Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 – Beautiful Recon Ride on Flash

Hey Babe!
An excellent night sleep, cool enough where I even had to put my summer blanket on top of my sheet! Gorgeous! Did my chores a little computer work, then collected some crosspieces that I feel are necessary and that I can reach today, and saddled up Flash. What a beautiful day! Cool (relatively speaking) and sunny, absolutely gorgeous! We headed out on the green loop at 10:30 and put a couple of crosspieces in there, and while the water was high in some spots, there was quite a bit of dry trail as well. Flash was brilliant! The very first marker was in water so deep they would have gone way over the top of my rain boots, so I actually managed to keep Flash so still I was able to screw it in while on horseback! What a great horse! He never used to stand very well, but he was great today. Then we cantered down the road to the teal trail west of the grade and put a couple more along the teal and red trails, and then came back along the teal trail north of the grade to finish off. Sorry to say, something went squirrely on the power screwdriver on the very last screw, managed to get it in okay but then it quit. Not sure why, but I’m going to have to do a little investigating and get it fixed. Glad to get a few more of the missing markers done, though! Another step forward! Got back to camp just before 1:30. Glenn got in touch this morning and asked if I’d pick up some pool chemicals and give his pool a shock today, he thought it looked kind of green, so after I got back from our lovely ten mile ride, I took a run into town, picked up his order at Ace, and headed up to his house, where I gave his pool a good working over. It actually looked better than it did yesterday, so I’m not sure what he was worried about, but after I left, he told me it was looking ten times better after the treatment (he has cameras), so he’s happy. Got back to camp and settled in, putting out my awning and one of my gravity chairs (I actually took one over to Glenn’s today, so I have something comfortable to sit in when I’m there, as he has no furniture to speak of yet), and oddly, once I got settled in, I dozed off for a bit, and my back felt better than it has in weeks! Don’t know if it was the ride or the chair, but it was definitely an improvement. Grilled myself a nice steak and settled down for the evening. Ready for shower and bed, right after my Spanish lesson. Good night sweetie! Love you!

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