Monday, May 2, 2011 - Travel Day, Longer than Planned

Well, as usual, things happened to change our plan. We ended up getting out early enough that we reached our intended stop way too early in the day, so we decided to just drive the extra two and a half hours home, thus avoiding the rain that is schedule to come tomorrow. We still managed to arrive by around 5:00, which was several hours before sunset, plus we gained an hour changing into Central Time, so we got here in plenty of time. We even had time to stop at the post office to pick up our last six weeks of mail, though she had officially closed, she opened up again to give me the huge pile, of mostly junk mail. The dogs were thrilled to be home (I think by now they thought we’d never come back here), but I got the impression the horses weren’t as happy, probably afraid things would go back to the way they were before, one boring day in the pasture after another, but they needn’t worry, we’re only going to stay here for the minimum amount of time. Though there were several hawthorne bushes growing up in the middle of the driveway, we managed to push through those, and after moving a couple of downed tree limbs, managed to clear out the area where the RV is usually parked. The house, not surprisingly, smelled of mouse turds and dead bodies, and we found several dead mice scattered around. We opened everything up to get some fresh air in, but it was still pretty chilly here. We ended up spending the night in the RV, ready to begin the arduous chores of getting things straightened out before we leave again. It promises to be a busy and exhausting time for the next several weeks!