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So we sat around all morning waiting to hear from the clinic, as Fedex was supposed to be delivering a new medication for Hubby that we needed to get before leaving tomorrow, and finally decided we’d be better off being closer to the clinic when it arrived, so I found a nice little restaurant called Pete’s nearby, where we had a spectacular breakfast. By then it was after 1:00, so we went to the clinic and learned that Fedex had come and gone, picking up a package but not dropping one off. I HATE FEDEX!! Since it was too late to do anything else but top off with fuel (though I tried to get a replacement carpet for our screen room, but Home Depot didn’t have the right size), we headed back to camp and got Hubby started on his dialysis session, already much later than usual. Met some interesting ladies who stopped by after their ride and we chatted for some time about various Ohio camps that we’re thinking about going to, carrying on until it was almost dusk, then got the horses taken care of and settled down for the evening. REALLY looking forward to getting out of here tomorrow! We are NOT having any fun here at all!

After another pretty crappy night sleep, we got up and headed out to the clinic, losing our green screen room carpet along the way, unfortunately. Everything went fine there and at the doctor’s office, then we went to an Indian restaurant for lunch as an early celebration for my birthday tomorrow (and to generally just try to cheer ourselves up after all the aggravation of the past few days,) then a trip to Tractor Supply to pick up some supplies, then straight back to camp (except a quick return to the area we thought we lost the rug, just in case we could find it, but it was gone) where we spent the afternoon under the awning, and playing frisbee fetch with Lola off the leash. No visitors this time, everyone left us alone today, thank goodness. As dusk waned, we headed inside to watch what turned out to be an excruciatingly slow and boring movie, then a short one hour before heading to bed, hoping for a better night sleep tonight!

Had a pretty bad night sleep during the night, then ended up sleeping until 10:30 before I was rested enough to get out of bed, very unusual for me. Got all my chores done, had a late breakfast, played frisbee fetch with Lola for a bit, then started getting Hubby’s machine ready around 1:00. Shortly thereafter, our delivery of dialysis supplies arrived, so I spend half an hour getting those loaded in before resuming his dialysis session. Sorry to say at one point early in the morning, Lola escaped for about two minutes, but the rest of the day I had her either locked up in the trailer or on a cable outside. That wasn’t enough to stop the complaints though. Halfway through the afternoon I got a visit from a couple of the trustees, one apologetic while the other one railed on about Lola having to be on a leash. I again explained, she only was out for two tiny minutes and had been cooped up or tied up the rest of the day, and it ended up in a shouting match. Finally it came out that someone was upset that I was playing frisbee fetch without her being on a leash! Really??? Here’s one of the most obedient and friendliest dogs you’ll ever find, totally focussed on fetching her frisbee, never going beyond 20 yards away from the trailer, and someone on the OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMPGROUND is complaining that she’s not on a leash. Good Lord, where is the common sense God gave these people! All this because two dogs that WERE on a leash, but beyond the ability of their owner to control, made some trouble a few months back. Of course, I wouldn’t want to wish bad things to happen to anyone’s pets, but you don’t put 100 well-behaved dogs on a leash just because one of them MIGHT make trouble, any more than you’d put 100 people in jail because one of them MIGHT commit a crime! Grrrr! Maybe I’m overreacting because of a lack of sleep, but there are such negative vibes here now, we even felt it as we were coming in yesterday, but we were committed because of our clinic day in Canton tomorrow, so we can’t just pack up and leave, which is our inclination when we are faced with this much unwarranted irritation. I know there are people who won’t like what I’m saying here, but I feel it’s only fair that I tell you our experiences, truthfully, whether you agree or disagree. As Dennis Miller used to say, “That’s my opinion, I could be wrong.” We won’t be coming back here after this weekend, too much stress! And I can’t even relieve any of that stress with a ride in the woods, since the map is so bad and the trails are so poorly marked that it’s impossible not to get lost, which only adds more stress! Thank goodness we only to have to suffer this a few more days. So disappointing, this place could be a real gem if the people here would just chill out a little bit, do some real work on the map and trails, be a bit more welcoming, and just use a little common sense!

