Hiya Babe,
Didn't sleep quite so late today, but there wasn't a big hurry since I was only moving about 100 minutes away. Got packed up, headed to the RV dump, and was on my way out of the park just after 10:00, arriving at Salamonie Horsemen's Camp just before noon. By 2:00, I had the horses in a fence paddock, had everything set up, all the water tanks filled, and had even started a load of laundry! Then I got a little ambitious and did some housekeeping before settling down for the afternoon, planning my first ride and other activities for the week. Binged on a few more House episodes, won't be long out of bed! Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hey Sweetie,
Stayed up way too late watching the DC fireworks show, along with a speech by the President, all of which was delayed because a thunderstorm hit the area just before the original start time. As a result, it was nearly 1:00 by the time I got into bed, and even later by the time I got to sleep. No matter, the rest of the day was just doing some packing in anticipation of our departure tomorrow. We had more rain here earlier as well, so it was quite a bit cooler than it has been, though I still ran the AC for a couple of hours just to cool it down, mostly for Lola's sake. For the fifth time since I've been here, I've had to listen to the sound of a lawnmower all day long. Not sure why they chose the weekend to do it (unless it's because I'm the only one here,) but it would have been nice to get a bit more peace and quiet while I was out here. I think they need a bigger lawnmower if it takes three days to finish the mowing! Anyway, a pretty dull day, though I broke the rules again and let my horses graze all day. No one else has said anything to me, so I just kept my fingers crossed that the one ranger who objected wasn't working today, and that seemed to be the case. Did some more research on the Peru trip, discovered the actual dates of the Spring Paso Festival in Trujillo, and discovered they are in direct conflict with my ride, so that's no longer a possibility. Still want to work in a flyover and possible exploration of the Nazca Lines, and time to do a bit more exploring than just the ride, but that will take more research. Read and watched more House episodes in between packing up, so a pretty mundane day. Looking forward to a new location, though I've been to Salamonie before, and the trails aren't all the great, but at least I'll have something to do once the ride folks start to come in. Not much else going on! Good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Hey Babe,
Slept WAY too late this morning, so it was too hot to go riding by the time I got up, so I ended up going to Tractor Supply to fill up my propane tanks, and that was about it. I did make one discovery, though. I was able to reconfigure my understanding of how long one tank of propane lasts, about 6.5 hours. I started with a fresh tank this afternoon, and that's how long it lasted. Was happy to finally figure that out! I spent the afternoon working on my travel plans for the next couple of months, booking my flight to Rochester for the reunion and researching more hotels in Peru. Several of the recommended hotels are already sold out, so I'm having to scramble a bit, but I also want to research the Spring Festival in Trujillo, it seems it has a lot of Paso centric activities, so I'm a bit interested in that, but that may keep me away too long. More research tomorrow! Not much else to say! Good night, sweetheart! Love you!

Hi Sweetie,
Had a very good night sleep last night, thank goodness for the excellent insulation in this camper! Only woke up once during the night, and only because Lola got too close to the carbon monoxide detector and set it off, but otherwise, she hardly did any panting, and all the fans worked just fine through most of the night. Another hot day today, too hot to do much of anything, so I spent the day reading and bingeing on TV. Was pleasantly surprised that my generator has been running all day with no overheating (I'm thinking now that when it stalls out it has more to do with the pressure of the propane tanks), and have been running since 1:00 this afternoon on less than 1 1/2 tanks! Guess I'm getting better "mileage" than I thought! I had it figured out once that one 20 lb. tank lasts about four hours, but evidently, I need to refigure that. Anyway, very happy at that result, though I am going to have to run to Tractor Supply and stock up again tomorrow just to get me through the rest of the weekend. Did some research for horse camps to keep me in the area, but I'm stuck with either staying at the same few horse camps that have electric, or going significantly farther north to escape the heat. Guess it will depend on the weather what I will do! Absolutely nothing else going on today, so I'll be heading to bed soon. Good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Pix to come!

