Hiya Sweetie!
Well, today turned out better than I had planned! Got up with the early alarm and was ready for an 8:00 volunteers meeting, which never actually happened, but I had been assigned as a vet scribe, so that's what I spent the majority of my day doing. That's a job that gets busy all at once, is chaotic for awhile, then settles down to nothing in between. The day started out rainy and rather cold, with a chilly breeze, but by the afternoon it had finally rained itself out, the clouds started to disperse, and once the sun came out, it was a gorgeous day. I was chilled until the sun finally arrived, so thankful for that! Around 4:00, I happen to overhear a conversation about one of the four-wheelers not working, and I inquired as to whether that meant trail markers would have to come down by horseback, but then I was told they were talking about Shaker Village's UTV's, not the private one that would be used. Well, after a couple of minutes of clarification, I managed to get them to agree to let me go out on Flash and pick up some ribbons, and to my surprise, they agreed! Yay! I quickly had him saddled up and was out on the pink 11 mile trail by 4:30, ready to do our usual trail un-marking, only to be rather stunned at the realization that here, they don't use the usual clothespins that everyone else uses, but instead, they tie the ribbon directly to a branch! I couldn't believe it! That really slowed things down. I either had to stop and try to untie them, or, when the branch was small enough, to break the branch and strip the ribbons off that way. Flash couldn't understand what was taking me so long, he's so used to the amount of time it takes me to just grab a clothespin, and in most cases, this was much longer, which tried his patience a bit. Nevertheless, after a few stops, he figured it out and let me take more time at each stop. Crazy slow compared to what we're used to! But we did manage to get the 11-mile trail done and were back to camp right at 7:00, so we made pretty good time despite the challenge. Flash was great, he really understands this trail marking/unmarking job, and even with boots on, he moved out very nicely. Handed over the markers and was rewarded with a long-sleeved T-shirt, but the only size they had was XL, but that will be handy when I need lots of layers in colder weather. Gave Flash some extra feed, got all my stuff put away, but I'm not going to hook up until tomorrow. I only have a two hour drive to Clark Forest, and I never heard from Taylorsville State Park, plus I've arranged to hopefully buy a lightweight Aussie saddle on the way. Managed to watch an hour of TV, but will be off to shower and bed soon! Good night, baby! Love you!
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