I had great aspirations of my son taking over the Gravel business but while he was great at it his heart is in farming - - - but we have been able to buy several farms close and as such he and his wife and my 2 grand kids are about 6 miles by road ( 3 as the crow flies ) and farming 2,300 acres and running about 30 cows.

They are doing great and I am very proud!

My daughter only helped part time in the gravel pit and joined the Marine reserve out of high school and is attending college to be a physiologist and states I will have to pay her $250.00 per hour to talk to her after she gets her degree.

That leaves me at 63 trying to find the right person to lease my pit on a percentage basis.  I feel most of the people who have approached me so far are not the right ones.  I require that they sign a letter authorizing a complete criminal and personnel background check.  Several have refused and thus I show them the gate and several that have agreed don't measure up. 

The last candidate is on his 5th wife and has lost his driver's license for life due to DUI - - - he is quite indignant that I will not hand the keys over to him.

Getting help with my cattle is like pulling hen's teeth so I keep my herd around 20 and work them by myself.  My Granddaughter is 3 ½ and my Grandson is 5 months so I might have to keep after it another decade or so.