Friday, July 17, 2020 – Computer Work and Noisy New Neighbors

Hi Babe,
Didn’t get a very good night sleep for some reason, though it was cooler. Thought about going riding with Jonella and her two friends, but since I sent an emailer out yesterday, I’ve been getting a lot of responses and a lot of bouncebacks, and because I want Flash to rest his ankle one more day, I decided to stay in camp. I moved my fence around so the horses could get some new grass, but then I had neighbors show up behind me, and evidently I was blocking their access to the hitching rail that one of their group was going to use, so I took my fence down and moved my highline over to give them the space. I was hoping they would have a fence and work with me a bit so I wouldn’t have to do all that, but they didn’t. Later, the trailer that was supposed to be in that spot moved all the way across the road, but left their horse behind, alone at the hitching rail. Not sure what that’s about, but my is not to reason why. They had a dog that is never on a leash, so Lola’s been going kinda nuts because I’ve been keeping her cooped up, and they weren’t here 20 minutes when they pulled out a huge generator and cranked it up, one of those really loud kind, and ran the dang thing all day long. I don’t know what they were trying to power, because I didn’t hear the A/C on (then again, it’s so noisy I probably couldn’t anyway), but it was so bad when my friends came back from the ride they spoke to the ranger about it, and he went and talked to them, and they insisted they were going to keep it on all day until quiet time at 11:00. Great. Chances are they’ll crank it right up at 7:00 in the morning tomorrow, too, so I guess I’m wearing earplugs tonight! Anyway, I made myself a lovely salmon on the grill dinner, with onions and homegrown green peppers that one of the Rosebud ladies brought me last week, and grilled some summer squash along with steamed brussel sprouts, hmm, hmm, good! Mostly I’ve been having sandwiches and other easy stuff, but I was in the mood for something nicer tonight. After the gals came back from their ride, I wandered over and chatted with them for a while. They’re going up to the Forest tomorrow, but they’re leaving really early, so I decided if Flash was up to it, we’d take a long ride all the way up to the farther north point (which is just across the street from the state forest anyway) and back again, should be a little under 20 miles. It would be a nice finish to our stay here, because, of course, Sunday will be housekeeping and packing day, preparing for our departure on Monday. So today was a mixed bag, quiet in the morning, noisy the rest of the day, but I didn’t do much exertion, just a lot of computer work. And now it’s time for shower and bed! Good night, sweetie! Love you!