Awake: 6:15am Temp 53 sleep 6+54 sunny overnight @ Oskar
Stoll farm
I run the generator for 2.0 hrs to recharge the battery bank. Nearby
neighbors, George & Liz visit early morning. George wanted a tour of our
motorhome & didn’t want to miss us. Kathy had given Liz a tour yesterday.
8:30am breakfast: Swiss cheese, soft-boiled egg, bread with jam & Kathy’s
healthy muffins. Lots of talk during & after our breakfast & then Bernard
started mowing the grass around Oskar’s house. After maybe 20 min, I
approach Bernard & tell him: “It’s my turn!” Just then his wife, Monica,
without saying anything, comes over, takes the mower away & continues the
process of cutting. I begin to protest but Bernard looks me straight in
the eye & says: “Monte, it’s OK. At our home in Switzerland, she does all
the outside landscaping & she loves it.”
Next, Rene & Barnard are having trouble with the gas weed whacker. I
suggest that they pour a little gasoline into the cylinder to help prime
the fuel pump. Well, then it would run for maybe 5 seconds & stop. Try as
we might, we could not get that little engine to stay running. Secretly I
wanted to take the little carburetor apart & check for gummed up old fuel
but I didn’t want to start something I couldn’t finish?
Shortly after those thoughts, Myrta announced that she & her father,
Oskar, were making a trip into town with the Ford Taurus to have the
annual service work done @ the local Ford dealer. The rest of us are
invited to ride in the rental GMC Yukon, then pick them up after dropping
the Taurus off. We didn’t follow them very close going down that 8 mile
dirt road.
After picking up Myrta & Oskar, Bernard drives the Yukon into town
(Roblin) where Oskar & Myrta engage in some bank business. Kathy & I seek
a store to buy a postcard & find out that the only place to do so is @ the
local post office & they were not cheap. After that, we rendezvous @ the
local hardware store with the rest of the gang.
Next, our smooth & astute driver Bernard heads north into Indian
country….through the small town of San Clara…..then an even smaller town,
Boggy Creek, where this Indian lady makes moccasins. Monica & Myrta had
placed an order for several different sizes & its pickup time. These
moccasins were of the high quality type so there should be some very happy
nieces & nephews over in Switzerland.
Then it’s back to Roblin where we continue heading south & visit with one
of Oskar’s farming friends: Albert & his wife Rosie. We are all invited
into the kitchen where either coffee or a beer is offered. Soon Rosie was
offering a raspberry roll with real whipped cream. It was delicious!
Albert & Rosie usually spend 6 months in Canada & 6 months in Austria.
After some good talk @ the table, Albert offers us a tour around the
outside: we see his huge machinery storage building with a huge tractor
sitting inside; some huge storage bins & other big farm machinery that I
can’t explain very well. Oskar tells me that Albert has been a very
successful farmer & we appreciated their friendly hospitality. Then it’s
back to the Oskar farm & white wine before dinner; red wine with dinner.
Our 7:30 dinner: Top sirloin (our contribution), potatoes, cauliflower in
béchamel sauce with parmesan cheese on top + bread. A fantastic meal!
Kathy & I volunteer to wash & dry the dishes. By the way, both Monica &
Myrta are excellent cooks. We chat until after 10:00pm.
High temp=82 Lights out: 11:23pm
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