tractor pull

 Sitting here at home, snuggled up on the sofa with Lupa, our adventures of the last few days seem distant. While we were in the thick of things there was no room for thoughts other than how to get out of our predicament…

The rally had ended on Thursday morning and we were on the road to Kirsten’s by 11am, before the rain started again. We drove into it. The plan was to park the RV at her place in our little spot of heaven. Well, that was the plan, and in the end it worked out, but not without some help from our hero Shawn and his mighty tractor. 

We arrived. Carm backed into the laneway like a champ. He lined up to pull us into our spot. He hit the mud. And got stuck in deep mud. The ruts were a good 6 inches deep! We couldn’t go forward, we couldn’t go backward. We tried putting rubber mats in front of the truck tires. We tried boards. Nope. We were stuck. 

Luckily for us Shawn had a break in his work day, so after searching around for enough chains to pull us out with him on the road (there is a fence between the trailer and the road), he got the mighty blue beast out and with the ease of someone with super powers, pulled us into our spot. The trailer is ‘mostly’ level but a bit racked. The board under the trailer tires is half in a trench. But we figured we were golden and got set up. We’ll have to bring the truck back once things dry up a bit to jig the trailer around but we are happy for now :-)

It’s a rare moment when the thought ‘I need a drink’ flits through my brain but I think everyone had the same idea… 

After all the excitement I was glad that I had brought a simple supper to serve our hosts :-)

The last day of the rally was quiet as almost everyone had gone to the theatre for a play and then out for supper. This year we passed but hopefully by next year the dogs will be champs at staying alone.

Another year of rally has come and gone. I think this was year #10 - hummm… that seems like too big a number. Regardless, it was a fun time.

the dogs: they did way better than I had feared. Adia barked once, which is more than I can say for the other dogs around us, but Lupa was a bit more yappy. Still, she did well, and the neighbors said they only heard her occasionally. She did regress a bit after the attack but at least was mostly okay when we passed other dogs on our walks. She pulled on the leash and cried a bit but generally no barking… except when we passed the attack dog… then I had to pick her up.

She didn’t bark at people at all when we were out and about. She does still bark when people come into the camper. That will be a work in progress for a while I think. Hopefully with Kirsten, et. al. coming in all summer she’ll settle down. 

The park still has great walking. It was easy to get the dogs out for their poop walks. It was a good 20 minute walk, through a grassy landscape dotted with trees, from the trailer to the point and back. At least once a day we’d go for longer so they were tired and happy to sleep :-) In fact as the week wore on they became more and more tired. 

I did have to use the prong collar on Adia sometimes because of the multitude of rabbits out and about at dusk and dawn. I can manage her, but just. Generally she walked well on her leash - all that time training her before the pandemic has paid off in spades.

Lupa needs some guidance on leash walking and I’m afraid I let a wonderful training opportunity pass me by. She was good about waiting at the door but did manage to almost escape 2 times.

It was good knowing that Grace and our house/plants/pool were well taken care of by Pat. It was just as well that Grace stayed home as our site was underwater with nowhere to put an outside cage, so she would have been stuck in her small cage inside for the whole time. We did have people in 3 or 4 times over the week which she would have enjoyed - I also know she enjoys Pat’s company :-)

Awesome!

“getting unstuck!!!!!”

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