Hiya Sweetie,
What a day! It started with a great night sleep, then after chores and breakfast, I did a little more research looking for hay. I thought I had some lined up, (his ad said he was baling last Friday), but he said he didn't have any ready until after this weekend, which is too late, I'm down to my last bale. Messaged someone close by, fingers crossed. I saddled up Flash and decided to take Lola. She's been doing so well, but it turned out to be a bad decision. Flash was in an exuberant mood today, back to his usual 4 mph walk and willingness to gait, and for the first couple of miles, Lola was in front. She tired after about five or six miles, and by mile seven, she was dragging so much we had to stop several times for her to rest. Finally, at about mile eight, we were about to make the 2nd road crossing, so I tied her to a tree, left her with water (there was no water on the trail, which may have contributed to the problem), and let Flash take off, which he had been wanting to do for some time. He raced off, and we averaged over nine mph the remaining 5.5 miles, getting back to camp in less than half an hour! I quickly put him away, then drove the truck out and rescued Lola, who seemed to have made a full recovery in the 40 minutes we were gone, thank goodness. I took my phone out of airplane mode and discovered I had a voicemail and message from the hay guy I reach out to this morning, so I called him and arranged to meet his family this afternoon, after I got fuel. After stopping for diesel (I managed to fill up an almost empty tank and was still under $100, yay!), I met his wife and son, who let me on a road that was little more than a utility easement to a barn where they had just put up some hay that was cut yesterday! It's back to coastal now, but this was really fresh and nice, and the bales were heavy for $8, so I stocked up with 15, which should be enough to last my stay here and still leave with a stall full of my usual eight bales. Once I got back to camp, I considered just covering it up and dealing with it in the morning, but I decided not to procrastinate (an object in motion tends to stay in motion, so I just kept moving!), and loaded to hay into the stud stall and under the gooseneck, putting up my skirting to keep it safe from wandering mouths. I finished my chores by filling the horses' water bucket with the last of the tank in the truck, and finally settled down for dinner and a couple of Farscapes. Whew! What a full day! Ready to get to bed early, for sure! Good night, babe! Love you!
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