Hi Darlin’!
Finally had a decent night sleep, with earplugs, because we had an unexpected thunderstorm pop up right around bedtime, slept almost straight through to just after 7:00 when I got up and started getting ready to go. Sorry to report that despite resealing the bedroom window, there was still water along the edge of the window, so I tried one last thing, I tightened the screws that apparently hold it together and it place. I can’t think what else it might be, but some of them were a little loose, so maybe that’s the problem. I’ll know after the next storm! Didn’t take me too long to get everything done, headed out of camp right around 9:00. It was a straightforward and uneventful drive to Standish Milling where I was FINALLY able to pick up three bags of Balancer, then on to Sandy’s arriving about 12:15. She had gone out and hadn’t gotten back yet, but she showed up not long after. It didn’t take long to realize that it would be IMPOSSIBLE for me to get into her yard! They have a narrow driveway with ditches on either side, and the road is also very narrow with a big ditch on the other side, just no way I was going to be able to get in there! Fortunately, I was able to reach live people at the National Forest office, and arranged to have the gate unlocked at the River Road Trail Camp, which is one of the stops on the Shore-to-Shore Ride across the state of Michigan, and they managed to get out here very quickly! We arrived just after 2:30 (Sandy was leading the way), and it didn’t take too long to get set up with two of us doing it. We brought her mare with me because her yard still isn’t quite ready for her, and if I’m not there, she doesn’t have a riding partner anyway. This is quite a large camp, though isn’t generally open, and is one of those that has water IF you have a 5000 watt generator to plug into the pump to make it work. Not quite sure why they don’t have one of those solar pumps like at Hungerford, that would make a lot more sense. Anyway, doesn’t matter, I put my generator on there and got everything filled up, the trailer, the horses’ buckets, the truck tank, Lola’s pool, and even her automatic water bowl, so hopefully I won’t have to do it again, unless I stay here longer. Unfortunately, I have almost no cell phone signal again, even worst than at Hungerford where at least I could drive up to the top of the campground or walk over to a picnic table a couple of sites away and get a signal. Here, almost nothing. I’ve managed to get a text or two on occasion when 3G pops in momentarily, but it’s very sporadic. Oh, well, that’s been the story of the summer, practically everywhere I’ve gone I’ve had no signal. I have to do some shopping tomorrow, I’m going to have to take my computer along and get caught up, I’m so far behind on so many things right now. Anyway, Sandy left about 4:00, it’s been uncomfortably hot again today, but there’s a cold front moving in overnight that’s going to drop the temps about 25 degrees, be nice not to sweat for awhile. I have no real map of this place, Sandy said she might know where to get one, hopefully she’ll have one tomorrow. Well, it’s after 9:00, still plenty of daylight but the mosquitoes are starting to come out, so I’m heading in for my shower and bed! Good night, babe! Love you!
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