Its been one of THOSE days...you know...the kind where it seems like everything keeps going wrong.
Well that was yesterday...and it started early.
Here's the deal.
We were on a load of cattle coming out of Nevada and going to Nebraska. Malcolm was driving, and it was like around 11:00pm or so. We were trying to hurry because as soon as we delivered the cows in Nebraska, we had to high tail it over to Wyoming to get another load, and as it was we were going to be there after everyone else anyway.
After crossing into Nebraska, maybe just 10 miles in or so, BAM! Blew a trailer tire. The big discouragment wasn't so much that it was the third trailer tire we've blown in as many weeks, but that we had to limp along at 60 mph to Ogallala to get it fixed, and that took two hours, so we were way behind.
Got the cows dumped off in Farnum, and hit the road for the Wyoming load. We were supposed to be there by noon, and miraculously pulled in at 12:15. The other trucks were gone already, and our cows were standing there in the corrals waiting, but the cowhands had gone to lunch and we couldn't leave without brand papers, etc. So we sat around for about 45 min. and then they showed up and we loaded.
At this point I went to bed to rest until Malcolm got out of the hills. I should have been asleep sooner, but it was so pretty to run down in there. It was back in the Medicine Bow National Forest southwest of Laramie, and it was mountainous, and the Aspen's are golden and it was a bright blue sky day....just beautiful. So I took in scenery on the way in, and slept on the way out.
I woke up about an hour later, thinking it was kind of stuffy in there, so I turned down the air...but it wouldn't get cooler. Then I heard it....an alarm going off up front. With a sense of dread I unzipped the curtain and asked what was going on.
As it turned out, our fan clutch and bearings (sp?) had gone out. For those of you who, like me, are unmechanically minded, what this means it that the fan isn't working, so the engine isn't able to cool itself. This is NOT the optimal situation when your trying to climb mountains! We found a pullout and stopped to look at it. The fan had completly fallen off its...well whatever it sits on. Malcolm put it back on and did some things....and we ended up breaking the belt trying to get it going. So we decided to see how far we could go. A few miles down the road we were overheating again badly, so we pulled off to let it cool. A few more stops like this and Malcolm had decided it wasn't working. Added to the overheating issue was that without the fan, the truck wasn't keeping the batteries charged, and so everytime we stopped and shut the truck off to cool, it a little more sluggish in starting again. If the batteries went dead, we'd be dead, and we were putting to much of a strain on the engine from overheating.
After calling Kenworth in Cheyenne and being told they could fix it if we got there before 9:00pm, he called the wrecker service they recommended, only to be told it would cost...ready for this....$1150.00 to tow us to Cheyenne. That was just the tow bill. Then he called a service truck to see if we could be fixed on the road, but the mechanic was going to charge $700.00 just to drive out there too, without parts and labor added in.
Steve, the guy who gets us the loads, was calling around in Laramie trying to find someone to fix the truck there. If there had been corrals somewhere where we could have dumped off the cows, we could have gotten out easily. It was their weight that was causing us to have such trouble. Anyway, Malcolm decided to try to run with our APU (generator for AC/Heat when we're parked) turned on, because it cycles the water through the engine too to keep itself cool. As it turned out we were able to limp our way out of there, stopping every few miles to shut it off and let it cool. I'm sure by this point the cows were thinking this was the strangest tourbus they'd ever been on, as their guides were stopping every mile or so, but the scenery didn't appear to be changing.
FINALLY....hours later....we crested the last hill and coasted down into Laramie, where there was NO ONE to fix the truck. We still had to go to Cheyenne, 50 miles away, and over the biggest hill yet.
And it just wouldn't do it! We tryed, oh how we tryed, but it was just too much and we were getting WAY too hot for safety. So, the tow truck got some business after all. Let me tell you, that is a strange feeling, to sit in the truck and going down the road (or rather up) and not being the one driving the vehicle. We just had the guy tow us to the top of the hill....three miles exactly, and it cost $345.00.
Ah, but the sweet feeling of having power to drive (because a safety feature of the truck is that when it overheats it cuts the power to the truck), and just moving forward at a decent rate of speed, something you can't do going up hill, kept the temperature down towards normal. We rolled into Cheyenne at 9:15pm, and the shop pulled us right in. I went to sleep and Malcolm went to get something to eat, and two hours later (and another $1727.00) we were on the road and all fixed up.
