ASK ME NO QUESTIONS, I'LL TELL YOU NO LIES

There has been a whirlwind of activity the last couple of days on our journey and I though some famous proverbs would help illustrate the story. "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise" Now it's true, we have been going to bed and rising very early this past week, but I'm not so sure it has made us healthy, wealthy, or wise. As we drove into Great Falls for our first unload we carefully followed the directions that were given to us by the dealer. Imagine our shock as we turn a corner and see "Caution Low Clearance" staring us straight in the face. I point and anxiously ask if Craig saw what I saw as he quickly finds a spot to park off to the side of the roadway. Knowing that "Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades" we quickly got out of the truck with tape measure in hand. Feeling satisfied that we would safely, albeit, slowly make it under the aforementioned low clearance we started back down the road only to see that we would be making a left turn prior to the railroad over crossing. Oh well, as the saying goes, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".

I had anticipated with excitement our drive into Kalispell knowing that we would be going through a part of Glacier National Park. But this is one time "The early bird gets the worm" did not come true. We had left way before sunrise to get to the dealership early, so the only thing I saw was total darkness. Oh well, "Tomorrow is another day" and we no doubt will have other opportunities to come this way again.

Driving through Kalispell to the dealership we drove right by their court house which sits smack dab in the middle of town. So much so, that the road divides to go around it and I thought to myself "A picture is worth a thousand words" so I snapped this one as we drove by.

Putting in our empty call, we were quickly sent just a mere 180 miles away to Cataldo, ID to pick up a load of lumber to take into the company yard. Knowing that "Haste makes waste" we methodically made our way to our destination, a small milling company right off the Interstate. Never quite knowing what you will get with these back hauls we "Hoped for the best, but expected the worse" and drove up to the very muddy entrance to the saw mill.

Trudging through the mud, the lumber was quickly loaded onto our trailer and then the fun really began........TARPPING. Knowing that "Many hands make light work" , we worked together to get the tarp unfolded and "Little by little and bit by bit" our load went from this:
To this in no time at all
With only about 70 miles to travel to the company yard we pulled into the yard by late afternoon and went about having the lumber off loaded from our trailer onto a flatbed. Knowing that "All good things come to an end" , this is where my proverb story will end, but not without hoping that "A good beginning makes a good ending" and of course, "A woman's work is never done".