Hi Babe,
Had an excellent night sleep, probably because I had to put my earplugs in to cut out my neighbors' music, which was still going strong well after 11:00, and slept well through after 8:30. Did my chores and a little reading, then saddled up Apollo. I didn't particularly want to do these trails again, but he really needed the exercise, so I figured I could take the trail backward and find the section I missed because of the logging the other day, now that I knew what I was looking for. Turns out, the first part of Anthill Trail was about the rockiest of any trail we'd been on, and that's saying something! I did put Apollo's boots on, but I could tell he still wasn't too happy about it, but eventually we came to the logging area, which was an absolute mess! Even the road where the trail merged for a short ways was completely covered with downed trees and all kinds of hard to traverse windrow, which really complicated things. We finally managed to find a way around to where we could pick up the trail again, but it wasn't easy! These loggers have really made a mess up there! Of course, I'd been on the rest of the trail, so it was easy to get back to camp, and a lot of it wasn't as rocky as we'd seen earlier, so we got back okay. I didn't take Lola along, I didn't want a repeat of the other day, even if I did bring four extra bottles of water with me! Once I got back to camp and put Apollo away, I drove down to the campground at the state park and refilled my water tank in the truck. I decided to do my laundry tomorrow, and the horses were almost out of water, so I didn't want them to run dry. They're drinking twice as much as usual, not surprising with the heat. Checked my email and weather once I had a signal, looks like it's going to cool down on Monday and be a much nicer week next week at Watkins Glen, thank goodness! Got back to camp and just read and settled down for the evening, as usual. Looking forward to getting back to having a cell phone signal to hand! A ranger stopped by to check that everyone was camped in the right place, and a while before that, I was thrilled that the noisy neighbors, who had their music up loud for awhile, finally turned it way down, I almost thought they turned it off. I think maybe some of the other campers complained, which I was glad about, I was getting ready to say something myself, at least to ask them to respect an 11:00 quiet hours norm, though there's nothing posted on the board about it. Anyway, it was another hot day, was glad I was able to take Apollo for some exercise, but I have to say, this is the first place I've ever been where I have had ZERO interest in trying to explore every trail. There are still some down on the south end, and I couldn't care less about riding them on these rocky trails. This is a good place for an overnight stop, since it is to close to I-81, but I would never come back here to ride. Anyway, time for shower and bed! Good night, sweetie! Love you!
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