The big truck ambled it’s way up our mountains carrying an enormous wooden box on the back. I led the way on my Honda AX1. It was too late to unpack it just yet, so at dawn the next morning I grabbed the crowbar and went to work. It felt good to hammer and pry and rip boards off of the big crate. Finally we got the corners apart and folded the sides down to look inside. Fortunately everyone was still around and hadn’t run off to carry cabbages yet, because with all the equipment disassemble, the frame alone took 4 strong men with poles to ease down the dirt driveway to the machine’s new home. We finally got it all situated and later that day got all the parts put back together. I just brought home today the 13 HP engine to run this thing, and in a day or so we will put some coffee in it and see what happens.
Yay! Excited for you! I miss it up there. Today I have been hit by longing to be there again and realizing that too quickly it slips into a memory that can fade away. May the Creator of all things bring the Prai people peace and freedom and may He bless you with wisdom. Tell Sa hi for me!
By: Jourdan on December 8, 2009
at 8:02 pm