Allowed ourselves to sleep in to our normal time rather then earlier, as we have just over an hour's drive today. With stops at Tractor Supply for propane and Walmart for our usual shopping, we headed out to McCown Valley Horse Camp near Lake Whitney. We had two choices here, this place or Plowman's Creek on the north end of the lake, but our neighbor over the weekend said she had friends who thought McCown Valley was one of the best places around, so we let that sway us, and frankly, we were glad we did! We arrived, and came to a gate, where we were greeted warmly and directed to the horse camp so we could choose our spot. This place actually has two separate areas for horses, and smaller area next to the day parking, and a much larger area with a loop of it's own, with it's own electric gate and keypad. There are two corral areas at each end, each with 8 stalls, 4 of which are covered, but with a corral setup where you can actually open up the inside rail so that you can make the open half into a sort of run, doubling the corral space. The loop itself is relatively huge, with a wide open area in the middle with the bathhouse and some picket posts, and the outside of the loop has most of the campsites. The north side is mostly in the trees, the rest pretty open. Just as we were arriving, three living quarters horse trailers were pulling, leaving the place empty for us. We were glad to see covered stalls again, as the weather forecast isn't looking too stellar later in the week. Our big disappointment as that the previous occupants of the corrals didn't bother to clean up after themselves (shame on you!), and didn't look like they had all weekend, so my first job was having to clean the stalls out. Considering I had already done my morning mucking before we left the last place, I wasn't too thrilled at having to do it again, particularly for other people's horses. Usually we can count on clean corrals when we arrive, and it's been awhile since we've arrived to dirty stalls, but Hubby said he only saw men driving out, so I shouldn't be too surprised. It seems that men without female supervision often resort to their more barbaric and thoughtless tendencies. In any event, we selected a nice spot, using my new Dishpointer app on my smartphone to find where the satellites were to insure we could get a signal, then we got set up in short order. I drove back to finish our business at the main gate, paying just $9 a night with Hubby's Golden Age Passport, including 50 amp electric and water, stalls included. Didn't take long to get set up, and since we arrived fairly early, we were well settled in before the end of the day. Weather was perfect today, and should continue for the next couple of days, hoping to get at least three rides in while we're here!
Allowed ourselves to sleep in to our normal time rather then earlier, as we have just over an hour's drive today. With stops at Tractor Supply for propane and Walmart for our usual shopping, we headed out to McCown Valley Horse Camp near Lake Whitney. We had two choices here, this place or Plowman's Creek on the north end of the lake, but our neighbor over the weekend said she had friends who thought McCown Valley was one of the best places around, so we let that sway us, and frankly, we were glad we did! We arrived, and came to a gate, where we were greeted warmly and directed to the horse camp so we could choose our spot. This place actually has two separate areas for horses, and smaller area next to the day parking, and a much larger area with a loop of it's own, with it's own electric gate and keypad. There are two corral areas at each end, each with 8 stalls, 4 of which are covered, but with a corral setup where you can actually open up the inside rail so that you can make the open half into a sort of run, doubling the corral space. The loop itself is relatively huge, with a wide open area in the middle with the bathhouse and some picket posts, and the outside of the loop has most of the campsites. The north side is mostly in the trees, the rest pretty open. Just as we were arriving, three living quarters horse trailers were pulling, leaving the place empty for us. We were glad to see covered stalls again, as the weather forecast isn't looking too stellar later in the week. Our big disappointment as that the previous occupants of the corrals didn't bother to clean up after themselves (shame on you!), and didn't look like they had all weekend, so my first job was having to clean the stalls out. Considering I had already done my morning mucking before we left the last place, I wasn't too thrilled at having to do it again, particularly for other people's horses. Usually we can count on clean corrals when we arrive, and it's been awhile since we've arrived to dirty stalls, but Hubby said he only saw men driving out, so I shouldn't be too surprised. It seems that men without female supervision often resort to their more barbaric and thoughtless tendencies. In any event, we selected a nice spot, using my new Dishpointer app on my smartphone to find where the satellites were to insure we could get a signal, then we got set up in short order. I drove back to finish our business at the main gate, paying just $9 a night with Hubby's Golden Age Passport, including 50 amp electric and water, stalls included. Didn't take long to get set up, and since we arrived fairly early, we were well settled in before the end of the day. Weather was perfect today, and should continue for the next couple of days, hoping to get at least three rides in while we're here!
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