After another night of constant wind, M made an attempt to get over here with the tractor. He was having trouble getting through on the road so decided to try to get through the field and got stuck with the tractor. He called R who came over with the snowmobile and shovels. They managed to get the tractor unstuck and M got himself out of there. We CANNOT have that tractor out of commission or we would really be sunk. It's the tractor they feed with and the only means of transportation anywhere lately. R continued on to my house and had lunch with me. Although he's only 2 miles away I hadn't seen him for a couple of weeks. M continued to work on the road for another couple of hours and finally got over here. A neighbor had tried to plow from Richland up this way and knocked the wheels off his tractor. The snow was heavy and hard.
His dart team needed to play the match they missed last Tuesday because of the blizzard and M is the "keeper of the darts" so he decided he'd attempt to either get the darts into Richland so someone could pick them up or go to the match himself. I had seen our neighbor to the north go down the road toward Richland with his tractor. C reported that he had made it to town to fuel his tractor and was going to plow his way back home. So, since we had J's jacked up pickup here, M decided he would try to get to town with that. He had asked if I wanted to go along. Since I wasn't sure he could make it, I politely declined. My warm house was a fine place for me to hang out. A good plan as it turned out.
It wasn't long before M called and said he was stuck, would I bring the snowmobile and come get him. The neighbor had not plowed, just made really deep tracks with his tractor. So, I went and picked him up and we left the pickup in the middle of a snowdrift in the middle of the road. We were pretty sure there wouldn't be any traffic since no one could get there from either direction so it wasn't going to be a problem. Sometimes M is his own worst enemy thinking he's invincible or maybe just because he gets too stir-crazy. R and I agreed that sometimes we need to save him from himself.
It was a bit nicer day (warmer and less wind) so M decided R could handle the overnight cow checks himself and he'd stay here and sleep in his own bed after four nights. He was up at daybreak and took the snowmobile over to check the cows and feed. A few hours later he picked me up with the tractor and we went to get the pickup out. When we got there J was there with another snowmobile so he and M got the pickup pulled out and I drove it home, carefully. M took the tractor back to the farm and then rode the snowmobile back here for lunch and then to Richland to get the mail.
There is more snow, rain and wind in the forecast so we might be stuck here awhile yet. I'm worried about getting supplies so I can make M's favorite birthday dinner. On the bright side, I'm getting a lot of cleaning done!
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