The Tractor Has Landed

Kyle drove up to the ranch this morning.

Without me!

Since he is planning to spend the night.

Anyhow.

The purpose of the trip was to get the new tractor.

Mission accomplished!

He got it all loaded onto the trailer.

Barely.

Luckily it's only 15 miles from the dealership

to the ranch - so he just drove carefully

and got there safe and sound.

(Like he was going to do anything else...)

When he got to the property, he was worried

that it might still be pretty wet / muddy,

so he decided to unload the tractor

out at the front gate.

This is the property.

Except it is GREEN.

See the pin at the top?

Under the pin is the hay barn.

Now imagine going to the left to the fenceline,

and then following the fenceline to the top.

That's where you enter the property.

And that's where he parked the tractor.

(Well, after mowing the WAAY overgrown

stuff there outside of the gate...)

Then he drove his truck up to the hay barn 

and parked it there.

Then he realized he had to go get the tractor.

So he called me and started walking.

SIX MINUTES LATER

he finally arrived at the tractor!

It's a LONG walk!

(and it was "feels like" 105 out there...)

Actually in the low 90's,

but with our high humidity,

it really does feel pretty toasty.

Anyhow.

He hopped in,

turned on the A/C

(aaaaaaah)

and headed back up to the hay barn,

mowing as he went.

*And chatting with me until I said it was

just too loud and I would talk to him later.

The first thing he wants to do is

mow the "33 acre" pasture.

Believe me.

It's a LONG way.

He was going to drive the UTV out there,

park it and then walk back and get the tractor

so he could just use the UTV to run back and

forth when he needed to.

But that is a LONG way!

(hahahaha)

He figures it will take about 30 minutes

(or more) to walk all the way out there.

I'll be interested to talk to him tonight

and find out what he ended up doing.

*btw - where it says 33, that's not the whole

rectangle, just the one that looks sort of green-ish.

Then there is a 22 acre pasture,

then there is... 18? acres?

I can't remember the exact sizes.

This place is pretty HUGE.

But he is super excited to finally be there

and doing something more than just walking / driving around.

His plan is to mow until... whenever.

Then drive into town and get some dinner,

then come back out to the property and

pitch his tent up on the tractor trailer.

He bought a nice comfy pillow top air mattress,

he plans to set up his tent and then

watch some TV on his phone.

I bet he just falls asleep.

Can't wait to hear all his adventures!