A Family Vacation

It has been over three weeks since Allyssia and I headed to North Conway for vacation.  Since getting home our life has been a zoo but we are persisting and pushing forward!  As for our vacation, it was for our three year wedding anniversary!  For our honeymoon and for our anniversary every year we have gone to North Conway and the Fryeburg fair.  We have gone every year for woodsman day on Monday and then again on Tuesday. 

For those of you that have never been the the Fryeburg fair is quite large!  It is more than likely that someone could see the fair to 100% satisfaction in one day but we like to have two days.  On Monday we go for Wood Man's day. I am especially fond of watching the spring board chop competition.  Monday was a bit cool but not to worry, we all kept warm especially baby Roland!!

With his favorite hat and snuggled against his mom Roland stayed warm and contented all day!  Our second day at the fair was spent wandering around and eating all of the fair food plus we watched the draft horse show.  After the fair in the evening we entertained ourselves in North Conway.

We went to my favorite kind of store! Allyssia and I both bought books and even baby Roland got one!!  I also learned to play Yahtzee at the hotel, I had never played before and I beat Allyssia all three games!  I think it was just beginners luck but we bought the game so that we can play more at home.  Wednesday we headed home and even though it was a fun time at the fair it was a relief to get home and back to the animals!  For now our vacation is over but next year we will be right back to the fair for another round!!

As always bear with me and check back often for more fun and updates!!

An Odd New Toy

As you all know I have this great love for my antique equipment but sometimes just owning it is not enough, sometimes I want to be able to do something useful with it.  While on Facebook Marketplace I came across just the thing that was useful and fun!  I came across a 4 quart White Mountain ice cream churn hooked up to a Maytag twin cylinder washing machine engine. 

At the moment it is not the prettiest set up but I am going to pretty it up with some better skids and wheels.  Even though it isn't pretty it is the sweetest running little engine!  I drove down to Salisbury Mass and squeezed it into the back of Allyssia's Ford Focus. After picking it up my buddy Spenser helped me get it running well as he is a bit of a Maytag nut!

Another picture for reference.  Someday I want to get a bigger churn and run it on a bigger hit and miss engine but for now this little gem is so much fun.  I have made two batches of ice cream so far and both have come out amazing!  Both have been vanilla but we are going to try many other flavors soon.  But enough of my talking on about it and time to see it running and making some ice cream!
                                                           Maytag Ice Cream Maker
My hope is that at engine shows I can get more people interested in the engines by seeing how fun they are. 

Until next time I will be working hard but will be can not wait to share more with you all.  Until next time stay tuned and check back often. 

Fall Fun

 Disclaimer, this post was supposed to be uploaded Sunday but Blogger did its own thing and well here we are on Wednesday just getting it up here.  Tomorrow I will post again about our vacation trip!!

This past week has been an exciting week with lots going on.  Last Friday Grampa's brother John flew up from South Carolina to visit.  While he was up Uncle John celebrated his 91st birthday. He and Grampa also came up to visit us in Farmington to see the farm and see all of my projects.

Aside from visiting family and friends they also came and visited Allyssia and I at the Apple Pumpkin Festival. 

They showed up at the festival while I had gone to sell a tractor but they had my engine running and were sitting watching it when I showed up.  The engine used to belong to Grampa so it was in more than capable hands and I was glad to see it running when I got there.  Allyssia was also set up at the Festival with her LuLaRoe!  Events like this are great for her being out in the fresh air and not inside like some of the craft fairs are. 

On a bittersweet side note, I finally ended up selling my Farmall Super A. After months of it sitting next to the road it finally has a new home. 

The gentleman that bought it is going to take care of it and fix it up like it deserves.  Hopefully I will see him and the Super A in next year's parade in Turner on the Fourth of July.  The tractor sold just in time though as I delivered it on Saturday and today Allyssia Roland and I headed out for our Vacation.  We are spending a few nights in North Conway and going to the Fryeburg Fair. This is our third Anniversary and we have come to Fryeberg fair every year.  So stay tuned and check back later this week to see how our trip is going.