Woke up with the alarm and headed out by 9:00, although we didn't get finished at the dump until almost 9:30 doing a long overdue an extra flush. An easy drive, with stops at the Red River Farmers Coop in Hugo just to pick up a new hay bag, another old one gave up the ghost and fell apart a couple of days ago. Another stop at Walmart for groceries and other essentials, as well as to top off with fuel, and off we went, arriving at the LBJ National Grasslands Bois d'Arc horse camp right at our scheduled tim of 3:00. A quick drive around the campground was all it took to decide site 21 would be most suited for us. Surprisingly, there were a couple of other sites taken, but after a brief but helpful and friendly conversation with the folks there, learned they were just there day riding, though when they did camp, site 21 was their favorite! We quickly got set up, horses on a highline. While they provided some metal posts for that, I didn't really like the layout (one set of posts got in the way of another hitching rail), so we decided to use a couple of well placed trees for a nice long highline, more space than they had even in the corrals at the last couple of places. Hubby got the satellite dish set up in record time, the first time it's been easy in quite some time, especially considering how much of this campground is shaded, he managed to find just the right spot. As we'd only been snacking all day, we quickly got the animals fed, then fed ourselves dinner and settled down for a nice, quiet evening. This place feels really good. Odd, the last couple of places felt heavy, like it had too many unquiet souls there. Both of us, as well as both of the dogs, seemed to have fitful dreams during our entire stay at both places in Oklahoma, but in particular at Cedar Lake. I know that sounds weird, but that's how it felt. Now we're in Texas, we'll see how things go here! Good news, the footing is all sand here according to the locals, and I have just enough of a cell phone signal to be able to get on the 'net with my antenna booster. We may even decide to stay two weeks, depending on the weather, it seems from the trail map like there are enough trails to keep us busy for that long! Unfortunately, the weather forecast isn't boding too well for later in the week, more cold air and rain coming in... but we'll see! The weatherman's been known to be wrong on occasion : -)
Woke up with the alarm and headed out by 9:00, although we didn't get finished at the dump until almost 9:30 doing a long overdue an extra flush. An easy drive, with stops at the Red River Farmers Coop in Hugo just to pick up a new hay bag, another old one gave up the ghost and fell apart a couple of days ago. Another stop at Walmart for groceries and other essentials, as well as to top off with fuel, and off we went, arriving at the LBJ National Grasslands Bois d'Arc horse camp right at our scheduled tim of 3:00. A quick drive around the campground was all it took to decide site 21 would be most suited for us. Surprisingly, there were a couple of other sites taken, but after a brief but helpful and friendly conversation with the folks there, learned they were just there day riding, though when they did camp, site 21 was their favorite! We quickly got set up, horses on a highline. While they provided some metal posts for that, I didn't really like the layout (one set of posts got in the way of another hitching rail), so we decided to use a couple of well placed trees for a nice long highline, more space than they had even in the corrals at the last couple of places. Hubby got the satellite dish set up in record time, the first time it's been easy in quite some time, especially considering how much of this campground is shaded, he managed to find just the right spot. As we'd only been snacking all day, we quickly got the animals fed, then fed ourselves dinner and settled down for a nice, quiet evening. This place feels really good. Odd, the last couple of places felt heavy, like it had too many unquiet souls there. Both of us, as well as both of the dogs, seemed to have fitful dreams during our entire stay at both places in Oklahoma, but in particular at Cedar Lake. I know that sounds weird, but that's how it felt. Now we're in Texas, we'll see how things go here! Good news, the footing is all sand here according to the locals, and I have just enough of a cell phone signal to be able to get on the 'net with my antenna booster. We may even decide to stay two weeks, depending on the weather, it seems from the trail map like there are enough trails to keep us busy for that long! Unfortunately, the weather forecast isn't boding too well for later in the week, more cold air and rain coming in... but we'll see! The weatherman's been known to be wrong on occasion : -)
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