Tuesday, May 24, 2022 – Red and White Trails Done, ALL TRAILS FINISHED!

Hi Sweetie,
Had a good night sleep, and was out on the trails and mowing by 9:00 this morning. Had my map for finishing off the Red and White trails today, though I discovered a new/old section of the Red trail that’s not on any map I’ve seen and I didn’t think I had ever been on it, but when I looked back in my files of GPS maps I’ve done over the years, I realized that it was one of the trails I went on that first day of the OTL back in 2019 when I got lost and was an hour late getting into camp because of it (even though I was still first in camp!) Now I understand why I could never figure it out, it’s because it’s not on ANY map! Well, it will be on the next one, that’s for sure! Got stuck a couple of times, had to be ingenious to figure out how to get out of a couple of sand holes I got into, but I managed it just fine. Just glad to get it done! Got back to camp just before 4:00, hot, dirty and sweaty, but decided to hold off on my shower until I fed the horses, but that turned out to be a mistake. That father/daughter camping duo was supposed to be out of here by noon today, and all their stuff was still here when I got back in camp, but they weren’t here. They finally showed up an hour later, and the daughter came to tell me they had a truck coming, but didn’t know what time, then half an hour later she came and said the truck couldn’t be here until the morning, all of which was BS. Then she asked if they could stay the night, and I said I’d have to call my boss, and she said she’d be back in two minutes. Naturally, James said they couldn’t stay, but meanwhile, they drove off and didn’t come back for another 45 minutes, I told them they had to leave and they pretended to pack up, she claimed they were going to have to make several trips so some stuff would still be there. It looked like some of their stuff was being packed, then when I went out at 8:30 to check on them, they were STILL there, and it looked like they had unpacked all their stuff again! Two tents and all of their stupid solar lights were back up! I told them I was calling law enforcement, he claimed it would take four hours to pack up, more BS since it had already BEEN four hours. So I called Dillan, who’s supposed to be the law enforcement guy I’m supposed to call, but he was off today (seems he’s off every time I call him), so I called dispatch, waiting for half an hour for a car to show up, then called back, and was told that an officer was going to CALL me! Call me? I didn’t want a phone call, I wanted a cop car out here to roust these people out of here! At 10:00 I finally walked back out there, and miraculously, they apparently were able to do their four hours of packing in less than an hour, because they were finally gone. They left piles of junk behind, and the raccoons were having a field day, so I will no doubt have a big mess to clean up tomorrow. Grrr! Why are people so inconsiderate? STILL haven’t had my shower, still dirty and now I’m exhausted from the stress, and I still haven’t gotten a call from anyone. It had been a nice day until this happened. Oh, well, that’s the only downside to being a campground host, is having to deal with the bad campers. Most are great, though, I have to admit, it’s just the occasional bad apple that really spoils it. Anyway, I’m going to do a quick Spanish lesson and then I’m heading to my shower and bed! Good night, my darlin’! Love you!