After Alturas a very intense two days

 

ensued as vacancies in the landscape

began to appear as well as, first thing,

an offroad forklift, all watched over by our omnipresent Owls who were

in turn watched over by Tim and Jason before a trip after breakfast to Gerlach and Willey

at the County for an extension to render the aforementioned fork viable, then

back at a leisurely pace to Wall Spring

where while I made lunch the extension was put to immediate use moving Gramma Seed

and afterwards to dismember Insinuation [not shown] before they began building

an elaborate cabin for Grey Matter, not finishing up until the following day,

Wednesday, at which point

things became Increasingly Intense

and nonstop;

Grey Matter went into the cabin, Gramma Seed moved nearer the road as did

Insinuation, in pieces, to await

the three o’clock arrival of Medardo Aguilar-Meijia’s flatbed from La Cabana Express, 

Riverside by way of Fernley, for 5.5 hours of elaborate loading,

blocking and strapping as the day went away unto near dark

…and gone, Medardo moving most cautiously and carefully towards the pavement,

leaving us to celebrate

with bubbly and pasta until well into the night.

Well…after all all’s well that ends.  Up in Omaha, we hope.

 

 

3 thoughts on “After Alturas a very intense two days

  1. kathy+moore

    wow! that does look intense and really wonderful that you could find those guys and the specialized equipment necessary to do the job. On to Omaha!

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    1. mikesmoore Post author

      The KANEKO sent them, they ordered the fork from Reno and Willey was relieved not to have to have to come out with the crane Wednesday evening after work but the real lucky break [provided it all arrives intact on Monday] was Medardo, an experienced driver albeit just into his first month as an independent owner/operator, who used to run loads out of the Empire gypsum plant so was familiar with the roads up here and had no problem maneuvering around our dusty fields as well as being just the sweetest helpful guy.

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  2. Janet whitchurch

    Indeed! What a project and while exciting, I felt a pang seeing those familiar land marks driven off — even though the result will be impressive.

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