Blast from the year past, July 5, 2009

[Soapweed]

Last night, I couldn't resist stopping by the fireworks stand to give these guys a bad time. A year ago
I was checking pastures on the very hot 5th of July, and came upon these fellers with a flat tire on
their utility trailer. One of the trio had inadvertantly loaded the spare tire clear to the front and underneath
a whole load of left-over fireworks. His brothers were giving him a certain amount of good-natured
harrassment. Last night I just had to stop by to warn them to load the spare tire in an accessible location. :wink:

Have a good summer, guys.

The pictures are from July 5, 2009

On the way to town, I encountered a pickup pulling a utility trailer that had a flat tire. They had a spare,
but it was clear in the front of the trailer buried under a load of fireworks that these fellows had been selling over the holiday.

Giving encouragement to the guy in the hot trailer

Harrassing the poor younger brother. These boys all grew up on a neighboring ranch, even though they now live
from Gordon to Atlanta. They are good time guys and do a fine job keeping everyone they are around quite entertained.

 

[per]

Looks like a pretty fancy desk and chair in the back of the truck. I learned that lesson once with a flat on a highway service Mail Truck I dove in 1979. Had a flat on the front and the tire was in front of several fork lift cages. Fortunately I had a pallet jack on board and got to rearrange the load. Funny how the photo's bring back memories that would otherwise be forgotten.