Pin Cherry

Figured it would be the last opportunity to mow the outer trails this week. Humidity was high, wind was up, and the radar showed big storms coming in later in the afternoon.  I jumped on Svaldilfari and took off.  Things were going good - surprised that same family of turkey in the same place - and the wind and movement were just enough to keep the mosquitos and deer flies at bay.   Then I came to the draw leading to the back pastures.  It had been dry for a few days and the top looked grayish like it was dry so I turned off the mower blades and gunned it through.  Really bad idea.  While the top was crusted over, underneath was deep thick mud.  I got royally stuck.   Leaving the machine out there in a storm where there would be a lot of water running through this draw wasn't a good option.   I could walk back to the house, get Jormungandr, drive out, winch Svaldilfari out of the mud, drive one of the machines back, walk back out, and get the other machine.  Problem is I've never used the winch on Jormungandr (Note to self - try it out so I know how to do it)  and wondered if I could accomplish all of that before the storms hit.  Probably could but instead I called  Brother Russell.  He's working part time now and luckily was home.  He came down the road w/ his big John Deere, chained up the lawnmower to his tractor, and easily pulled it out.  Actually he had to do it twice.  Svaldilfari was blocking the draw and he'd come in from the west.  He pulled me out that way but unless I wanted to break the law and run the lawnmower on the road or try going across Neighbor Blake's swamp land w/ a lawnmower, I didn't have a way of getting back home.  I moved Svaldilfari out of the way and turned it around.  Russell moved his tractor to the east side of the draw and when I got stuck again, he pulled Svaldilfari through again - this time to the east side.  Russell didn't just bring his tractor and chains.    He'd also brought bug spray ( now that I wasn't moving the bugs were treating me like an all-you-can-eat buffet)  and a bottle of water (he knows I can't handle heat).  I owe him big time.