Thursday, August 9, 2012 - Drive to Jocks Horse Farm, Cranston, RI

Got up early with the alarm, finished packing, ran by the dump, and were on the road before 8:30. Made a quick stop for breakfast and fuel, then ran straight down to Angela’s place in Cranston. This is the same place we stayed last year, so it will make it easy for everyone. Angela met us at the barn as we were filling up with water (the only drawback to this place, no water at the outbuilding where we park), got the horses settled in (Angela was nice enough to agree to let Apollo run with the mares, last year he got into some weeds in the gelding pasture and acquired a cough that lasted for months), though we’ll need to keep an eye on them, as the pasture is full of clover. Apparently unlike the rest of the country that’s suffering from drought, Rhode Island has had so much rain that the horses can barely keep up with the speed at which the grass and clover are growing! They’ll enjoy it, though, it just might be hard to get them back on hay later! Got everything settled in easily enough, experience makes it a piece of cake! Hubby even got the satellite dish out, and we crashed in front of the TV for the evening, a much needed few hours of rest!