13 August 2010

From Old Saybrook to Fern Lake via Ehler’s RV in Essex Junction (to retrieve Delores, looking oh, so, suave with her new $600 main cabin door steps) and Agway in Middlebury (for a propane fill up). As soon as Delores was parked and the van unloaded, headed for Taylor Rental to retrieve their brush chipper. Alas, they had told another customer that the chipper was available without consulting the reservation log. That person showed up just as I was headed out back to hook the chipper up to the Ranger . Needless to say, he was quite disappointed to learn that he had been misinformed. So I asked him how long he needed the chipper, thinking we could split the time over the weekend and save both of us some money. Bottom line is that I returned to Fern Lake chipper-less, but with a promise that the chipper would be ours come 10 o’clock Saturday morning. Tasi and Kristen arrived while I was away not renting a brush chipper. While we were getting the fire ready for cooking dinner, heard some banging and crashing out by the road, but didn’t think that had anything to do with us. A few minutes later a tractor came lumbering down the driveway with none other than Toby Rheaume at the controls. He was just getting the tractor pre-positioned for the following day’s activities. A quick beer, a chat about the plan of attack, and he was gone.