27 degrees in Lederach PA, outside of Harleysville but zooming up 30 degrees to 57 today. The cold dropped all the way down to NC; I see it is 32 at home. But warming up.
Having a Keurig coffee and a sticky bun (yes, I feel guilty eating it...) and then off to Wawa to buy hoagies and food for the trailer, and then on to the dealer and get the transaction done. Then I hope to spend all afternoon cleaning and getting things put away. I brought a dvd to watch a movie tonight and my first bag of popcorn. All by myself in a crowded rv store parking lot; the ambience might leave something to be desired, but all I care is they set me up facing out so I can leave early tomorrow morning. With it only being just over 8 hours here, I'm likely to make the run in one day but have all the info on where to stop if need be. I need to do some shopping in their rv store, power cord extension, longer dump hose, a few things but much I have left over from before. All the kitchen shelves get covered with rubber nonskid and I brought lots of old towels to stuff in places where loose stuff shouldn't be rattling around. Same thing as on a boat, one has to "stow".
This part of PA is very pretty. West and North of Philadelphia, predominately Mennonite, the properties are immaculate if modest. Many of the farms have been developed, as were the ones where I grew up in extreme Eastern PA. I haven't seen one bit of trash anywhere along the roads...wow what a difference from the slobs who live near me in NC...my front street ditch is their personal trash bucket.
Very different view on life... This area in PA is about halfway out to the Amish; the continuum of Quakers to the East, Mennonites in the middle and Amish further West in Lancaster. Curious that the three "peace religions" all lined up in PA. Interesting that the more liberal Quakers stayed in Philadelphia, the more conservative farming oriented Mennonites and Amish moved further West to get farm land. Of course there was a huge Quaker migration both West and South, and many stayed in Indiana and Ohio. These were the more "conservative" Bible-centric Quakers that believe in sin and salvation(let's NOT go there...) and they are now the largest group of all.
ok, back to tractors. One three point gizmo i don't have and will be researching today, I'm sure TSC has a perfectly good inexpensive one, is a ball hitch for the tractor so I can tow the trailer on my property. Am still trying to see if I can put it somewhere back by the barn where it won't be too ugly.
I don't think so, hard to disguise these things and I really like seeing my red and white barns back there, and trees. Of course, having a trailer, or two, or three, and the last seven cars and trucks owned in one's lawn would make me fit right in...
y'all have a good day