Hiya Babe,
I ran the generator much later than I normally would, just to run the AC until I went to bed. Even then the outside temp was still 80+. Not comfortable! It was okay after my shower for awhile, until the cooler air eventually dissipated, leaving a pretty hot and steamy rest of the night. To try to make it a bit easier today, I booked a float down the Tippecanoe River, and for three glorious hours, I paddled quietly in some lovely cool water in a tube. Of course, once I got back to camp, I had to deal with the heat again, but there was a decent breeze, so at least it was tolerable, though it got bad in the peak of the heat in late afternoon. Once again, I'm running the AC until I go to bed, and I'm on my last tank of propane, so a trip to Tractor Supply tomorrow is a must! The forecast for the rest of the week isn't any better, with mid-90's and a heat index as high as 109! Really should be farther north, won't make the same mistake again! Already took a shower this afternoon, and will be taking another one before I'm going to bed. Starting to wonder if I can find someplace with AC that will take dogs where I can hang out, but don't really want to leave the horses all day either. May just have to bite the bullet and run the generator most of the day, but it's been overheating and turning itself off when it gets too warm, so that may not be a viable solution. I considered moving, but with July 4th weekend coming up, everything with electric is booked, so I'm just going to have to grin and bear it! Yet another challenge of living on the road! The good still far outweighs the bad, so no complaints! Good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Hey Darlin',
My morning habit seems to be waking up around 5:00, reading, then falling asleep until about 8:30, which seems to suit me just fine at the moment. Today was a very hot day, and frankly, if I had seen the forecast before booking another week here, I may have changed my mind and gone someplace with electric. Instead, I'm just expecting to make it up with using more propane than usual to run my AC when necessary. It was too hot today to do just about anything! I did manage a couple of loads of laundry done today, but that was about it! I mostly read and watched TV, had a few problems with my generator overheating, but managed to make it work, made arrangements to tube down the Tippecanoe River tomorrow, figuring at least I'll be cooler on the water, since tomorrow is supposed to be even hotter. Poor Lola was panting like a fiend, so I finally broke down and got out her dog pool, and once she saw it filled up, she laid it in for quite a while, then came in and blessedly slept for several hours. I also put an ice pack on her to help as well, and put some ice cubes in a bandana around my neck for me. Still, it's unbearably hot, which is why I usually get above the 42nd parallel by this time of year! My mistake this year! It was so lovely last week, I had high hopes, but they've been dashed. Too hot to even ride, and more on the way. Oh, well, we have to take the good with the bad! I finally managed to get the AC running in hopes of blowing out the hot air before bed, not sure it will work, but I'm definitely burning more propane than usual, but I don't care! Tractor Supply is only 15 minutes away, and this is me, not worrying about using an extra tank or two or three a month to try to be comfortable. Something weird happened last night with my phone though, it inadvertently sent out an SOS, which I discovered happens when the power button is pushed five times in a row. Not that I did that on purpose, but I was having problems with my charger on the phone. So I got a couple of text this morning from folks that were notified, even though they weren't on my emergency contact list, so I updated that, and learned something important! Now I know! Anyway, a long, boring day, heading for a cold shower and hopefully a good night sleep, if I don't sweat to death in the process. Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hiya Darlin'!
I had hoped to take Apollo for a short ride today, but the weather forecast was for rain most of the day, which never actually materialized, so I spent the day getting caught up on a lot of little chores. I finally put the right taillight on the truck, it's been needing to be replaced for a long time, and I've been carrying around the new pair for ages, so I finally got that done. I also did a few inside jobs, like hanging some photos and trying to fix some hooks and things. Took Lola for three walks today, but mostly just hung out waiting for it to rain, which it never really did. Did some planning for the next couple of months, seriously considering just staying in the Indiana area rather than go all the way east, figured I would save over 1000 miles of driving that way, but it depends on a few things that I need to hear back on before I decide for sure. Feels like so much is in flux right now! I guess you could call that freedom, since nothing is carved in stone! Read, watched TV, not much else to share! Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hiya Babe!
