Chadron

Today shouldn't be too hard to write about.
For whatever reason I woke up to my alarm that had been going off for quite a while, which put me late for chores. But, I didn't seem to miss much and was still able to help finish things off. I told Merle not to tell the boss that I was late!

As soon as we finished chores we loaded up the four wheelers and some elk meat and I took off for home to change clothes quick. Next stop Chadron, NE. While at home the phone rang twice, then as I was running out the door I had to stop and talk to the harvesters that were in the front yard loading up to take off for North Dakota. So, I had a late start to begin with, but I finally got going. I went through Martin, and came just over the hill to the south of town to find that they were moving a building...not just any building, but a church. I was pretty much boxed in and there was nowhere to go so I just sat there for a while, watching them lift up powerlines to get the building through without hitting them.

After a while, they eventually let my line of cars through and I got going. Now, I knew I was late, but thought it wouldn't be more than a half hour. I got all the way down to Rushville when I heard this crash, bang, boom, on the pickup. I was looking in my mirrors trying to figure out what in the world happened, when I realized that the antenna for the CB on the roof was hanging by the cord on the back window. I got out and got that put back on where it belongs and got back ont he raod. Just a few more miles down the road constrcution starts...then I hit a spot with a pilot car. At this point, I decided I had better get ahold of these people. So, I called Merle and told him what the deal was and got their number from him. Then, i called this place and told them that I would be over an hour late because I got stuck behind a moving church and a pilot car. ...who's gunna believe that!?

I finally got there at about 10:15 or so for a 9/9:30 apt. When I stepped out of the one ton, long box, ext cab pickup pulling the stock trailer I think the guy about peed his pants. It was hillarious- I was trying not to laugh! They asked me what all this was about the church and I straight up told them I got stuck behind a church, no joke. They all laughed and probably still didn't believe me! So, I got the four wheelers dropped off and unhooked the trailer in the back lot then went to cruise Chadron. I soon realized that there isn't much to cruise there...

I started at walmart and got some school supplies and other junk that I will need when school gets going. Then, I ran across the street to Bomgaars (The old Merchantile) and tried to kill some time and spend a few dollars. That didn't work too well either but I did purchase a really cute barn picture frame out of the deal. By this time, I was able to meet up with a friend of Merle's who wanted some elk meat. We moved it to her cooler and off I was again. I had already grabbed breakfast at McDonalds so I took Merle's friend, Dayles advice and went to a coffee shop downtown that had internet access. I was able to find a municipal lot to park teh pickup in and then went in and sat and worked on school things all afeternoon on my computer.

It was nice to get some of that stuff done, bit it was also time to go home. At about four I went back to the shop and they jsut finished the last one. I loaded them up and off I went towards home. I managed to make it there without any road blocks this time.

When I got home I helped merle finish chores and wetn out and rode the alfalfa field across the road to get the neighbors cows off of it...

After we chased them out Merle headed out to go check claves and I unhooked the other trailer they used today for the horses and took my pickup home. I got a lot done for myself today but there is still more to go and lots to get done ont the ranch.

It sounds like it took 2hrs to find the horses this morninig and when he (Ross) did finally give up and let someone else look-they miraculously appeared. Adrienne and him did some riding for two steers that were supposed to be there in Delbert's pastures, but they had no luck. This afternoon Merle and Adrienne went to Interior to get more pellots...yay because we've been out for a while.

Now, I'm home and ready for bed. So just a rondom comment. I have caller ID on my land line and a friend from Missouri was trying to call me tonight. Every time he called it would show up as a different number from Florida and when I answered no one was there or I was there in an echo. He finally got through once and it had a 5 second delay and finally just hung up on us. What in the world? Either his phone or mine is losing it mentally.

But, weird phone calls aside, I must get some sleep.

"Sometimes the best cowboys...are cowgirls." -saw it on a sign in bomgaars