Old Fashioned Fun

We do it about once a year, but I could not remember posting about it; then I realized that our blog is less than a year old! Every June. we hand wash the cars. No, it is not for sentimental reasons or even money-savings reasons. Sap. We have primarily hickories and they produce very little sap. But we have an oak right where we park. We love the tree. It has a specially twisted trunk that is wonderful so we can not cut it down. But it produces sap every spring. Electric car washes get some of the sap off, but by June, there is enough on all of the cars that we must hand wash them. Today was the perfect day; great temperatures and few mosquitoes. So now all four cars (one is in storage) are sparkling in the sun; until tomorrow morning when the sap sprinkles will be back.

P.S. The same oak produces tent caterpillars, too!