Saturday, October 12, 2024 – First Ride on Apollo at Sandhills

Hiya Darlin',
Finally had a good, solid, eight hours of sleep, waking only once for a very short time. Wonderful! Did my usual chores, then put the screen room up. There were a lot of flies and gnats yesterday, so it seemed essential to have another line of defense. Did a few other minor things, then got Apollo saddled up for a short ride. I had planned out about 4.5 miles, but ended up missing a turn and getting lost. When I discovered my error, I was already halfway across my loop, and decided to keep going and just make a figure eight instead. Of course, that put me going "backward" from the markers (I hate that they don't mark both directions!), and I ended up missing some more turns, even though I was following my GPS, and where it said to turn there was no turn, so I obviously have more work to do! Apollo did well, pretty slow, naturally, and Lola was actually impatiently way out in front of us, but I managed to get him jogging for quite awhile. Once we got back to camp, though it was a bit more than 5.5 miles, I let them go a-munching again, and I worked on the trail map a bit, trying to make sense of it. Still have more work to do! A gorgeous day, not a cloud in the sky, moderate temps, just perfect! Couldn't ask for more! Had a fattening chicken alfredo dinner and settled down for my usual evening. Good night, sweetheart! Love you!

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