i don't know what they call this kind of land here. The word i know is prairie. So, prairie in 3 directions. Out there, if you click to magnify is a large crescent moon. I asked but no one i asked knew. So…a large crescent moon. Sitting in the prairie.
So back to Saturday. We could have gone here Saturday night. Jenny had called the North Valley Animal Disaster Group inquiring about places willing to take Goats. Got this Camelot place and called, and yes, they said, come. You are welcome. This was their first time to volunteer. So we could have gone Saturday night. But by the time we got out, it had become dark. Alyssia doesn't know how to drive a stick shift (she will learn now). Jenny's man wasn't here. That left me. OR, i guess i could have driven the Old Cowboy truck with the horse trailer?…i think of that just now….?….but it didn't come up and it was the Toyota pick up with the doe Goats in the Goat Boat. My vision isn't good at night. I have never pulled anything with the Toyota. I haven't pulled anything for 20 some years, period. Last year, when we evacuated for the Paradise fire, i just said "I can't". because i just couldn't. It was all still too new, Everything. I still had no real sense of my self since moving. I was vague. But this time, i needed to try. I voted to stay the night in the Casino parking lot…huge…about a mile away. Jenny was unsure about the wisdom of that…an old woman a dog and a trailer of Goats in a lot with myriad forms of humanity. But she let it go and went home for a couple hours, came back and slept in her car. Tay and i slept in the truck…only a small front seat, but good enough. Early morning we set out.
i was afraid. But the Goat Boat pulls smooth. I found the Big Highway way more easy to negotiate than i'd imagined. Tay did well. Lying down on the seat when asked instead of standing and panting. We did it.
And now, it's done. The first time is over. That's all it takes. I am READY. I've Got It. We left things hooked up because there is nothing that says we won't need to leave again. Fire season is not over until the Rain begins in October maybe. This fire was not expected because it lit in the footprint of the Carr Fire of 2017. So it's understood that no one can predict anything.
While at Camelot, that boards many horses and otherwise hosts equestrian Events…dressage, jumping, trail etc. I watched people work. How they begin at first light, their particular tasks, maybe cleaning stalls and hauling with a fourwheeler out to where they dump it. Or exercising horses…riding out with one, coming back and riding out again with another. And i met over the course of the day with the North Valley Animal Disaster Group people who were there to care for any evacuees….in this case, horses. They too, worked. Steady. Through the Days. And when i say people, it's Women. There was an elder man and one younger man, employees of Camelot, but all otherwise were women. The North Valley group, all women in their 60's, except for the one…maybe mid 40's who was in charge. Women. Steady. All day. Their energy, steady. They smiled and shared gentle conversation. But they worked. And the Vibe there was an incredible Hum. Strong and full of a soft glow light.
i watch. Learn how to live here, in a land that can be in flames at any time. When it's in flames, you do certain things. When it isn't, you just go, with Love and Commitment to Life. You don't hold on to the Flame days. Like the Goats. You take up where you left off. Like Talkie. Like Puppy.
It's a beauty FULL evening.
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