Saturday, July 26, 2008

Wednesday July 23rd - Loaded all the equipment up and did nothing else of any importance.

Thursday July 24th - Went to the rodeo in Cheyenne for the day. It was the largest outdoor rodeo in the country. Loaded up the last machine before dark. Ready to leave in the morning for Idaho.

Friday July 25th - Left at 6:30. We were driving four oversized loads, three combines and the 53ft with two grain carts. The farmer in Idaho supplies tractors for the carts so we left our tractor behind in Kimball. We drove four hundred miles to Boulder Wyoming. Arrived there at about 4 o clock. I kept a log book for the first time in my life, and also went through of scales for the first time. The drive was awesome, pulling a load 14ft wide, 14ft high and 100ft long through the mountains is really sweet. I tried to take some pictures but they don’t really do God’s awesome creation any justice. Stayed at a campground in Boulder for the night. Just a side note, the town of Boulder had 75 residents.

Saturday July 26th - Left at six for Rexburg Idaho. Okay, if I made the mountains of yesterday seem really neat, take that neatness and times it by about 5. We drove right through the Rocky Mountains. We followed the Snake River through the mountains into Hoback Junction and then into Alpine Junction at the Wyoming-Idaho state line. Hoback Junction is just south of Jackson Hole. I can’t really describe who awesome it was. I will try and put some photos up for ya though.
Anyways we arrived in Rexburg at about 11 am. O one more thing. In Idaho all loads over 12 ft wide must have a escort vehicle so for the last hundred miles we had two escort vehicles in front of two of the combines and for the third we made one the pickups pulling the house trailer a escort vehicle.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I love your beautiful pictures!
Are you going to post more of them?
Where are you now and are you all well?