Yesterday was my local club's Tractor tour. We take an approximately 25 mile ride thru the countryside, stopping at an area Nursing Home for Q&A with some of the residents and a coffee/lemonade/cookie/potty break. A second stop at an Independent Used Farm Equipment Sales & Service. After returning, we have our Summer Corn Roast & Election of Officers Meeting.
This year, we held it at a private campground on the site of a very early settlement farmstead. The outbuildings were open to tour and the pictures don't do the size of the barn justice. They used to bring in a team of horses, ride across the scales, TURN AROUND in the barn and go out the same door. It's a 4 story barn, all wooden pin construction, and all the timbers came from the property. The Stone wall for the barn bridge is just hand fit, no mortar. the owner said it's was told to him that the reason they could do it that way, was they only laid the stone when the moon was dark. (Week centered around the new moon) I asked why & was told the old timers knew that they could build things this way and they would last... He had no further information beyond that.
The attendance way down significantly this year due to the pending weather. They were calling for some pretty heavy stuff early afternoon... glad to report they were wrong and only a few times were there sprinkles on the hoods. Probably less than 10 minutes total our of the entire ride. The 6 tractors and 15 riders on the People Wagon had a good time & the Buffet & Corn roast was as usual, wonderful.
OK, enough talk... here are the pics.
This year, we held it at a private campground on the site of a very early settlement farmstead. The outbuildings were open to tour and the pictures don't do the size of the barn justice. They used to bring in a team of horses, ride across the scales, TURN AROUND in the barn and go out the same door. It's a 4 story barn, all wooden pin construction, and all the timbers came from the property. The Stone wall for the barn bridge is just hand fit, no mortar. the owner said it's was told to him that the reason they could do it that way, was they only laid the stone when the moon was dark. (Week centered around the new moon) I asked why & was told the old timers knew that they could build things this way and they would last... He had no further information beyond that.
The attendance way down significantly this year due to the pending weather. They were calling for some pretty heavy stuff early afternoon... glad to report they were wrong and only a few times were there sprinkles on the hoods. Probably less than 10 minutes total our of the entire ride. The 6 tractors and 15 riders on the People Wagon had a good time & the Buffet & Corn roast was as usual, wonderful.
OK, enough talk... here are the pics.