With hot chocolate and a mocha in hand, we went out to a tree farm on Saturday looking for a Christmas tree. It's not a far drive out to North Plains, less than 20 minutes on a good traffic day.
We pulled into the farm, picked up a saw and map.
After searching through hundreds of trees, over many hills and valleys, we came upon a nice 8-1/2 foot, grand noble. It would fit just perfectly in the corner of our living room. Soon the tree was on its side being drug over to the AV.
With the covers off, the tree filled the bed and spilled over the passangers side. ?I definately needed to get this one bound. So I drove down to the wierd looking machine and watched as they stuffed the tree in. ?It was pulled through bottom first. ?In a flash, the tree was wrapped tightly with twine pulling the branchs in close so that it looked like a closed umbrella.
Now it was much more managable. Withe the midgate down and the seatcover in place, we fed the tree in top first. Wedging it in at an angle got the whole thing to fit! I put the covers back on and closed the tailgate. ?From the outside, you couldn't even tell there was tree in the AV. Talk about a serious air freshener. I love that smell.
We drove to the gate to give them their saw back and pay. The guy at the gate asked "if we were going to come back on Sunday to try and find one." I looked at him with a confused look. I didn't know he couldn't see the 8'-6" tree that my AV just ate.
I rolled down the back window and he looked in. At first he thought we got a table top tree. Something in the 3 to 4 foot range! I got out and went round back. He peered in as I let the tailgate down. He was suprised to see just how big the tree was. We talked about the AV and the side storage bins as I paid.
I turned the Christmas lights on in the rear window and we headed home to trim our Christmas tree, smiling and joking about the look of disbelief on his face.
We pulled into the farm, picked up a saw and map.
After searching through hundreds of trees, over many hills and valleys, we came upon a nice 8-1/2 foot, grand noble. It would fit just perfectly in the corner of our living room. Soon the tree was on its side being drug over to the AV.
With the covers off, the tree filled the bed and spilled over the passangers side. ?I definately needed to get this one bound. So I drove down to the wierd looking machine and watched as they stuffed the tree in. ?It was pulled through bottom first. ?In a flash, the tree was wrapped tightly with twine pulling the branchs in close so that it looked like a closed umbrella.
Now it was much more managable. Withe the midgate down and the seatcover in place, we fed the tree in top first. Wedging it in at an angle got the whole thing to fit! I put the covers back on and closed the tailgate. ?From the outside, you couldn't even tell there was tree in the AV. Talk about a serious air freshener. I love that smell.
We drove to the gate to give them their saw back and pay. The guy at the gate asked "if we were going to come back on Sunday to try and find one." I looked at him with a confused look. I didn't know he couldn't see the 8'-6" tree that my AV just ate.
I rolled down the back window and he looked in. At first he thought we got a table top tree. Something in the 3 to 4 foot range! I got out and went round back. He peered in as I let the tailgate down. He was suprised to see just how big the tree was. We talked about the AV and the side storage bins as I paid.
I turned the Christmas lights on in the rear window and we headed home to trim our Christmas tree, smiling and joking about the look of disbelief on his face.