So....delivered this morning at 4:00am in central Nebraska, and surprisingly Steve still wanted us in Lysite, WY to load this morning, which is 10 miles away. Moral is a little low this morning as we comtimplate the moola that was disposed of last night, but feeling good too, because its fixed and we figure we're the foruntate ones.
A guy we know with the same truck as ours, same year, and a little less miles, is sitting in Rapid City with his engine pulled out of the truck and in pieces, and a bill for more than $9000.00.
We were lucky!
October 9, 2008
October 4, 2008
A Day of Rest
Its Saturday and we are actually getting most of the day off. Thursday morning we loaded our first load of California bound cows and hit the road. Last year this is what we did the entire month of October, which proved to be kind of mind numbing after a while, but it was quite profitable, so we're glad to see it start up again.
Someone down here buys breeding cows from Montana. We always loaded them either in Fairview at a guys feedyard, or in Miles City or Billings at the salebarn. And they get delivered to a salebarn down here just north of Bakersfield, CA, where the owner eventually picks them up.
The reason its so profitable is because we are almost loaded both ways. Where as on a regular load of cows, we deliver them in NE, CO, or KS, and then we would drive back to Montana empty, with these loads, we deliver them in CA, then Steve usually finds a load of cows here in CA or sometimes OR that are going to NE, CO, or KS, and the take them there. THEN we empty back to MT. So bassically we are loaded 2/3 of the time instead of just 1/2.
The downside is, like I said earlier, we get kind of bored with it, and also its a one truck deal, so we don't get to run with the other guys and visit and that sort of thing.
We were SO exhausted for some reason at the start of this load, so when we got here last night and dropped the cows off we were very happy Steve didn't have anything else for us to do yet. We drove 6 miles south to the truckstop and went to bed. Blissful, non-moving, deep sleep. It was great. Then we got up this morning, showered, ate breakfast, called Steve who said not yet, and went back to bed.
Around 2:00pm Malcolm called Steve again and he had a few loads he's waiting to see about. This usually means the sale isn't over yet, or he's waiting to see if something better comes up. So we're still just relaxing. And Malcolm was so desperate for a truck wash that he actually drove 20 miles further south to get it done!!!! Shocker!!! Cause we NEVER drive out of route for ANYTHING!. Then again the truck hasn't been washed since the beginning of August because there hasn't been time or a place to have it done, and its SO bad that even the other cow haulers are starting to make comments about it and tease us.
Well you can imagine how bad it looks with over 30,000 miles of grime, road dirt, cow poo, you get the picture? Cause I'm not going to post one!
So its been a day of rest, and much needed and appreciated. We might even get some TV watching done if it keeps going.
Now some not so good news. I thought I'd share this because I have many teachers in my life or school related people that I know, so it is a story of interest. I heard about this when we were in Billings for the house closing and I was so upset about it, still am really. There are basically two school communities near us. Obviously Shepherd schools are closest as thats where our house is. The other schools are the Huntley schools. Huntly is the closest community to Shepherd. The two schools are big rivals athletically speaking, but also like "sister schools" as they are so close and two of the smaller school systems within the Yellowstone County schools.
Saddly, a few disgruntled high schoolers broke into Huntley Project High School a couple of weeks ago to steal some candy and stuff. They decided to "have some fun" and it got out of hand. The result it that Huntley High School burned to the ground. Literally all they were able to save was a few instruments from the music room. Everything was a total loss from what I understand.
The students are having classes in portable buildings using materials donated from the community and other schools in the area. This is just so incredibly heart breaking for the entire community. I don't even know anyone there, or even exactly where the school is, but I am so upset about it. I've heard of schools being damaged by fires and that sort of vandalism stuff, but never of one burning to the ground. So if you will, please keep the students, staff, and members of the community in your prayers as they all work to recover from this tragedy.
If your intersted, more pictures and details are available at the following address.
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/09/18/news/local/15-schoolfire.txt
Apparently the communities throughout Yellowstone County are really working together to donate and raise money to supply the school as they continue on with their school year. I just can't imagine going through something like this.
Someone down here buys breeding cows from Montana. We always loaded them either in Fairview at a guys feedyard, or in Miles City or Billings at the salebarn. And they get delivered to a salebarn down here just north of Bakersfield, CA, where the owner eventually picks them up.