Woke up a bit early but slept again afterward, got up and did my chores, did some research on gas regulators, only to discover later that it may not be a problem after all. Took Lola for several walks today. I had fully planned to ride today, but then I found some hay not too far away, 80% grass, 20% alfalfa, so I headed over there to pick up enough to last me the next two weeks. By the time I got back and got everything stored, there were a lot of clouds around (in fact, I ran into a little sprinkle on my way back, but fortunately everything dried out before I got back to camp), so I decided not to ride. Had a leisurely afternoon readying and doing some research on the computer, especially learning about Peru, watched a few episodes of my latest binge, now I'm ready for bed! Good night, darlin'! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie,
Had a good night sleep, though it rained most of the night, and it was a lake around me in the morning! Called for Wellies for sure! Very glad I moved onto the gravel, which made it much easier getting out this morning. I had breakfast, took Lola for a walk (she seems to be doing well!), finished packing up before loading up the horses, and was heading out of camp by 10:30. I surprised myself and was able to get out of the gate in one pass! I thought I would have to back up a time or two, but I swung wide enough to make it the first time. I had an uneventful drive, although it was interesting. Even though it was pretty much a straight shot east with only a few turns, the road itself kept changing. It was everything from a well-lined, well-shouldered, cats eye road to something so narrow with no markers, it would barely qualify as a farm road, though they were always paved. Fascinating! Arrived safely, and when I checked in at the gate and asked about packages, the woman there was already aware and told me there was one at the office, so I stopped by and picked that up. Got into my campsite very easily (naturally, the campground was empty and there was nobody watching!), and got settled in pretty quickly. My first order of business, even before getting the horses out, was to get out their anchors and replace the old twisted rope with the new braided rope that was in my package. A much better rope! Softer and better built, and it didn't take me long to get the anchors fixed up and the horses out grazing on the grass. Last time I was here, I put up a fence around the whole site, but this time I'm just going to put them on anchors while I'm here. Of course, there's the requisite metal hitch rail, which I'm ignoring, and I put up a highline between a couple of trees for nighttime use. I got out a bunch of hoses so I could reach the spigot across the road, and it took a lot of joints to do it, so I got online and ordered a 100' Zero G hose so I can get rid of all that. Supposed to be here tomorrow, which would be great! Got everything else set up, then settled down to braid some baling twine. The last bunch of hay I bought had a lovely teal colored twine, so I've been cutting it near the knots so I can braid a few more of them. It's amazing how I always seem to have some use for them! Once evening hit, I took Lola for a walk around the campground loop, which turns out to be half a mile, and she did magnificently. Settled down for the evening, binged on a few more Being Ericas, and am ready for shower and bed! I didn't get any laundry done today, I figured it was too late to start them by the time the clouds cleared, but tomorrow is supposed to be a lovely, clear day, so that's my first chore in the morning. Then I'm planning on getting a ride in, then we'll see what else! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hiya Darlin',
Woke up early with the premise of starting my work day at 8:00, but some of the 50 milers were going so fast, they came in at 7:36, and Robin came looking for me just as I was finishing brushing my teeth. When I quickly made my way over to the pulse box, I soon realized that of the two clocks they were using, one was on Eastern and one was on Central, and they had been using Eastern, which would have made it look like I was late, when in fact, I was early. Whatever, it didn't matter, and I went to work. The day passed quickly at a nice steady pace, adding a couple of walks in between. One of the other pulse timers offered to put a special kind of K-tape on Lola's leg to secure her torn ACL, so she came over at the end of the day to do that for me. Then it was potluck dinner and awards, followed by another walk with Lola, and a camper tour for our neighbors Mary and Margaret. It was a busy day, so soon off to bed, because everyone is fretting over the forecast of rain tomorrow. They're suggesting I pack up and move over on to gravel before days end tomorrow, though I don't relish the idea of have to make yet ANOTHER move this week! I'm waiting until the forecast and actual data for tomorrow. Meanwhile, I'm exhausted, heading to shower and bed! Good night, sweetie! Love you!