Winnona’s Newest Campsite

Sunday October 30, 2011
59 days til’ On the Road Again

 

When we arrive back
in the Charlottesville area
for the annual checkups for people
and vehicles, we
have to leave Winnona parked
in town which is 23 miles from
the farm.   So we go there first
and then out to check out the 3/4
mile long farm driveway to see
what has happened to the road
and how much the trees and bushes have
grown into it.

 

This time there was the usual trimming
that needed to be done before
she could venture down the lane.
So she hung out in town for a while.

That’s David in the 1986 Chevy S10 pickup.
A virtual antique which just luckily runs and runs
and waits and waits without much complaining.

 

 

and because of all the rain from this
spring, the road needed gravel
to fill in some potholes.

 

Look at that poor little truck.
He tolerates anything.

 

 

This is  just one of the holes.
Farm house in the distance.
Winnona in the barnyard is the goal

 

 

It actually took two loads and probably could
have taken more.

 

 

And then of course there is the yard.
OH DEAR!

You can’t tell the fenced in yard from
the fields.
Guess this is the result of all those spring rains
everybody in the Mid-Atlantic kept complaining about.

 

Who could have thought mowing the grass could be so much fun??

 

 

Sure looks much better!!!

 

Time for Ruby’s oil change and transmission fluid change
and cabin filter change and whatever else is in
the 66K mile service plan.

Time for Ruby’s state inspection.
It went off without a hitch.
Went in,
15 minutes later
out we go with a new due date.
It’s not always that quick and easy
but if you keep your vehicles in good
condition it is.

The last time we had it done was
when we were here in June of 2010
so we were long overdue
but thankfully they don’t send the PO-lice out to
get you if you aren’t even in the state.

Everything is ready for
Winnona to come on out to
her Greenfield Mountain Farm Campsite
But first, while she’s in town,
her turn for state inspection

I actually believe in State inspections
in order to keep folks who don’t believe in mufflers or
pollution equipment in line or off the roads.
And here in Virginia they only cost $16 so I’m not complaining.

In she went

Out she came with new wiper blades and
the little sticker that says reinspect in 10/12.  
Well maybe.
If she’s around here.
OR maybe not.
J

And ultimately she made her way
for her stay in Site NUMBER ONE
at the Greenfield Mountain Farm Campsite

where she hung out for the big
Virginia October Snow Storm
which roared in Friday night!

The BIG snow was melted in about an hour.

J