Monday, December 20, 2010 - Cleanup and Runaround Day

I spent a few hours working in my "office" in the morning, I ran down to town to mail some things, and to pick up a few more groceries and other sundries, including stopping at the park office to add two more nights to our stay, and to pick up a better trail map, which fortunately they had (though apparently the ranger found it on the internet at a moutain biking site, rather then anything they had produced themselves). Hubby spent the day washing the outside of the RV, finishing off the bulk of our spring cleaning (just have the outside of the windows to do at some point later). After being on our own here for the duration, we had two more horse trailers join us (obviously camping together). They didn't have any dogs, but they quickly made friends with ours, little Billy was in his element as the social butterfly. Only spoke a few words to them, but they seemed nice enough. Weather forecast for tomorrow calls for temps in the 80's and sunny, so a ride is planned, at last!

Sunday, December 19, 2010 - Recovery Day

As promised, we relaxed/crashed the whole day, thoroughly exhausted after all our exertions of the last few days, but at least we're relaxing in a brand spanking clean house!

Saturday, December 18, 2010 - More Spring Cleaning

Hubby finished off the carpet today, in the highest traffic part of the living room, while I scrubbed the bathroom from top to bottom. Not exciting, I know, but necessary, and a great relief when it was finished. The carpet looks practically brand new! A fabulous job! It took us most of the day to finish up, though I took a little time to try to get some bookkeeping done. Vowed to have a day off tomorrow to recuperate!

Saturday, December 18, 2010 - More Spring Cleaning

Hubby finished off the carpet today, in the highest traffic part of the living room, while I scrubbed the bathroom from top to bottom. Not exciting, I know, but necessary, and a great relief when it was finished. The carpet looks practically brand new! A fabulous job! It took us most of the day to finish up, though I took a little time to try to get some bookkeeping done. Vowed to have a day off tomorrow to recuperate!

Friday, December 17, 2010 - Busy Day

Did some more cleaning, Hubby started steam-cleaning the carpet with our new Bissell, which is doing a fantastic job! Hard work, though, as it's been way too long since it's last cleaning, and that was with a scrubber type cleaner and not a steam cleaner. So much dog hair! I spring-cleaned the bedroom while Hubby the carpet on the slide in the living room, the hall and the bedroom. Hard work! But so necessary after all of the dusty places we've been out west. Exhausted by the end of the day, but still have lots of work left to do tomorrow.

Thursday, December 16, 2010 - Clean Up Day

Decided that since it's been almost a year since we've been on the road (hard to believe!), we had better do some "spring" cleaning. I had a few things to do in the office, including looking for a hoof practitioner, it's long overdue to have a professional reshape the horses' feet, though I've managed to keep them in pretty good shape over the year. Hubby needs to replace one of his mare's boots, and we were looking at the new Easyboot Glove, which looks a lot easier to put on, but it needs a sure fit, so a trim is necessary to get a proper measurement. I bought a hand rasp that I've been using for the last six months, so hopefully I'll be able to stay on top of it a little more once they're done right. I found someone who does the Ramey method who's almost directly on the way from here to our next destination (which has now changed from the Hill Country Recreation Area to the Parrie Haynes Recreation Area, because most of the Hill Country campgrounds are closed, and the only one open has almost no facilities). After spending most of the afternoon with the both of us cleaning, I ran into town to mail a letter and buy a small carpet steam cleaner (Simply Green by Bissell), the perfect size for an RV at a very reasonable price, and had great reviews on the internet. Settled in for the night when I got back, with lots on the to-do list for tomorrow.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - Ride Day at San Angelo State Park

Slept late, it's nice to be someplace where it's fairly quiet, even though the road isn't that far away. Did a few things in the morning before saddling up and heading out around noon. The trail was mostly dirt and sand, so we didn't have to put boots on, though there were a few rough spots along the way. It was mostly flat, apparently an old pecan orchard, though there were a few rises and washes to enjoy. The biggest problem was that the trail map they gave us used completely different names on them than the signs on the trails! Every intersection was a mystery! Had no idea where we were for at least an hour, guessing and navigating by instinct. Eventually we figured it out and got back to the road, which has a good dirt road that follows the main road, though safely inside the park fence. I guess the only thing we really needed to remember was the road was to the south and west, and the lake (which we never got to) was to the east and north. We also had some tall main power lines that helped keep us on track. It must be some kind of joke or something, that the trails are marked with names that aren't on the map. Oh, well, no one said this was going to get boring!