A New Tool

I was up at the barn in the dark cleaning out the horse trailer. I moved it into the barn first as the mud now is everywhere. As soon as it was cleaned out I drove it to Zane's and left the truck and trailer there.  The flashers still worked on the trailer so it wasn't terrible driving in the foggy dark dawn.  It rained last night and most of today but was just misting at our walking time. Mark followed and brought me home just in time to meet Diane, Joan and Ruth at the dumpster.  Joan came with an extra large yogurt container and picked up night crawlers while we were walking.  Just the big ones. She went out last night and got over 200 of them for her worm bed and this morning added probably 50 more.

She is doing this to support her habit.  You know, her fishing habit, bait is expensive around here.  Zanes called later to tell me they would not be able to fix the wiring in the trailer.  Joan was coming home around that time so drove straight to my house and gave me a ride to Zanes. They showed us where the fuse needed to be replaced and gave me the one that was blown so I know what to order. There was no charge since they weren't able to repair the problem.  I started calling trailer repair places and finally found one in Goodfield.  Unfortunately they were backed up but the owner gave me the number of one in Congerville and they can get the trailer in next Tuesday afternoon. Meanwhile we had a break in the rain and Ruth had mom practice with the scooter.  

We can't EVER let her drive it alone, but the scooter works well on the gravel and the grass so mom will be able to join us on Sunday afternoon's at the playground and around the fire pit.  The wheel chair didn't work for that.  Ruth took mom down the ramp in the wheel chair then she drove the scooter down the ramp then transferred mom into the scooter.  We think it will work to leave the scooter in the garage.  Mark came home early to work on the golf cart but since it was still raining he went with me to Washington to look at an industrial work cart. The owner said he would deliver it if we bought it so we did. He unloaded it into the indoor arena. 

The good news is the tires are foam filled so they won't go flat and the batteries are all new and from Interstate so guaranteed. It is also big enough to haul a bunch of grand kids, 3 or 4 bales of hay, plenty of  split wood for fires, fence posts or boards when needed. The bad news is that it is very heavy so Mark was worried it would get stuck in the mud if they unloaded it outside. It will probably only be of use when it isn't muddy outside. It is 48 volt and seemed to have plenty of speed when I tried it out on the road. It has been raining off and on most of today and that is to continue into tomorrow.  It is also cold out, cold enough to light the wood burner again.