Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Tractor pull



While the kids were on their school break I took them to the beach in Mahia one day to kill a bit of time.  Because it's winter right now it was much too cool to swim, but we packed a picnic lunch, brought some books to read and balls to kick around.  Mahia is located on a small bay which makes it safe to swim because there is no undertow.  It was a very quiet day (who else goes to the beach in the winter?) so I snuggled in a blanket and looked over the water while the kids were playing.  A small fishing boat came into the bay and pulled close to shore.  Next thing you know a guy jumped out of the boat into chest deep water and wadded to shore.  Then he got on a tractor which had a boat trailer attached to it and backed it into the ocean.  The boat drove up onto the trailer and the tractor drove out of the water and off down the street.  At this point I realized there was a parking lot with several tractors and boat trailers in it.  A little while later another boat came into the bay.  Same thing, man jumped out, got a tractor and pulled the boat out.  I watched this scenario several times.  As we were leaving town I noticed several tractors parked in driveways.  Wow, not only do you have to buy a boat and trailer here but a tractor as well!  Julie - how would you like one of those parked in your front yard!
No worries - Kris

2 comments:

  1. Chad & Family....

    Our grandparents would be very proud of you. Looks like you have a great family & you're doing well for yourself.

    Kathy

    ReplyDelete
  2. Uhhhhh.....no. I wondered what was up with the tractor in the ocean picture. No boat launches? The tractor is pretty necessary then to haul your boat out of the ocean. Interesting....

    ReplyDelete