Aunt Mary and Jessie took me for a ride on the EZGO on Friday afternoon. The temperature was in the mid-forties as we drove the circle route around Sunnyside Stock Farm. Jessie is learning how to drive and the EZGO gives her the kind of off road experience that is invaluable.
Her Great Grandfather Bill Luedtke (my grandfather) used to put the red tractor in gear and hold me on his lap. "Now steer, Jeannie. Follow the fence," he'd say to me. No power steering. No power brakes. Just steer and trust Grandpa.
The marsh at the back of the farm is drying out. We had hopes of seeing some sandhill cranes. No luck. We did have fun watching Blackie the Dog enjoy enough sniffing and running to last for several days. I rode on the back of the cart and was remembering how much our mother enjoyed this drive. Even as the Alzheimer's cloud began descending around her, a ride on the golf cart to the back of the farm brought great pleasure.
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