Synchronicity comes to the Gulch once again…

…in the person of Weekender Neighbor S, who called me out of the blue and asked if this was a good time to tow the Jeep to town.

I could have wheedled the help out of one of the regulars, but there was widespread skepticism as to the wisdom of pulling it through the wash even though I said the sand is nice and firm right now. S offered without being asked, showed up with his big pickup and a tow strap, and it was no tribble at all.

In fact the wash was the easy part, because the Jeep did take some damage. I was watching S’s rear bumper and not keeping my head on a swivel like I should have. He stopped unexpectedly when a car came out of nowhere at an intersection in the dirt roads. I let the strap get too loose, it wrapped around the right front wheel and tore a brake line loose. My first clue about that was…well, you can guess what my first clue was. So there was a bit of an emergency in which I put the Jeep up an embankment rather than cave in S’s rear bumper. He may have found it more startling than I did.

But the handbrake still worked and we were going to a repair shop anyway, so off we more carefully went and there were no more incidents. Then he helped me get that uncooperative ATV out of Ian’s yard, and then we took the Jeep trailer out and loaded it to the top with composted manure for their yard. L hopes to plant in there in the Spring.

All this was done in the absence of stormy weather, which is only now rolling in. As is often the case, the weather report looks to be right but about twelve hours late. So there may be no more posting this weekend: I’m very happy to have my voltage numbers back in high range and plan to leave them there as long as possible in case the overcast hangs on like it did before. Talk atcha later.