The reason its so profitable is because we are almost loaded both ways. Where as on a regular load of cows, we deliver them in NE, CO, or KS, and then we would drive back to Montana empty, with these loads, we deliver them in CA, then Steve usually finds a load of cows here in CA or sometimes OR that are going to NE, CO, or KS, and the take them there. THEN we empty back to MT. So bassically we are loaded 2/3 of the time instead of just 1/2.
The downside is, like I said earlier, we get kind of bored with it, and also its a one truck deal, so we don't get to run with the other guys and visit and that sort of thing.
We were SO exhausted for some reason at the start of this load, so when we got here last night and dropped the cows off we were very happy Steve didn't have anything else for us to do yet. We drove 6 miles south to the truckstop and went to bed. Blissful, non-moving, deep sleep. It was great. Then we got up this morning, showered, ate breakfast, called Steve who said not yet, and went back to bed.
Around 2:00pm Malcolm called Steve again and he had a few loads he's waiting to see about. This usually means the sale isn't over yet, or he's waiting to see if something better comes up. So we're still just relaxing. And Malcolm was so desperate for a truck wash that he actually drove 20 miles further south to get it done!!!! Shocker!!! Cause we NEVER drive out of route for ANYTHING!. Then again the truck hasn't been washed since the beginning of August because there hasn't been time or a place to have it done, and its SO bad that even the other cow haulers are starting to make comments about it and tease us.
Well you can imagine how bad it looks with over 30,000 miles of grime, road dirt, cow poo, you get the picture? Cause I'm not going to post one!
So its been a day of rest, and much needed and appreciated. We might even get some TV watching done if it keeps going.
Now some not so good news. I thought I'd share this because I have many teachers in my life or school related people that I know, so it is a story of interest. I heard about this when we were in Billings for the house closing and I was so upset about it, still am really. There are basically two school communities near us. Obviously Shepherd schools are closest as thats where our house is. The other schools are the Huntley schools. Huntly is the closest community to Shepherd. The two schools are big rivals athletically speaking, but also like "sister schools" as they are so close and two of the smaller school systems within the Yellowstone County schools.
Saddly, a few disgruntled high schoolers broke into Huntley Project High School a couple of weeks ago to steal some candy and stuff. They decided to "have some fun" and it got out of hand. The result it that Huntley High School burned to the ground. Literally all they were able to save was a few instruments from the music room. Everything was a total loss from what I understand.
The students are having classes in portable buildings using materials donated from the community and other schools in the area. This is just so incredibly heart breaking for the entire community. I don't even know anyone there, or even exactly where the school is, but I am so upset about it. I've heard of schools being damaged by fires and that sort of vandalism stuff, but never of one burning to the ground. So if you will, please keep the students, staff, and members of the community in your prayers as they all work to recover from this tragedy.
If your intersted, more pictures and details are available at the following address.
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/09/18/news/local/15-schoolfire.txt
Apparently the communities throughout Yellowstone County are really working together to donate and raise money to supply the school as they continue on with their school year. I just can't imagine going through something like this.
October 1, 2008
September 30, 2008
Our New House
Well, here you are, on a long distance tour of our new home. We closed yesterday morning, and after a few errands in town, headed out ot our new abode. And after a few hours there, realized that a house with no furniture or anything was kind of boring. There was nothing to do. So we pakced our few things back up and headed back to town for some dinner and then back to work. We are currently in Forsyth, MT fixing to load yet another group of cattle.
The girls thought the house was GREAT! They adviced that we just forgo the furniture. Its ever so much more fun without it because you can run in bigger circles without abstructions. However, they did think it was a bit cold in there, and they don't much care for the wood floors on the main level, especially Carlie who couldn't get good traction at all. One great success story on our first day in our new house.....I've been telling Carlie she'll have to learn to climb stairs now since we have two flights of them. Surprisingly, after only one terrifying trip down the stairs with "mommy," she decided there was nothing to it, and spent the afternoon going up and down right behind Paris.
A few points to mention:
a: The yard needs work, so disregard the bare patches. Keep in mind that its fall out here, a dryer area, and they had two big outside dogs that liked to dig.
b: I tryed to take pictures, but its difficult to get pictures of inside rooms. Therefore, the master bedroom looks itty bitty in the pictures, and I didn't even bother to post the pictures of the two spare rooms or the bathrooms which are nothing to speak of.
c: Carlie and Paris managed to walk or run into nearly every shot, but it just demonstrates what a great time they were having.
d: There are a lot of pictures. If you want to see a larger view of one, just double click on it.
