Sunday, July 21, 2024 – Busy Day of Odds and Ends Repairs and Packing

Hi Sweetie!
Another good night sleep, after my usual morning routine, I started my usual Sunday routine, doing laundry and housework (well, I vacuumed, did a little cleaning in the shower, not much else today). I filled up the horses' water tub, then finished filling up the trailer until I couldn't get any more out of the tank (only about ten gallons left, if that!) but it was enough to do my two loads of laundry and still have half a tank left for my dishes and shower tonight, and a little left over, which is exactly how I wanted to travel tomorrow. So glad I didn't have to go pump water from the spigot up at the assembly area! I know Otter Creek has a lot easier access to a spigot, and I want to see if I can clean out my truck tank a bit more, though I'm not going to pull down my pressure washer to do it. Maybe when I'm at Patsy's and I have electric. I started doing a bunch of little repairs that have been piling up. I tore off the silver duct tape on the front of the trailer, it managed to get all torn up in the past few weeks, so it wasn't doing the job of keeping out the rain like I had hoped. I put several layers of white duct tape on, though I'm thinking about getting some thin flashing and just screwing it in, maybe even try to put a gutter around it. Gotta think on that a bit. Re-taped that little cable under the gooseneck that unlocks the hitch, that's been coming off and starting to get in the way. Fixed my phone with some better Velcro so it will hopefully stay in the little cradle on the dashboard. Started packing a few things away, though since my next leg is only 75 miles, I'm not too worried about getting an early start. Of course, I had to hang up and take down my laundry. The front plastic bumper cover on the truck was hanging down on one side, so I found a nut, bolt and washer and fixed that. Lots of little things that kept me busy all day. Sheila and her crew pulled out today, she stopped to say good-bye. The final campers left about 3:00, so I let Apollo and Flash out to graze. They ran around like a couple of mad horses for a few minutes before settling down to graze. Unfortunately, Apollo got caught up in the solar panel and one of the legs snapped, so that will be a future repair, hopefully epoxy will do that. Final settled down for my usual evening, bought some white hots in the store the other day, not Zweigles, but still, feels nostalgic to eat white hots again! Looking forward to heading out tomorrow, though it has been a very nice stay here. I'll definitely be back whenever I come back to NYS, met some nice folks here. Did some last minute packing at dusk, now I've got eyes on shower and bed! Good night, darlin'! Love you!