Jeremy made another trip to Colorado to pick up lumber and move more logs to the miller out there this past weekend. Because our trailer was not highway worthy (one of the rear lights doesn't work), we took the 12 foot trailer that Jeremy’s uncle Rob has been incredibly generous about loaning us. Jeremy met up with his father in Salina and they finished out the rest of the trip uneventfully.
For those who may not know, Jeremy's grandpa, Ott, had 2 heart attacks this summer and had a stint put in. He’s an incredible guy and you wouldn’t know anything happened to look at him and talk to him now, however, we had planned to let him rest and do all the loading ourselves. This was part of the reason for Jeremy’s dad going along – the idea being that 2 were better than one in getting Ott to take it easy. We underestimated his determination.
As they pulled into Tanglewood Acres where Ott and Phyllis live, guess who was blocking the road at the gate? None other than Ott Lehrman. He drove in front of them up to the point in the road where one of the piles of logs were and basically ordered them to back up the trailer so they could load it that evening. There was no arguing with him about it – he blocked the road and there was no way to back the trailer all the way back out of Tanglewood! So, Ott climbed onto the skid steer with the biggest grin you’ve ever seen and proceeded to load the trailer with logs. It took about 10 minutes.
It was a beautiful day to work - 53-65 degrees and sunny!
Load #1
Time to trim this down a bit...
Our miller, Dave Roscoe unloading logs
3 generations of Lehrmans - (left to right) Dean, Jeremy and Otto
The trip home was slow due to the load, but otherwise uneventful. We stacked all the lumber in the greenhouse to cure on Thursday evening (thanks for helping Scott!). Unfortunately, we forgot the camera, so you'll just have to use your imagination.
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