The Tour:
This is the view of our house from the front. The shop is on the left and is about 3000 sq ft and cemented floors. In the rear on the right is the "horse shelter" which amounts to a shed open on one side.
The back of the house, featuring a porch, the hot tub to the right of the porch, and the previous owners garden which she quit on mid-summer. It was "the kids project." There is also a clothes line between the house and shop, and the ground beneath and around it is sort of tiled, which I thought was kind of nice. Its more like terracotta stones, but you get the picture.
A close up of the back of the house. Malcolm and I would like to add a porch like this to the front of the house because its so plain on the front. Paris was exploring the yard.
The kitchen and dining area, with the balcony above, which is going to be my library/ office.
The main level living room area. Its more like a small sitting room.
The stairs leading to the second floor (master bedroom and library).
My library.
The master bedroom.
The downstairs living room. There is a tiled entry to the right. The door seen on the edge of the left is the laundry room. There is also a half bath downstairs.
Looking towards the hallway where the laundy is on the right, the half bath is the closed door visable, there is a wood pellet stove seenn that faces the stairs to go to main level. (PS: in desperate need of new light fixture. Actually we're thinking a nice ceiling fan would work, as there is quite a bit of recessed lighting in this room. There are a number of light fixtures that leave a lot to be desired. A project for later.)
The laundry room. Its huge! I love it! I think I might put a table down here for my sewing machine. The washing machine and dryer are in a closet just around the corner there (and a pile of jeans on the floor because even though we didn't have furniture, I happened to have some detergent in the truck, so we did laundry on our first day in our new house!) My only dissappointment in the laundry is that there isn't a sink. I was hoping for a place to wash the girls without having to do it in the tub.
Malcolm's shop and the new home of Johnson Trucking...and all his other "toys".
When they put the new pellet stove downstairs they put the old one in the shop. Eventually we're going to enclose and insulate the front half of the shop and run water out here too.
The entry doors are side by sides that work with a garage door opener, sliding to the left and right, like our barn in Georgia. Then there is a pass door that goes to a sidewalk that goes to the back door.
The view out the front living room window.
The view from the back porch.
Our house warming gift from our realtor. I thought that was sweet.
So there you have it. Our little place in a nut shell. And I hope you all feel welcome to come visit anytime.
The girls thought the house was GREAT! They adviced that we just forgo the furniture. Its ever so much more fun without it because you can run in bigger circles without abstructions. However, they did think it was a bit cold in there, and they don't much care for the wood floors on the main level, especially Carlie who couldn't get good traction at all. One great success story on our first day in our new house.....I've been telling Carlie she'll have to learn to climb stairs now since we have two flights of them. Surprisingly, after only one terrifying trip down the stairs with "mommy," she decided there was nothing to it, and spent the afternoon going up and down right behind Paris.
A few points to mention:
a: The yard needs work, so disregard the bare patches. Keep in mind that its fall out here, a dryer area, and they had two big outside dogs that liked to dig.
b: I tryed to take pictures, but its difficult to get pictures of inside rooms. Therefore, the master bedroom looks itty bitty in the pictures, and I didn't even bother to post the pictures of the two spare rooms or the bathrooms which are nothing to speak of.
c: Carlie and Paris managed to walk or run into nearly every shot, but it just demonstrates what a great time they were having.
d: There are a lot of pictures. If you want to see a larger view of one, just double click on it.
The Tour:
This is the view of our house from the front. The shop is on the left and is about 3000 sq ft and cemented floors. In the rear on the right is the "horse shelter" which amounts to a shed open on one side.
The back of the house, featuring a porch, the hot tub to the right of the porch, and the previous owners garden which she quit on mid-summer. It was "the kids project." There is also a clothes line between the house and shop, and the ground beneath and around it is sort of tiled, which I thought was kind of nice. Its more like terracotta stones, but you get the picture.
A close up of the back of the house. Malcolm and I would like to add a porch like this to the front of the house because its so plain on the front. Paris was exploring the yard.
The kitchen and dining area, with the balcony above, which is going to be my library/ office.
The main level living room area. Its more like a small sitting room.
The stairs leading to the second floor (master bedroom and library).
My library.
The master bedroom.
The downstairs living room. There is a tiled entry to the right. The door seen on the edge of the left is the laundry room. There is also a half bath downstairs.
