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Tuesday July 18, 2006: Driving the tractor and listening to Grandpa tell stories about blowing things up with dynamite

All night I’m hot and can’t sleep. In the morning Jen is hyper again; not as bad as yesterday, but I just need more sleep….

The lady’s all go into town. I sleep in and then read, hiding out in the bedroom that has become my sanctuary.

While Grandpa is out collecting hay bails with the newly fixed machine, Mr. C. gives me tractor driving 101. The thing had 5 pedals and about 12 levers, but wasn’t too hard to drive. Mr. C. did play a trick on me though. He didn’t tell me how to turn it off. He said, “Go drive it around the field.”, and then he went in the house. I had to get him to come back out and show me the tiny little engine kill button.

In the evening, Grandpa told stories of blowing up rocks, granaries, and in fact, entire hills, with dynamite.

posted by foran  # 11:16 AM