Hiya Darlin'!
Had a lovely quiet night last night, only one other couple camping in a tent (and who's campfire is unfortunately blowing right in my direction), but I still had a good night sleep. Got my chores and breakfast done, let the horses graze for awhile before finally saddling up Flash and headed out on the trails with Lola. Today was another hot day, but according the forecast, the last hot day for awhile, hopefully. We did a nice twelve mile loop, with trails that were both rocky and muddy, like Sugar Hill, though the mud wasn't as deep, and varied between gravel roads, stony two-tracks, and the occasional single track. The biting flies were pretty bad, and the bug spray only seemed to help a little, so after awhile, Flash decided to try to outrun them, so we got some speed up whenever the trail allowed. Fortunately, there were enough creeks and mud puddles for Lola to stay cool in, and the forest was cooler than in camp, of course. I stopped at the Cherry Ridge campground, just a little tent camping place not far from our camp, because it had another well pump, though this one had a wheel that you turned instead of a hand pump. I spun the wheel about twenty times and nothing happened, so that certainly isn't going to solve my water problem as I had hoped! It was a pretty nice ride, very quiet out in these woods. I figured I better get a ride in today since the forecast is call for rain tomorrow. I've arranged every bucket around the awning, hoping I'll catch enough rain to put off having to drive into town to find a water spigot, and I've even put out the canvas tarp over the truck bed to catch some more. Hopefully we'll get a lot of rain tomorrow! It will cool things off as well. Anyway, it was a lovely day, a nice ride, and I'm hoping I can solve the water problem fairly easily, because I really would like to spent two weeks here. Heading to the shower and bed, my love! Good night!
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