[AT] The Gathering of the Orange

[CRAWLER HEAVEN/ED CHRISTOPHERSON]

Well Yesterday was beautiful here( gathering of the orange) I got my stuff
moved and mostly setup BUT today is a different story dragging my feet to
get going should have been there by 7:30-8:00 but it started raining and now
its raining pretty good. O'Well!! Hope to meet some of you there  I'm off to
keep my stuff dry :)   ED



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 7:39 AM
Subject: [AT] The Gathering of the Orange


> In all the years I have been going to the Pageant of Steam, I
> don't think I'd need more than the fingers on one hand to count the times
> when Fridays have been nice dry days up there. Usually Fridays are a sea
> of mud. This year, it apparently hasn't rained that much yet but in
> checking the weather forecast this morning, I see that the Friday forecast
> calls for rain the entire day.
>
> Being as we had 3 inches of rain yesterday afternoon in an hour
> and a half and it took me another hour and a half to put the driveway
> back in shape with the Allis D-12 and landscape rake, I have been a little
> leery about the weather. Sure enough this morning we got another gully
> washer that took out my work from yesterday afternoon and left the
driveway
> a mess. It looks like I need about 5 loads of crushed stone this morning
> and that will change my plans for the Pageant of Steam and the Gathering
> of the Orange.
>
> My plans now are to go up tomorrow afternoon and be at the
> Gathering all day Saturday. Hope to see some of you there.
>
> Cecil
> -- 
> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
> what you said.
>
> Cecil E Monson
> Lucille Hand-Monson
> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>
> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>
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