Underground Dock

I had to back into a dock between two limestone pillars. The ceiling, floor (road), walls and pillars were all just carved out of the limestone. Every day they do one blast, then cart out the rocks by big dump trucks. It is fairly primitive and rather dark down there! The old rail road tracks they used years ago to haul out the rocks are still there and we had to drive over them a few times as we winded our way in and out. We get to see some interesting things.

Underground Office

Here is the under ground office where I went in to arrange to pick up our load

On the way out of the mine

This is what we saw as we came out of the mine after loading our truck. We took the freight to PA and now are stopped for the week-end.

Spooooky

This week we went from Canton, OH to Petaluma, CA then from LA to St. Louis. Then we were sent to Quincy,IL. When we arrived at the address where we were to pick up some freight here is what we saw! I found a phone there in the middle between the two holes and called our contact. She said just go ahead and drive into the tunnel about three blocks and there is a place to park the truck. Then come into the office. So, Sandra and I slowly drove into the right tunnel. Wow! It was dark and we had to turn on the headlights.

This is an active mine which goes several miles back into this mountain. Back inside there are businesses which have made warehouses in the mine. There are streets and parking lots. But it is a little spooky because there are no posts holding up the ceiling. Pillars are carved in the rock that are about 20-30 feet in diameter. The roads go around the pillars. I'll posts a few more pictures so you can get a little better feel of the place.

Halfway step

Here is a better close-up of our new halfway step. Sandra's legs are short and the origional steps are to high for her.

Blurry is gone!

The blurry pictures were the result of a smudge on the lense of the camera (probably from
someones finger). Anyway, were waiting for a load and this is where we spend a lot of time
when waiting. From Montana to Ohio in the same week - what a ride.

Waiting for work

It is a little hard to see but Sandra is using our new halfway step we installed so she can more easily climb up into the truck. We are in Ohio waiting for another shippment dispatch.

Here's another blurry picture (sorry again). This is Sandra's sister Amy on the right. On her right is Jessica then Lloyd and finally Nathan on the far left. We had a great time visiting and eating a carefully though out low carb meal (delicious). Lloyd and I both need to watch our diets. I guess we all need to learn all we can about healthful eating.
Since March this year, Sandra and I have seen my brothers Jack and Kevin (Lenn). We have seen all of Sandra's siblings-Jim, Glenda, Becky, Nancy, Amy, and Debbie, and we have seen both our daughters, Doreen, (and Steve) Shelly (and Randy) and all five of our grand children. Calvin, Carlie, Joelle, Colby and Natalie. WHAT A BLESSING.

This is Amy and Lloyd's daughter Jessica. Sorry, Jessica for the blurry pic - I don't know what happened. She is almost half done with college with an Elementary education major. She's sweet, thoughtful and pretty. I know she will make a good teacher. She's a fine niece.

Here is Amy and Lloyd's son, Nathan. He is 13 now. He's smart and very cordial. He just passed his mom up in height - at least by half an inch. He's a great nephew.

KC Visit

This week we went from Chattanooga to French Camp, MS., then to Saraland, Alabama (near Mobile) and on to
Laurel, MT (20 miles west of Billings) and then back to Kansas City. 3300 miles in 4 days! We visited Sandras
sisters in Kansas City. This is Becky and her husband, Keith. Sorry for the blurry pictures. I didn't do something right I guess.