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Hiya Babe!
Let myself sleep in a bit this morning since it was such a short drive to Mill Creek. Didn't take long to pack up since I did most of it yesterday, and I was heading out of camp just after 10:00. Once I got to Gasline Road, though, I had a little problem. Patsy had told me that if I turned right, the way I came in, the hill was very slippery and someone had jack-knifed their trailer there Saturday night after the rain. It was possible that it was dry enough by now, but there's no place to go if it wasn't. She had suggested turning left and circling back by the lake. So I started to turn left, but that was actually going up a little hill and making a sharp corner, and there was a big tree on the corner, and the sand berm was built up on the high side. So about halfway around, the trailer was dragging really badly in the berm, so I had to back up and swing a whole lot wider, which meant I was way over on the berm on the right side in order to make the left, and I was still dragging, but at least I made it. Then I had another left turn on Mountain Rd., and I had to drive my truck halfway over the next berm in front of me in order to avoid the sign on the corner! Not sure if I wasn't better off trying the other way, but I was committed by then! The rest of the drive was uneventful, thank goodness! I made one stop at a Post Office to drop off my completed ballot, and some of the back roads were a bit rough, but I arrived right around 12:30. I had to take a walk to reconnoiter between the primitive sites and the electric sites, though most of the former seemed to be on pretty unlevel ground. I was almost tempted to take an electric site, but finally decided on a site next to the bathhouse with a couple of HUGE trees for the horses' highline. Managed to get mostly set up by just after 2:00, though I had to do some reconfiguring when the highline dropped down too low. The circumference of one of the trees has to be close to 10 feet, I really had to jury-rig my feed bag rings to make it work. Bad news is, the cell coverage is still really bad. Despite getting two bars on my phone, I can't even come close to live streaming, and I'm barely able to get on the internet. Disappointing! I was really hoping for a reprieve from that after all the frustration at Sandhills last night, but I guess I'll be doing a lot of reading this week! Of course, I still have movies on my old satellite PVR if I'm desperate. Anyway, horses are happily munching away just outside my door, and it's a beautiful night with a fantastic forecast for the entire week. It's hunting season, and some of the trails are closed, but I'm planning on giving Flash a rest for a few days anyway, though a short ride on Apollo may be in order, for Lola's sake as well. Looking forward to a good night sleep! Good night, darlin'! Love you!
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