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Hiya Sweetie,
Well, the good news is, I made it! It was just an exhaustingly long day. Since it was only 170 miles, I wasn't too worried about getting an early start, but I was up and moving by 8:00 anyway. After breakfast, I hooked up the trailer and pulled it forward to slightly higher ground, then ran it up onto the jiffy jack so I could adjust the brakes on the trailer. When I tested the emergency slide on the brake controller, it didn't feel like anything happened, so I decided to adjust them. The first wheel I looked at was really weird, and it got me a little worried. That's because there were wires coming out of the adjustment hole! I know it didn't used to be like that, so evidently, the last time I had the brakes done, the guy did some kind of jury rig to wire it up! No idea. Anyway, I couldn't very well use by brake tool with wires sticking out, so I moved on the other three. All of them were pretty loose, so I tightened them just right. Glad I did, though they still didn't exactly stop the tires, but I could feel a little bit more drag, which is all I think I can hope for at this point. I've been so worried about going down Black Mountain on my way out, I've been feeling a lot more stressed than usual. After that, I loaded up the horses, took down the fence, and then proceeded to clean their corral area, which was pretty difficult because there was so much manure, and the grass was so long it made it nearly impossible to pick up. I did the best I could, though I did scatter some just because it was too hard in the grass. That was exhausting, and took me nearly half an hour. I finally got on the road about 10:45, and leaving the Biltmore Estate grounds just after 11:00. The miles on I-40 on the way to Black Mountain were nerve-racking, I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. When I finally got there, I was super careful about not letting my speed get up, only hitting my brakes intermittently, and generally being as cautious as possible. Thank goodness, I made it down to the bottom with no issues. I was so relieved!! After reading up on how my trailer is really too much weight for my truck, I'm paranoid, but we made it, all is well. The rest of the drive was uneventful, though Google maps took me through a lot more small towns than I would have liked, hit every dang light on the way. Once I got here, though, another problem. The site I had reserved, #7, said it was 65' long, so I figured I had plenty of room. Only problem is, the back 20' is the only level part of it, the rest is on a serious downhill grade! No way was I going to fit in there! I called the office and a very nice lady there helped me find another site. At first she was trying to get me in a First come, First served site, but both of them are too small, so she finally found two more that were available for the full two weeks, and I picked 28, which was just barely long enough, but the highline posts were on higher ground than 27, where they were way down below and soaking wet from the rain. They had even put rubber stall mats down there to try to make it more appealing, but I was having none of that. At one point while I was looking at it, I slipped and fell, landing in a position that bent my bad knee completely back against my thigh, so now I have ice on it. Anyway, it took awhile, but I finally got the highline up and the horses out, and got myself backed into the site properly. I just barely fit, but it's kind of tucked away, so as long as nobody with a really long trailer comes around the corner and needs the extra room, I should be okay. There's a bypass anyway, so this little loop only has these two sites, so hopefully it will be quiet. Well, the cicadas are out so it's noisy as heck right now, but I think they shut up at night, don't they? Anyway, finally settled in, started a load of laundry, delighted to see an excellent cell phone signal so I can start loading up my pix from last week, and I won't have to fight for streaming. Odd that at the Biltmore, where we were right next to a major city, I had a terrible signal, and now, out here in the boonies, I have a good one. Bizarre. Bad news is that there isn't water at every site like I thought there would be, so I had to fill up my tanks at the wash rack (the rest seem to be spigots without threads, sigh), but at least I won't have any trouble filling up my truck tank. I started a load of laundry, I'm in need of fresh sheets, but that's the extent of my energy! Anyway, enough chit-chat, we're here, we're safe, we're tired, we're going to bed! Good night, my darlin'! Love you!
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