The garbage bins did not get picked up on Friday, and I did not want to let them sit another day as they were full, so I loaded them into the trailer along with the aluminum cans and any other rubbish that I could fine about and readied the trailer for a trip to the dump. To travel in the county with solid waste, one must cover their trailer with a tarp to help prevent anything blowing out on the roadways. I had to change the hitch on the truck from the heavy load hitch to the light duty one. Once that was done, I aligned the trailer to the hitch, lowered the tongue of the trailer, then locked the clip, only to find that the locking clip was missing. It took a bit to find a reasonable substitute, then I took off and went right to the farm store to get a replacement for the missing clip.
Once that was sorted out, I went to the dump to drop off all the garbage and throw out some of the debris from the truck. That went quick and was easy. I checked with them if they would do firewood, but they did not offer it. I didn’t bring any oil or anything, so it was easy and off to the salvage yard.
At the salvage yard it was also even easier. There was a guy there to help out! 56# of cans netted me $20. Nothing else there, I was right back home to help out with some of the tax work we needed to get done before soon. It was after we finished that for the day that I got out and did some chores.
I fed the livestock and removed the trailer from the truck as well as moved the trailer back into the house yard so I could secure it within the gates.
After all that, I was beat and needed to sleep off some of the arthritic pain and such, so I talked the kids into a DIY supper and letting me have a bit of a nap. It didn’t last long, but it was enough to knock the edge off, and that helped. Now it is time to do an evening and hopefully relax ready for tomorrow. More to do then, of course!
Hey, the weather was amazing today. It sleeted several times, most of the time I was outside for the first half of the day, as fate would have it, but it was on and off, and looked amazing interspersed with sunlight. What a show our mountain valley put on for us today! It is muddy out again, and I sure miss the dry earth we had last week, but it is not deep mud, so that is a great thing!