We nearly had to sleep with a saucepan between us

@JudyEv (326126)
Rockingham, Australia
July 10, 2021 9:03pm CST
There is always something happening in life it seems. We went away in our caravan last Thursday. Vince had forgotten there was a cable on the caravan that he needed to fix. However, it wasn’t too important so off we went. In the evening, following some torrential rain, I found a tiny wet spot on the bed. A vent directly above, which we’ve never needed to open, had decided to spring a leak. It was actually very minor and we fixed it by stuffing a paper towel in the area. I joked that we might have needed to put a saucepan between us to catch the drips. Neither of us wanted to sleep on the wet patch! Then, in the morning, our diesel heater refused to heat so we know what we’re doing for the next few days! The photos are from the ‘beginners’ jumping’. ‘Jumping’ is probably a bit of a stretch of the truth but the riders would have been pleased with themselves. And huge kudos to the helpers who smiled the whole time they were getting soaked. The young lass in the lower two photos never stopped for the two days and was never without a smile. I was only able to take the photos from the shelter of a shed. You can see it was really quite heavy rain by the time I took the last two shots.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111261)
• El Paso, Texas
11 Jul 21
She does look really happy. It must be so very rewarding to help people who otherwise could not have ridden a horse.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
The young girls were so good with all the younger ones.
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (48480)
• Mojave, California
11 Jul 21
My motto to life "there is always something. I even have my sister saying that now. I laugh when I here her say it. Pretty horses I rode one when I was a kid. Homey was a giant. I am not sure most people know how big horses are and the funny thing they said my horse was small and if you seen them up close there is some giant horses and I am like how do people handle that much power no wonder wild west was so crazy seeing the size of some of these horses. Such neat creatures. They up their with dogs, dolphins, gorillas, and elephants in my book.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
Horses are wonderful animals. The horse I learnt to ride on was an old cart horse called Trixie. Here is a photo of us.
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (48480)
• Mojave, California
12 Jul 21
@JudyEv Sweet she a giant too. she might be the size I rode. I know when St. Louis brings out the horses for the baseball games ,Clydesdales, those horses are huge.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jul 21
@crossbones27 And even when they are so huge, they still let themselves be controlled by puny humans.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (170520)
• United States
11 Jul 21
At least you got a few photos, I am kind of surprised they didn't cancel the outdoor portion of the events.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (170520)
• United States
11 Jul 21
@JudyEv I can imagine.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
This was the last of anything held outdoors. It was just too wet after that.
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Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jul 21
Kudos to all those participants and volunteers for braving the rain to continue engaging in the event. Many people would have just given up and gone home to the dry comfort of their houses.
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Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jul 21
@JudyEv So glad to see people making the best out of a bad situation.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
After this, everything was held under the big roofed arena but yes, they all stayed cheery and positive.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26224)
• Singapore
11 Jul 21
Tough conditions indeed. Hope things are better now.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jul 21
Vince has fixed all the little problems. It's a pity he can't fix the weather too. lol
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jul 21
@Shiva49 Haha - wouldn't that be a wonderful thing?
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26224)
• Singapore
12 Jul 21
@JudyEv We need the challenges. Who knows Vince may be working on it too - a top secret project of his!
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
11 Jul 21
Despite the rain, you managed to take good photos.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
Thanks. I didn't have to take any more in the rain. Everything moved back under the roof after this.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jul 21
@Nevena83 It would take very bad weather before an event would be cancelled.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
13 Jul 21
@JudyEv Has it ever happened that a manifestation is canceled due to rain?
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (45555)
• India
11 Jul 21
Here we are tackling heat and humidity. There you are tackling cold, rain and leakages! I just hope that you do not get too wet in the rains. How are the participants coping? They must be finding it very tough to handle the weather situation.
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (45555)
• India
14 Jul 21
@JudyEv Yes that is the best way out !
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
When this group had finished, all the events were then held in the arena under a roof so no-one got any wetter.
