What if it Snows?

Headed to Saint George to get a soil stabilizer. Don’t think I will go to Skynard’s flying J bar and grill.

 

How common was it to truck to Mexico back then. That’s sounds like it was pretty cool

 

You rocking terminator glasses? Gargoyles.

Goto Wisconsin it's still in the 90s.

 

It's a "small" community North of town.

 

Hey you can't Park there.

 

Cannot define, as that was for the Mexican government and their program to establish dairy farming in Vera Cruz. Not any US trucks running down and around. Lots of Mexican trucks running but thinner than our roads back then. Don't think there was any cross border trailer or interchange at all. No Mexican trucks in Laredo, nor any US other than us in Nuevo Laredo.

Best I remember we had 7 loads of these breeds, each a bull and ?# cows. I remember Jersey, Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Milking Shorthorn, Guernsey, and Holstein.
34 ' trailers, cut gate at nose and 1 upright post back for the bull, then half of the cows, cut gate, rest of cows. Say 10 or 12 per cut.
We ran them to the border, dropped and waited in Laredo until all paperwork was done, visa's for us, cattle checked by their vets. Then reloaded.
One of the 3 Mexican men who was over in the Laredo yards with us was reputed to be equal to our Secretary of Ag. Other two handled the stock to unload in local bull ring enroute for rest and water. We backed up, they choused off and cared for, drove back on we drove. No touch freight.

For some requirement, we were assigned a Mexican driver as relief/guide. Most spoke good English, mine just OK. Had an experience with him about 2 one morning; waking, looking at a road sign as we sailed by and him loudly chanting (Bah hada) Bajada.... Made me understand it meant "steep mountain decent" by the other braking down some. Strange; they would not take pills, but whip out a little dried jalapeno and rub it on like chapstick. Stranger, They did not come back with us, we returned alone. Most of us let them drive some just to see how they did but generally they rode shotgun.
An interesting experience for us young men.

 

Once in a lifetime adventure

 

Well, this what some contractor doing "routine maintenance" on a line here did to us. This one did not explode or fire, just blew 2 guys out of the hole and their clothes off. To date I have heard nothing of their condition.

That looks like surface level so no telling how far away you might get blown. Jus saying. (Might surely tie down that hat...)

https://mississippitoday.org/2025/0...-left-without-gas-service-after-line-rupture/

 

Really was. Then I went to the Philippines for 2 years. Gives a young man an appreciation for the US. Stand in a foreign country and see that flag flying over a building and know.(then) there is safety just inside that door. Not so sure now.