Looking towards the hallway where the laundy is on the right, the half bath is the closed door visable, there is a wood pellet stove seenn that faces the stairs to go to main level. (PS: in desperate need of new light fixture. Actually we're thinking a nice ceiling fan would work, as there is quite a bit of recessed lighting in this room. There are a number of light fixtures that leave a lot to be desired. A project for later.)
The laundry room. Its huge! I love it! I think I might put a table down here for my sewing machine. The washing machine and dryer are in a closet just around the corner there (and a pile of jeans on the floor because even though we didn't have furniture, I happened to have some detergent in the truck, so we did laundry on our first day in our new house!) My only dissappointment in the laundry is that there isn't a sink. I was hoping for a place to wash the girls without having to do it in the tub.
Malcolm's shop and the new home of Johnson Trucking...and all his other "toys".
When they put the new pellet stove downstairs they put the old one in the shop. Eventually we're going to enclose and insulate the front half of the shop and run water out here too.
The entry doors are side by sides that work with a garage door opener, sliding to the left and right, like our barn in Georgia. Then there is a pass door that goes to a sidewalk that goes to the back door.
The view out the front living room window.
The view from the back porch.
Our house warming gift from our realtor. I thought that was sweet.
So there you have it. Our little place in a nut shell. And I hope you all feel welcome to come visit anytime.
September 25, 2008
My Playlist
Ok, I know it might annoy some, but Rocky Top is like a sacred song to those of us who grew up in a Tennessee Vols fan's home. And even though I'm not a big sports person, and almost resented Saturday, Sunday, AND Monday football on TV, as I've aged, I've become kind of nostagic about the stuff. And if I were totally honest, I'd have to admit that I actually ENJOY watching football now, to an extent, but ONLY the Tennessee Vol games and sometimes local middle and high school games. I think it might be more of a sentimental attachment, so don't go so far as to call me a "fan" just yet. I even am considering getting someone to mail me one of those decorative flags you hang on your house, but one for TN, because my new house already has the hanger on the porch for the flag pole. Wouldn't that confuse the neighbors. Reckon they even know who the Vols are? I'm not sure.
Anyway, I heard this song on my Sirius radio the other night when I was listening to my Bluegrass channel, and I got all sappy. And so, I've put it on my playlist, because even though I love Montana and I love living here, I do still get a little teary eyed thinking about all we've left in Tennessee.
So I dedicate the first song on my playlist to all my friends and family and the TN Vols....may they have a great season and not let their first game against UCLA (which my dad was very disgusted over when I talked to him following the game) be an indication of what this years season will be like. When you're all sitting around the living room watching the game, visiting, and eating yummy stuff, I'll be there with you in spirit!
GO VOLS! (I can't believe I'm saying that.....have you fallen out of your chairs reading it?)
And for those who are NOT a Vols fan, or have any affection for the song, it will probably only be on here a week or so, because as much as I like the song...it TOTALLY clashes with the mood of my blog, so it will have to go shortly.
Anyway, I heard this song on my Sirius radio the other night when I was listening to my Bluegrass channel, and I got all sappy. And so, I've put it on my playlist, because even though I love Montana and I love living here, I do still get a little teary eyed thinking about all we've left in Tennessee.
So I dedicate the first song on my playlist to all my friends and family and the TN Vols....may they have a great season and not let their first game against UCLA (which my dad was very disgusted over when I talked to him following the game) be an indication of what this years season will be like. When you're all sitting around the living room watching the game, visiting, and eating yummy stuff, I'll be there with you in spirit!
GO VOLS! (I can't believe I'm saying that.....have you fallen out of your chairs reading it?)
And for those who are NOT a Vols fan, or have any affection for the song, it will probably only be on here a week or so, because as much as I like the song...it TOTALLY clashes with the mood of my blog, so it will have to go shortly.
September 21, 2008
"Haulin' Cows"
Yesterday morning (Saturday) we were loading in Busby, MT. This is in southeaster Montana, but more towards central than Baker is. Well its kind of hard to tell you where it is. Anyway, its in Montana, enough said. So it was a really pretty day, and I was thinking I ought to take some pictures to share with you a little of the charm of "hauling cows."
This is a common scene, though there usually arn't quite this many trucks, and we don't usually stay there waiting for so long. This particular day there were about 10 trucks loading. Its not unusualy to load with 4-6, and we've loaded with many more than that and a lot less too.
