Visit from Dad

Dad came up for a visit while Mom was at a retreat.  He was bringing up the trailer for me to get hay with and on it a post hole digger and several pieces of wood he had salvaged from a deck he was working on.  Since he was coming up Thursday I stayed near the house and cleaned out the goat pen.  It is now freshly covered with hay and the wood is clear of the dirt (poo) again.

 He helped fix the goat fence the next day while I was finishing cleaning their house.  It is so great when he visits cause he is so helpful and knowledgeable for the projects around here.  The T-post was being pulled over (I know they aren't meant for corner posts but it was what I could do at the time), and the goats had the fence half down.  He got the come-along and some chain and pulled it straight (you can see it pulled from the tree).  And he got some wire and made a tension-er to another older T-post nearby.  Turned out great.

 We also worked on the emergency brake line for my truck since it had broke.  Took us most of the day and we had it assembled about 2/3rd of the way 6 times, but eventually we finished it.  This picture shows the new spring on the line where is attaches to the rear drum brake.

 This is the broken line.  We think there was a rubber grommet that fell out of a hole in the frame where the line ran, and the line just whittled away in the metal.

 We put up one of the posts he brought up so the post hole digger would have a stand to be stored on.  The ground was so dry that me and Rob had to lean on the auger to get it to finish digging.

 Then Dad helped me clear the 200 feet of the north side of the fence line.  There were a lot of trees to chop up and it took around five trips with the little yard wagon to get all the wood put away behind the garage.  The storage area for the wood is packed!  I should have gotten a picture of that too.

 Even got to see the neighbors cows.  I would have liked to get a better shot of them but they were on the other side of an electric fence.

 And finally, meet Jethro Gibbs (yes that NCIS Jethro Gibbs).  Rob had seen him in the morning but he had to get to work.  We found him after coming home from dinner, he was in the driveway, and I just picked him up and brought him in.  Super friendly kitten; even gets along with the dogs!
I am guessing he is 3 or 4 months old since he still has his kitten teeth.
He will be our barn-garage cat.  He has already proved himself to be a mouser.  He was playing with his first mouse his first night in the garage.

Thanks for all the help Dad, you're an amazing man and father.  Couldn't ask for anyone better!