Hi Sweetie,
Woke up around 6:30, discovered it was a mera 23 degrees outside!! A good five degrees below the forecast! Brrrrr! Got up around 7:00, same temps, but had stuff to do, so I dressed appropriately and got on with it. Started the morning going out to Black Prong Road to spray paint the road to hopefully avoid confusion for the riders, only to learn later that someone had deliberately sabotaged the trail markers, by not just taking them down, but moving a turn arrow and confidence markers to intentionally make the riders make a wrong turn. How mature. Every rider was lost for a few minutes, but they finally got it straightened out and on their way. We truly have some idiots around here, I'm guessing some hunters that object to the one day the riders use the trail that somehow they feel interferes with their month of hunting. Whatever. Anyway, after marking the trail I came back to camp, fed the horses, Lola and me, then I set about marking the vet and crew areas. It was nearly 9:00 before it was warm enough to turn the water back on, with one host spitting out icicles in the shape of the hose. The rest of the crews and vets showed up shortly after, and most of the morning and early afternoon was spent performing the duties of an endurance vetting and hold. Jo arrived, and I crewed a bit for her, then after she left, and most everybody else was gone, I helped clear up, then headed down to Tidewater with the water troughs and other essentials. Spent most of the afternoon down there, not much to do, then finally headed back to camp around 5:00. Tried to relax during the evening with a couple of episodes of my latest bing, Everwood, before taking my hot tub and shower and heading to a nice warm bed. Thank goodness, we've seen the worst of the weather, though it's still down to 38 degrees tonight, so the winter blankets went on the horses, but it's a far cry from 23 degrees!! Heading to be shortly, so good night, my darlin'! Love you!
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