Hi Sweetheart!
Woke up early this morning, but slept deeply, because I had to put earplugs in, what with all the rain that came and went last night. Got up and did the chores, and while I was eating breakfast, a trailer went by me, and it turned out to be the gals that I was supposed to ride with this morning. Seems they must have seen the radar and the weather forecast, it looked pretty gloomy. Of course, not for the first time, the rain stopped just after 9:30, so I saddled up Apollo and went out on my own (with Lola, of course!) Anyway! There seemed to be a break in the rain, I figured I could get a ride in. About a half hour in it started to rain a bit, but I just slipped on my slicker, and before I even had it fully on the rain slowed down a lot. Just a little spit or two after that, then it stopped for the rest of the ride. We just did a short four miles, mostly around the edge of fields and clearing, but it was a lot of nice grass footing, so it was good, especially for Apollo, who’s been such a drama queen about his feet lately. I took one wrong turn (what’s a ride without at least one!), and ended up on what would usually be my favorite kind of trail, single track with dirt footing, but with all the rain and the type of dirt they had here, it was a slippery as ice. Apollo really was being extra careful, almost slipping a couple of times, but we made it. Guess we’ll stick to the wide grassy trails for awhile! It was a nice ride, though, and the skies kept gradually clearing most of the afternoon, until we actually had some blue sky and sunshine for a little bit before it started clouding up again. Once we got back, I headed into town, wanted to top of a couple of propane tanks (since it doesn’t seem like I’m going to get much energy from the sun any time soon!), and a bit of shopping and to fill up with fuel. Spent some time searching for hay, but I can’t seem to get anyone to get back to me, either by phone or messenger, and I’m getting desperate, only have a couple of meals left so I may have to either drive a long way or try to find a feed store in the morning, though the ones I already called don’t have any. Finally settled down for the evening, had to move Coco to a different highline, she’s been doing a lot of stomping and it’s been making it a real mud bog under her, hopefully she won’t keep doing that. There’s no special treatment under the highlines, just dirt and not mud, so nothing more I can do. No one else came in tonight, I suspect the weather forecast is keeping everyone away, but I’m not convinced it’s going to be that bad. Today the radar showed a mass of rain coming my way, but then it suddenly all dissipated before it got here. Fingers crossed for tomorrow, I was hoping to get a long ride in on Flash, but I also have to find some hay, so we’ll see what happens! Anyway, time for shower and bed. Good night, my love!
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