Woke up to the sound of rain when the alarm went off, so I turned it off and rolled over, no way I was going to mess with that! Fortunately, it was all gone an hour later, just cloudy, so I got up and finished packing. I was afraid that with all the rain we might have trouble getting off the grass out to the gravel driveway, but there was no problems, yay! By the time we finished at the RV dump on the other side of the park at the campground, it was just about noon, but since the trip is less than three hours, we had plenty of time. It was an uneventful drive, thank goodness, and we arrived at Tri-County around 4:00. We were worried about whether we would get stuck again, but fortunately it hadn’t rained as much here, and we were able to back in easily to the same spot we were in last time. Unbeknownst to me, while I was getting the horses up on the highline provided (I decided to do that rather than get my own highline out), Lola jumped out the passenger side window (which I’ve never seen her do before, but I guess she just had to pee!), and then went on a quick walkabout to see if there was anyone in camp who would play with her while I was working on getting us set up. Well, it wasn’t long before I realized she was gone, so I called her, and she came running back, as she always does, she’s such an obedient girl! But that didn’t stop the complaints. Two women from different parts of the campground made a beeline for me and complained to me that all dogs needed to be on a leash. I apologized and explained that as a therapy dog, it’s her compulsion to go greet people, and she had slipped away without my knowing (she still had her therapy vest on from when we stopped for lunch at Denny’s, where she sat quietly under a table like she always does, making lots of people smile as they came in and saw her, again, that’s her job.) Nothing like a warm welcome, huh? Well, after getting all my chores done, I got out the loungers and we sat under the awning (too short a stay to bother with the screen room) and played fetch the frisbee with Lola for a while. Shockingly, when I went to do cleanup of the horses’ section of the trailer at dinnertime, I discovered the manure spreader is still so full there’s almost no place to add more, so I had a heck of a time dumping my utility cart. Anyway, we finally settled down for the evening, to clearing skies and a promising forecast.

Spent the larger part of the day starting to pack up things for our departure tomorrow, in between dialyzing Hubby. It’s been a great stay here, and I can definitely see us coming back here some time in the future. Very enjoyable, and there are still a few more trails I have yet to explore!

With the necessity to send out Hubby’s labs via Fedex (I hate Fedex!), I left him in camp and ran out to do various errands. First to the camp office to pay for another two days (though I learned there’s a drop box out here somewhere, which would have worked just as well). Then I arrived at the Fedex Ship Center in Franklin at 11:30, only to discover a sign on the door saying they were closed for lunch between 11:15-11:45. Figures. I put the package in the box outside and hoped for the best. Then I ran around trying to find some kind of air compressor that would replace the crappy Kensun I bought (it worked ONCE, then died). My first stop was Harbor Freight, and there was a little pancake tank type compressor I thought might do the job, but I couldn’t understand why the label said 100 max PSI while the gauges all went up to 180. After a half hour of asking the same question of the staff there, I never did get a good answer, so I gave up on it. I ended up with something from Home Depot, not sure if it would work, but it said it would go up to 130 (I need 123 psi on my trailer tires), fingers crossed. Picked up a few things at Walmart and finally got back to camp after 2:30. I tried out the new air compressor, but it hardly budged the needle on the trailer tires, so I’m back to square one. At least with Home Depot I can take it back later this week in Ohio. Discovered we had some neighbors tucked away in the woods on the other side of camp, and had a chat with them about their solar array, wondering how theirs worked, and whether there’s a system that could just recharge our batteries as a supplement to using the generator. If we can keep the batteries charged up, the inverter would do the rest for us. Settled down for the evening, enjoying the fact that for once when the forecast was for rain, it actually didn’t rain! I hope that trend continues, as we’re planning on moving on Wednesday, and they’re definitely calling for rain on that day. Here’s hoping!

Since I ran out of hay yesterday (and was given a couple of bales by Lisa, for which I’m very grateful!), I had made arrangements to pick up new hay in a town called Sandy Lake, which is only about 30 minutes away. Phil met me, and sold me some gorgeous 2nd cutting, some of the best hay I’ve seen in a long time! I wish I had room for more, but 10 was all I could manage, and at $5.00 a bale, I was happy to take it! On the way back we stopped to shop at our usual places, Tractor Supply and Walmart, with a quick stop at Aldi, though there wasn’t much there that I use, then back to camp. Got everything put away before starting dialysis, and spent the rest of the day watching old movies and munching. Another great day on the road!