10 Oct., 2008 -- Dig it up again!

Smoothed it all out, then came along with this cute little chain saw and dug it up again. They filled these holes with square bales of straw to prevent erosion in the low drainage areas, far away from the runway.

Square bales. Round bales. Old style, new style. Don't throw out the old style, someone will find a use for it.

They spent the day grinding up round bales and shooting the chaff out over the grass seed that they spread yesterday. The wind was blowing today, right into the hangars. Pttooo Phtooo. That little tractor doubles as a chain saw and a bale loader. It followed the "chewer/spewer" around like a little R2D2 servant, feeding bales into the chopper. I didn't count the truckloads of bales that they used.

Lloyd flew the Archer to Arkansas for his 50th class reunion. He called later and said the wind was not blowing in Atkins, so I'm sure he made a perfect landing.