Monday, September 13, 2021 – Travel Day to Saddle Up Stables near Indianapolis

Hey Babe,
Got up with the alarm, finished packing, got the horses loaded up (well, Apollo loaded himself as soon as I took him off the tree) and headed out. I was a bit concerned about getting out of the site, lots of trees and posts around, and it did take me a few tries to get on the road, but I managed it without knocking anything down, yay! Got to the dump by 8:30 and was on the road by 8:45. Fortunately it was almost all highway driving so it was very straight-forward. Unfortunately, I had to stop once for some fuel, was just shy of being confident of making it, and the last thing I wanted to do was run out of diesel, that’s just too much of a pain to get going again! Arrived at Joyce’s just before 2:00, and was delighted that the place she had designated for me was MUCH easier to get into than I had imagined from looking at Google Earth, so I was parked in no time. The horses have a nice pasture to graze in, still debating whether they need to be given feed as well, we’ll see tomorrow. Immediately hooked up electric and started a load of laundry, then quickly headed out to the nearest pharmacy to get some corrective measures for the bad hair color I inflicted on myself the other day. They didn’t have my usual brand so I tried something else and it was WAY too dark for me, so I got a color remover and it worked really well, though it took nearly an hour to follow all of the instructions. I may not even have to re-color it, it did such a nice job. Anyway, then Trish stopped by, and we ended up going out to a little Asian restaurant, not much ambiance but the food was decent, then came back and sat around on the patio for a bit with Joyce and Sean. Of course, I was doing laundry the whole time. I had gotten my suitcase down from the attic, and I started packing once the patio group broke up and Trish left. Spent the evening packing and doing French lessons, no time for TV tonight. Heading in for a quick shower, then to bed on fresh sheets out of the dryer, then bed. Later than I wanted, but that’s the way things go! Good night, sweetie! Love you!