This particular ranch is owned by some people out of Texas. We loaded there last year too. Its kind of neat cause a couple of the guys get all dudded out. We're talking chaps, vest, spurs, and a pistol in the holster on the hip. This year one of them had a bull whip he was using too. For whatever reason they wait till later in the morning to bring in the cattle and weigh them etc. So even though we were told to be there at 9:30am, we didn't get loaded and out of there till 1:45 that afternoon. The day before the guys didn't get loaded till 2:00 so I guess we were ahead of schedule.
Usually kind of frustrating, but in this case there was visiting to do, and naps to catch up on, and some quiet peaceful reading time too. Take notice of the picture painted on the back of the trailer above.
Usually kind of frustrating, but in this case there was visiting to do, and naps to catch up on, and some quiet peaceful reading time too. Take notice of the picture painted on the back of the trailer above.
Here's a close up. Its cute. 
"Bull Wagon" or "Bull Rack" is a slang term for cattle trucks. There's a lot of slang in trucking. I ought to do a blog on that. Just give you a little dictionary of trucking terms.
"Bull Wagon" or "Bull Rack" is a slang term for cattle trucks. There's a lot of slang in trucking. I ought to do a blog on that. Just give you a little dictionary of trucking terms. 
Here's a little shot of some of the people there working the cattle. I'm not sure exactly what they were doing, maybe sorting them into smaller groups for loading. I wasnt' paying that much attention.
I was giving more attention to the herd of horses standing next to my truck and having a dissagreement across the fence. Apparently no one likes this guy, cause they all took turns coming over and fussing with him. And no, its not that he's a stud and they're mares. I think they were all gledings.
There is lots more to "haulin cows." I was going to get pictures of loading, but they had a wind break at the loading chutes that blocked my view of the cattle, etc. And its usually dark when we unload, so no luck there. I'll get to it eventually, maybe tomorrow. We're loading near Baker.
And when I say we're loading there tomorrow, well we will have already done so by the time I post this, cause its Sunday night, just after that tornado, and since I posted that, I'll probably not even post this till Tuesday. So, it will be old news, but maybe I'll have new picutres by then to finish the story of "haulin cows."
And when I say we're loading there tomorrow, well we will have already done so by the time I post this, cause its Sunday night, just after that tornado, and since I posted that, I'll probably not even post this till Tuesday. So, it will be old news, but maybe I'll have new picutres by then to finish the story of "haulin cows."
In the mean time, the heifers in the shot above were dropped off last night in Kansas at the biggest buffett they've ever seen. They'll be there for 2-3 months. We take them in at 875-1025lbs and they stay at the feed lots till they are 1300lbs, at which point they leave the smorgasbord....and become part of yours.
My First Tornado
I've been wanting to see a tornado for ages and ages. Some would call me crazy, but I like that sort of stuff. I'm the wierdo who things it would be neat to ride out a hurricane, watch a tornado, and blizzards are cool! So today, after years of wishing, I kind of sort of got my wish.
We were driving west in Nebraska. Malcolm was on the phone and I was admiring the storm clouds north of us. You've seen those clouds that hang low
OH MY GOSH!We just entered the area where it hailed. There is piles of it everywhere and the corn field on our left was just stripped of leaves!!! Seriously, just stalks with the corn cobs standing naked in the field, leaves and twigs from the trees all over the road, and the shoulder of the roadway solid white with hail stones.
How's that for live coverage!
Ok...back to my story....
So you know those little clouds that sometimes hang low out of the main clouds, and you think nothing of them. Well I was looking at one of those. Then I suddenly noticed that there was also a small cloud that looked like it was sitting on the ground right below the little cloud that was jutting down.
And then all of a sudden it moved upward and joined the cloud above and there was a (mind youd very disorganized) tornado right there before my eyes! It looked just like what I've heard and seen on TV, though not quite as twisty, a dark blue finger reaching down out of the clouds to the ground. It was on the ground just a few seconds before it disintigrated and I watched it draw back up into the clouds and disappear. I had run to the back to grab my camera, but by the time I got back up to the front it had already broken up and was withdrawing into the cloud. This is all I got of it.
Afterwards, I kept watching the clouds to see if it would drop down again, but it didn't, or at least not on our end of the storm. But the clouds looked rather ominous when we were right up next to them. Now from a distance, it just looks like a big rainstorm.
And then this happened. Just a little reminder of God's promises.
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