Saturday February 1, 2003
10:10am – Headed to Columbus. I had called Lars a few days ago to say ‘hi’, and mentioned that we are looking for a tractor & mower. On Thursday he called us from his neighbor’s phone to tell us about an oversized mower his landlord owns, and has a few attachments. So, we made plans to come down today & take a look. This will be the first time we’ve gone to Lars’s neck of the woods – not sure what to expect, but it will be good to see him. We’ve brought along some muffins I made, and a batch of gingerbread cookies baked up from Elsie’s dough. Also a couple extra limes, and 5-6 pages of pictures we printed out from our January & Christmas.
We left a littler earlier than necessary so we can scope out the area @ Delaware to look for potential properties for Lars. We’ll pick up a real estate booklet too.
Sad note: just heard a while ago on the radio that the space shuttle Columbia appears to have disintegrated (as it reentered the atmosphere) prior to landing, and is scattering debris over central Texas.
4:30pm – At home now. Had a good visit – found his place okay. We chatted a while then headed over to his landlord’s garage, and from there to the property where the tractor is being kept. Lars was surprised that the “barn” it was being stored in had no roof (actually, just enough pieces left to drip water on us) but the machine was still in decent shape. Out of gas, so we couldn’t run it, but the engine turned over. Snow attachment & small trailer look useable too, so we told the guy yes – probably and we’ll get back for it after the thaw. Lars said he would go out there later with the guy and some fuel, and listen to it run.
We left there and went to a pizza place near Lars’ house. He knew two people (neighbor & sister) that said hi to him and seemed friendly. We mentioned us looking for a new place for him, and he seemed okay with it, and confirmed he wants to get somewhere with more space.
We headed back home @ 2:30, stopping to get a real estate booklet, then again in Lexington for a fuel & post office stop.
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