On the Job North of Kansas City

Here I sit, at the construction site of the new Grace Baptist Church, waiting for the plumbers to show up and take these two 12"D x 25'L pieces of pipe off. I got somewhat frustrated sitting around Belleville for more than 2 days looking for something I could handle going west, preferably thru Sturgis. Eventually I started looking for ANYTHING worthwhile just to get me moving. I hate to sit! Makes my stomach upset.

So this came up and I booked it. On my way here yesterday afternoon I found a load out of KC going to Montana. Not only was it thru a broker I have hauled for before (twice) but it was going to a little town that I have been to several times.

Havre is in north-central Montana about 25 miles from the Canadian border. It the last town of any size before I crossed over into our northern neighbor while I was hauling campers last year. I have spent the nite there a couple of times. To bad I don't have a girlfriend there too. Might need to work on that part.

So when these plumbers show up - it's already 7:15 !!! - I'll go load a couple of locomotive radiators and head west. I have one stop in North Platte, NE and then on to Havre. The nice thing is the receiver works 24/7 so whenever I get there they'll take it. I should be in Havre Sunday evening sometime. Unfortunately, Sturgis is not along this route.

From there I am still more than 500 miles to Boise where my Uncle lives. Of course getting a load out of Havre, or any thing close, is going to be very difficult. I'll spend today looking for something to move me on Monday. Worse case scenario (I think), I deadhead 150 miles or so towards Helena or Great Falls - the largest towns going towards Boise. I park the truck and trailer and then take the bike to visit Unc. Hmmm, 2-wheeling thru the Bitteroot Mountain Range doesn't sound too bad.

GOOD NEWS -- I think my plumbers are here! BAD NEWS -- it just started to rain and I'm sitting out in a dirt parking lot! GTG.