Bruce's Journal

[Mike CHS]

I haven't put the post auger on yet. I hear that is one of the "not much fun" implements. Heavy and ungainly. I've seen where people have made supports on dollys so they just lower the auger and arch down and unhook. Of course those people also have big barns with nice level concrete floors. Don't have that here!

I literally take my auger apart when taking it off and then put it back together on the tractor when I'm going to use it. It takes about 20 minutes but when I'm working alone, it makes it manageable.

 

[Bruce]

Yeah, mine is still in its original 3 pieces. The arch and arm are in the workshop and the auger is leaning up against a wall in the "tractor bay" (for lack of a better description)

 

[Bruce]

Mr. @Bruce, sir,

I bet you wished you resided further south where almost all of the tornadoes happen, such at Nashville, instead of the boring weather you have in Vermont!

About as much as I'd like to live in Antarctica!

 

[Bruce]

Heading to So. Cal for 2 weeks this afternoon.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Have a good and safe trip!!

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Have a great time Bruce

 

[thistlebloom]

Safe travels! Have a good time with your family.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Have fun!

 

[farmerjan]

Hope you have a safe trip. Be careful in and around the masses of people in public places. I am not an alarmist, but this corona virus is a little scary.

 

[Bruce]

Scaring everyone. I posted on Barb's journal but here is a quick run down.

• Made it to So Cal Wed night just fine.
• Hung out at Dad's Thursday.
• Friday DW, my sister and I went to the desert zoo near Palm Springs. Dad was going to the wedding rehearsal down in Escondido. Got home from the zoo, Dad was unexpectedly home. He developed a cold, ZERO Corona virus symptoms but just to be extra careful and come back home. He's self quarantining JUST in case though I'll bet 100% he has nothing more than a cold. Sister, DW and I went out for dinner per our plan. And ... the dining hall at the retirement community had been closed that day to non residents.
• Dad, aunt and uncle bailed on the wedding on Saturday, sister, DW and I went.
• Hung out at Dad's Sunday, scrounged dinner. DW and I still had some leftovers from Friday night anyway.
• Changed my flight from next week to go home with DW this Wed AM since who knows if they will start cancelling flights for lack of warm bodies or other CV fears.
• Drove Dad's car to sisters this morning arriving around 11. Dad called just as we arrived to say that the entire community was closed to all visitors. Kind of a PITA, no?? Dad's place is one of the few single family homes, the closest next residence is 100' away on one side, major ravine runs around his place at the end of the "peninsula". Not like we could infect anyone even if we were sick. So .... he had to get special permission for us to drive back, with sister in her car, to return his car and collect all our stuff.
• Now spending the next 2 days at sister's on the sofa bed ... unless DW's RA can't deal with it, then she'll sleep on the living room couch. Hoping Jet Blue doesn't cancel our Wed flight.

And in other news - DD1's university is throwing everyone out of the dorms on the 22nd, 3 weeks before the end of school, classes will be online (like it is SO easy for teachers to create online content with little notice). She and 3 friends already leased (back in Jan) a 4 bedroom house starting May 1st. Having no US health insurance and her Canadian insurance only good for 1 month in this country, plus fears they will close the border, she and another girl will be staying at an air B&B on PEI for 3 weeks, then 2 weeks at the girl's family's summer place (assuming the well is thawed by mid April).