More Towing & Logging, Gasoline, Books

I felt a bit like a bunch of hillbillies today as we tried to tow the Canter up a steep wet hill using the big dump truck. I was "driving" the Canter. It took about 10 tries. There are concrete strips but they were partially dirt covered and the big dump is a little wider than the strips. They had pushed the Canter down there trying, without success, to start it. It sounds like they are planning to bring it back to the person they had fix it a couple months ago to make him fix it again without having to pay. We'll see what happens. Here was my view as we tried to pull it up (that's Johnny to the right):


Mr. Kyrk and I are almost done with the logs that were taken down by the hurricane. While cutting, two ladies came and chatted with me. They were from Rosemount, MN. It was fun to talk about the weather there in Minnesota.

Gasoline

There appears to be a significant gasoline shortage going on here. We have had a number of people well over 20), coming here looking to buy our gas. Most vehicles here in Haiti are Diesel (it seems the ratio is the opposite of the States - percentage-wise for what there is for gas vs. diesel in Haiti). The one exception to this is all the motorcycles that run around the country - they all use gasoline. This shortage could prove to be a significant issue if it lasts too much longer. We have four vehicles that use gasoline that we use for our daily running. With the little amount of gasoline left in our big tank, that won't last a whole lot longer. I have not heard a definite reason for the shortage, but I hope that this doesn't cause people to get upset here and start causing problems.

Books

Tina's small group sent us a bunch of books to read - THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!! We got some good titles and a variety for everyone in the house including Lou. We also got a number of Christmas cards yesterday (THANK YOU Gordy & Sue, Layt & Rene, Jennifer, John & Kathy!!).

Boring car stuff...

With the gasoline shortage, I will be working to make sure all diesel vehicles are running well (the Montero is my first job of the day so they can use it today) and I anticipate having more time to work on the gasoline vehicles in the coming week or so.