Sister-in-law, Nancy, posing as a "I'm a serious trucker kind of woman" while departing Pentoga Road Tuesday afternoon.

June 30, 2021 - Wednesday morning

58 degrees/hazy/calm winds

Pentoga Road

I'm expecting the publishers of Women in Trucking to call at any moment to do a feature on Nancy. Sitting in the copilot's seat with husband, Ron, at the wheel, I believe Nancy could be the perfect example of today's modern female road warrior.

Leave it to the Milligan girls to lead the way.

Speaking of Milligan girls, I was looking for a flash memory card to use with the trail cam yesterday when I came across a card with over a hundred pictures from Sargie's old camera. All were taken on Christmas Eve/Christmas, 2006, and shows a family that even then, celebrated together. I've been sending out photos to family members and wanted to share this rare snapshot of all the Milligan brothers and sisters.

Front - Trish, Susy, Jeanne

Middle - Nancy, Holly

Back - Pat, Sargie, Steve

Tuesday was a fun day. I busied myself in the shop and finished sawing the Fourth of July project. I'll sand and apply finish before attaching a backer board.

In this day where our rights and freedoms are being taken away at an alarming rate, all I can say is, God bless America. 

He'd better bless it or we're going to be in bigger trouble than we already are.

Using the old Ford tractor, loading the mower into Ron's trailer went without a hitch... actually, there was a hitch involved that connected the trailer to his truck. 

Hey, give me credit. It was there for free.

With the mower ready to transport, we enjoyed a nice lunch and conversation. Unfortunately, their visit was all too short and Sargie and I were bidding them goodbye all too soon.

Intermittent drizzle and light rain began falling,  making the perfect excuse to be lazy for the rest of the afternoon. Sargie and I contented ourselves by watching tv and/or playing on the internet. 

The forty-nine year old fellow, Betty White, we've been following via Youtube on the Appalachian Trail, summited Mt. Katahdin in Maine a few days ago. He began his 2,200 mile journey last February.  After watching his daily progress, we feel like our favorite tv program has been cancelled. We'll no doubt find another person to follow for the rest of the summer.

Betty White? It's a silly trail name, but most are. (Remember, I'm Tbuster, named after a Howdy Doody character.) It's the culture. Betty is retired active service who trained dolphins for the military. He's married to a veterinarian and they have a grown daughter who is engaged.

We found Betty White's videos very informative. Since I, too, plan to start in February next year, I've been able to anticipate similar conditions which helps in my preparation. Twenty years my junior, there's little doubt that he hiked faster than I'll be able to, but even adding two to three weeks to my slower pace, I should still finish around the middle of July.

The sun is up and I should get a move on. I have several options for today:

* We can go to Iron Mountain and have a new set of tires put on the Hyundai

* I can go to Yooper Brother Mark's plant and with Mechanic Dave's help, tear the backhoe apart so it can be welded

* I can begin sawing and working up the ten hardwood trees, all dead, but some quite large, for this coming winter's firewood.

Honestly, I don't feel like doing any of the above, but the summer is passing so quickly that I need to get in gear.

After all, a man's work is never done.

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...