Stuck in the Mud

Today, both Dorene and I had the day off for President's Day. Anna had to go to school because of a snow make-up day. On our way out to pick up Anna, we stopped to look at a house that was for sale. However, as soon as we turned into the driveway, our van sunk into some very wet snow and mud. Tried as we could, the van wouldn't budge an inch.

Several cars went by but didn't stop, even though it was obvious we were needing help. Finally, a pick-up truck came by and did stop. Okay, I'm making this sound like some parable. We were simply stuck. No deeper meaning here. Only the mud was deep.

Anyway, this guy lived at a farm just down the road and saw us. He told us he'd go back and get his tractor. A few minutes later, he was back with the tractor. He hooked a chain up and pulled us out. We tried to get his address so we could send him something, but he'd have nothing of that. He stood and talked with us a while and told us the history of two houses up for sale that we were looking at. That was certainly very helpful and if we ended up with him as a neighbor, that would be great. So, thank you John (we at least got his name)for taking the time to help out a couple stranded city folk.