Hi Darlin',
Don't know why but I had a terrible night sleep last night. Couldn't sleep, tried everything, read until about 2:00 am before I finally drifted off, only to be woken up at 6:00 by rain pouring down. I had already moved a half a bale of hay into the back of the truck, and left the fencing bag outside, because this wasn't in the forecast at all (surprise, surprise!), so I had to get up and close the windows. I did manage to get back to sleep after a bit, woke up just before 8:00, which was fine. Not enough sleep, but enough to get the job done today. Got up and grabbed a bowl of cereal, then finished packing up, and was done at the dump by just after 10:00, with Flash only giving me a little bit of trouble, as usual. Had an uneventful drive to Salamonie, which was almost entirely on freeway until the last 10 miles or so, and even that was decent road. They're working on a bridge so the road is closed right after the park entrance, so running errands will have to be done going the detour, but it's no biggie, town is only about 30 minutes away. I arrived about 1:30, but then I had to wait a bit to get checked, so it was after 2:00 by the time I got to the site. Not surprisingly, the horse camp is pretty well empty, and I had no trouble getting into my site. They have hitching posts again, but I also have some trees, so I put the horses on a highline, we'll see what happens. A DNR truck did drive by once, but didn't stop or say anything. I got everything set up by 4:00. I'll have good afternoon sun here, and possibly morning, too, but we'll have to wait and see exactly where the sun comes up. I'm right next to a water spigot and a manure station, so everything's convenient. My only concern now is, I went to move the truck to make it easier to place the solar panel to the east, and it took a long time to start for some reason. Almost sounded like it had overheated, but the temps were fine, so I don't know, it just cranked and turned. It finally caught, so I moved the truck, then turned it off and started it again, and it started a bit better, but still not immediately like it should. Sure hope I don't have to try to change out a fuel pump or something. I don't have a shop manual for this truck so if the problem continues I'm likely going to have to call in an expert. I'm just about due for an oil change, though I checked the level this morning and it was fine, just dirty, so maybe I'll take it to a full service shop and have them check it out rather than just Walmart for the oil change. Don't need to be having problems with my truck! Fingers crossed it's nothing! Anyway, there's a good enough cell phone signal here for the internet and Netflix (yay!), so tomorrow I'll probably just get caught up on the voluminous amount of computer work that piled up these last two weeks that I've all but ignored because I got tired of sitting by the side of the road trying to do it. It was really kind of nice not being a slave to my computer and/or phone, but it was kind of hard to get weather and news, not that the weather people ever seem to get it right anymore, like this morning! Anyway, this is a nice place, I'm not sure about the trails yet, but the horses have more shade here than before, and I'll put them out on anchors tomorrow and see if anyone complains. Flash seems to finally be getting the hang of getting himself untangled without panicking and hurting himself, but I still keep a close eye on him. They had just finished mowing the grass here before I arrived, so I won't see them again until next week, if it works like it did at Brown County. Had a sandwich, watched a couple of DS9's on Netflix, but now I'm headed to the shower and bed, since I have to make up for all the sleep I missed last night! Good night, my love!
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