set that puppy down, or where it fell out of my pocket! Still didn’t find it by the end of the day, will look again tomorrow. Thank goodness we had a spare set! Anyway, we sat in the screen room and read for a while, threw the ball and frisbee for Lola, eventually made a nice Beef Red Curry, then settled down for the evening. We were pretty sure that once this place had emptied out, we would probably have it to ourselves, and we did for a couple of hours, but then a couple came in, so it looks like we’ll have company all week after all!
Archives for August 2019
Friday, Aug. 9, 2019 – Travel Day to Two Mile Run County Park, Franklin, PA
Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 – Another Relaxing Day
The weather improved today, though we had one strong rain storm in the morning. Fortunately it cleared out by mid-day, leaving me the chance to do some preliminary packing in between dialyzing Hubby. Another quiet day. We’ve really enjoyed it here, it’s been so quiet, but we’re ready to move on to our next location, to check out another exciting horse camp and it’s trails!
Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019 – Relaxing Rainy Day
While the morning was lovely, I burned our boxes and moved the horses’ corral first, though, I didn’t want them overgrazing on the area where I had the fence. Then I sat outside for quite a while just relaxing, reading, and miracle of miracles, just listening to the wind rustling the leaves around which we are surrounded (I can’t remember the last time I had time to just sit and listen to the wind!), but it started getting cool and eventually I needed to go back inside. The rain and thunderstorms started up again, so we decided it was a movie day, and watched several movies back to back, with only the basic chores to do. Ah, paradise!! So quiet and peaceful here, exactly what we needed!
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 – The Newlyweds Come To Visit
Since we didn’t get to spend a lot of time getting caught up, my friend whose wedding we attended on Saturday decided to come and visit us at the horse camp, bringing along the bride’s two horse-loving daughters and the groom’s sister, along with a cooler full of leftovers from the reception, so we ate and talked and got caught up and had a lovely little picnic in beautiful weather. I had run around earlier in the day, down to the little town of Alfred (home of Alfred University and SUNY Alfred State College, which dominate the town), picking up propane at a cement fabrication factory, of all places, and getting rid of our trash and filling up with water, both behind the Mobil station in town. After the picnic, we had nothing else to do but dialyze, and we did that with no problem. Having this Ipad makes a huge difference, since Hubby can do all his own measurements, which leaves me free to do a lot of other things, though never too far away, of course! More old movies and a relaxing evening once again, while listening to the rain come in for the night!
Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019 – Runaround and Wedding Day
We had a bunch of running around to do today, so we were up early, ran into Arkport to get the wedding gift we wanted, then drove a bit east to Bath to pick up some hay, nice stuff, just $3.25 per, though they are a bit smaller than what we usually get (but larger than what I was given yesterday), and I was only going to get half a dozen, but since we’re considering staying a couple of extra days, I ended up buying ten, since it was nice hay. I may have to put some in the back of the trailer, since I doubt they’ll all fit in the truck once we’re hooked up. Then we headed back, stopping at a quaint little restaurant for breakfast called the Country Kitchen, then did some quick shopping at the Walmart before getting home at 1:00, giving us just an hour to get ready for the wedding. I wrapped the gift, made out the card and letter, and finally got dressed and made up in the last few minutes, and headed out just in time. We arrived about twenty minutes early, but the ceremony got a bit of a late start, but it was a beautiful day, the house was huge and gorgeous, the back yard had a great big tent, and there were probably close to 80 people there by the time it started. It was a lovely ceremony, I got caught up with a number of folks, ate far too much at the reception, had Lola with us making friends, too, and overall it was a very nice party. Hubby finally got too tired to sit in the plastic chairs any longer, and went to sit in the truck, and I arranged with the groom, Steve, to get some water to top off my tank since we had decided to stay a couple more days. We even arranged for him and his new bride Amanda and her kids to maybe come by on Tuesday for a bit, her girls are into horses, taking riding lessons at a nearby stable, and Steve and I can always find things to talk about! He’s like another brother to me, and we’ve known each other since 1974. Anyway, we left shortly thereafter since we had to get back to feed the horses, made two quick stops for fuel and wine (no wine in the Walmarts here!), got back to camp shortly before dusk, and got the horses settled. Hubby was nodding off in his chair before I even came in from chores, so I decided to spend some time with the neighbors, as this would likely be my only chance. So I headed off to their bonfire and we chatted for a long time. By the time Lola and I came back, Lola was ready to jump into the truck, Hubby had already gone to bed, so I took my quick shower and climbed into bed.