Road trip day. We weren't going to combine today...still waiting for the last of those green berries to be gone. By waiting for the wheat to mature, the grade will go up from a #3 to a #2...and the elevator guys won't be so crusty.
We were going to Grayson, so we decided to take the shortest route down highway 22. But shortest does not mean quickest...not by a long shot...average speed 40mph. We were definitely not going back the same way.
Al dropped Marilyn off to have coffee at the hardware store, while he went to get the mail and visit with his brother, Ed. After the socializing was done, we hit up the meat market for some of their excellent beef jerky, then started back for Abernethy.
We stopped in Melville to do a bit of shopping, before going back to the camper and unloading everything. While Al got caught up on some paperwork...his Toy Farmer magazines had come in...Marilyn went on a road trip with Jeannie down to the valley to see if there was a spot to park the camper in their yard along the lake.
Jeannie had an ulterior motive...she had to check the trap lines set up in the house for mice and she needed someone to empty the traps...if there was anything in them. Marilyn brought the gloves and Jeannie had the disposal bag, but she wouldn't even hold it so Marilyn could get the mouse dislodged from the trap. There was only one kill, but with the gloves Marilyn was wearing, it was impossible to get the trap reset without setting it off, so the mice have a break on that one.
After looking the site over...a beautiful lake shore spot...but the only place that wasn't treed in was to small for a camper our size. No chance this year.
Back at the camper, it was starting to cool down and we thought we should turn the furnace up. Apparently the "no jinx" didn't work...it would not kick in. Marilyn went out and took the panel off and could hear it humming like it wanted to start, so she flipped the switch that was on the furnace off and on, then it started and ran perfectly. Once. As it cooled down even further, we had to go out and do the same thing to get it started. So it would appear it is not fixed...and never was. At least the propane part of it is working. A bright spot.
Maybe tomorrow we make dust...
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