[AT] Any Tractor Haps in South Central VT in Early Oct.?

[Chuck Bealke]

Y'all,

This Texas flatlander iz escaping urban blandland with a lady friend to 
savor the Vermont colors early next month. Wuz wond'rin' if you'uns 
might possibly know of a plow day, show, auction, links, etc., related 
to the subject of antique iron to be savored within a couple or so hours 
drive of Killington. Especially like old iron auction info. Promise I 
cannot bid against you unless the item can be carried in the overhead 
compartment of a Boeing 737 and recognized as an everyday carry-on 
item.  A farm or tractor museum also would be nice. (Doesn't it seem 
strange and a tad unsettling to see the everyday toys and tools of your 
childhood displayed as museum artifacts somehow used daily by hardy 
ancients of a past civilization?)  While I like a challenge, it also 
might not be possible to kindle in Shirlee the energizing and fund 
depleting lust for rust shared by Atisites before we leave. In fact, one 
can glean from these very pages that some worthy and tireless 
instructors have failed after many years of attempting this very 
conversion.  Still, she does exhibit a love of things country from 
childhood summer weeks on her grandfather's farm in Michigan, so there 
is a chance.

Chuck  Bealke
Dallas