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ultraman cosmos
@id_peace (14005)
• Singapore
11 Jul 21
Oh man, are you going to take the caravan to do an inspection and a repair so that it could be back to a good condition again?
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ultraman cosmos
@id_peace (14005)
• Singapore
12 Jul 21
Yes it might be a different name but glad that it had been resolved.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
It was only a tiny leak and Vince has fixed it himself with Silastic, a flexible silicone/plastic compound designed for such purposes. It might be called something else in your country.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459212)
• Switzerland
11 Jul 21
I am so sorry for your not comfortable night and no heating either. At least you could take photos from the shelter, it is a pretty heavy rain, but the photos are good.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459212)
• Switzerland
11 Jul 21
@JudyEv Some things are less complicated than we think. You are surely better at home as the weather is not good.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
Thanks. We had heating in the evening but may not have had it next evening so it made sense to come home. Vince has fixed it now. Apparently it just needed to reset it itself. Duh!
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (49132)
• United States
11 Jul 21
I love the photo of the child sticking its tongue out.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (49132)
• United States
11 Jul 21
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
I have one somewhere of a horse with its tongue out too.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (307132)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
11 Jul 21
Nice photos. I'm sorry your caravan sprung a leak. I hope you can get everything fixed. It looks like everyone had fun despite the rain.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (307132)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Jul 21
@JudyEv That's good they're fixed.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
Vince fixed all the problems today which is good as we are off again on Thursday.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (157244)
• United States
11 Jul 21
Great photos. It's too bad there was rain. Sorry about your leak and heater problems.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
As it turned out, they were all quite easily fixed so we're good to go. We're off again on Friday.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (157244)
• United States
12 Jul 21
@JudyEv You certainly are busy!
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
11 Jul 21
How nice are all of these photos. They are all so happy. Even with the rain.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
I was really impressed with the attitude of all of them. They were determined to have a good time, rain or no rain.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
11 Jul 21
@JudyEv Everyone should have that attitude.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54407)
• United States
11 Jul 21
your posts are always entertaining and love reading them. Love the pictures - but the story - it made me laugh out loud!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
What I forgot to say was that the heater worked in the evening and I went to sleep without the blankets on as I was hot. When I flipped the sheet over me later, unbeknown to me, the end landed in my cup of water and through the night soaked up the water so in the morning, the whole corner of the sheet was wet. You couldn't have flipped it into the cup if you'd tried but it managed to get in by itself.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54407)
• United States
11 Jul 21
@JudyEv hopefully, i am laughing with you. that is hilarious!
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popciclecold
@popciclecold (35418)
• United States
11 Jul 21
They are some really great photos, sorry about the tent glad you were able to get things going. Great photos.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jul 21
Everything is good now with all the repairs done. We're going away again on Friday but this time for 5-6 weeks.
Four Walls
@FourWalls (62462)
• United States
11 Jul 21
A caravan is just another term for “money pit.” Hope Vince can fix everything.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jul 21
Yes, thanks, they turned out to be minor fixes. If you want a money pit, buy a place with a swimming poot! Or buy a horse. They can chew up the money too. lol
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
11 Jul 21
Hmm... by chance, did you check to make sure she could make a different expression? I'm just curious...
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
11 Jul 21
@JudyEv Yes, I am. I love kids but that looked funny to me.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
I wasn't sure what you were talking about but is it the child with its tongue out? Marie mentioned it. I hadn't really noticed it before.
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (40614)
• United States
11 Jul 21
Your life is very interesting. Hope you got those issues resolved.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
Yes thanks. They were all quite easy fixes which was a nice change.
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Tanmoy Moulik
@tom_view (6415)
• Kolkata, India
11 Jul 21
it's great
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jul 21
Thanks. We moved back into the roofed arena after this.
Raj
@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
11 Jul 21
That would be touch to sleep on a wet patch even in summers, glad you get it done
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326126)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jul 21
The repairs have all been done now, thanks.
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Raj
@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
11 Jul 21
@JudyEv Great
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