I haven’t seen it yet, but I hear that the top of Mick’s Mountain’s pergola (which was in the beginning stages of construction in the previous post) is now finished. I would’ve walked out to see it, but we had quite a bit of rain today, so there’s now quite a bit of mud between here and there. And, too, as Mick himself pointed out, you need sunshine (i.e., shadows) to make a pergola really stand out. So I’ll wait, camera at the ready, for the next sunny day.

At one of the new marathon obstacle sites (the one between Mick’s Mountain and the Sunken Road), the orange and pink flags I showed you last Thursday are being replaced by solid wooden posts.

I also heard this afternoon about an intriguing new (well, new to here, no one really knows how old it is) piece of machinery in Mick’s arsenal … this one can apparently be rigged to “polish” entire logs. He promised to call me once it’s in use, and I threatened to bring my little video camera so we can post some action shots!

In other areas of the park, the mysterious new parking lot / road on the other side of the covered arena from the CAA office appears to be nearing completion. It will be interesting to see, once it’s done, how it’s actually laid out … it’s been kind of hard to tell up to this point.

And “Southern Lights” — the Horse Park’s annual drive-through holiday lights show — is set to begin very soon … this weekend, I believe.