Stuck!

So this is really Sara's blog but this time it is Dan writing. I thought I would contribute to at least one good post. I know many of our readers are family and come from ranching backgrounds but I thought I would write this more directed to those of you who don't.

We live in the city and I have a "city job" and can hob knob with the best of them but behind it all I am country and enjoy getting back to my roots anytime I can. This might explain my love for gardening, yardwork, remodeling, fishing, and anything that gets we out and working. Sara knew what she was getting into. Our first official date involved us riding ATV's up to a mountin lake with follow up dates riding horses, waterskiing and other fun adventures. While we dated I worked at a dairy and came home from college on weekends to help with our Christmas Tree business. I tend to always have good stories to share which are usually ranch related. It is an exciting way to live. For the past couple weeks I have been helping my father out with lambing as he continues to recover from his surgery.

So on to the stories........My sister and I went to get a load of straw on Saturday about 5 miles from the house and our old blue truck died. We needed to jump start it. To make a long story short, we walked down the remote country road and asked the first person we ran into if he had jumper cables. He was a nice Hutterite man. He tossed me his keys and said he was busy but that we could just take his truck and use it. Only in Montana. He did not even ask our name or anything!!

Story number 2 involves the pictures below....We helped Tom with getting some hay and got the rig barried in the soft spring mud. My sister snapped these pictures while we were pulling it out with 2 tractors. Never a dull moment on the farm.

On this trip I also experienced the worst roads I have ever been on. Last Sunday I waited in Lincoln a few hours for the pass to open. I did leave Lincoln at 10:30 PM when they opened it back up. It was a total whiteout blizzard and the other side of the pass was unplowed and drifted pretty high. I finally saw another vehicle at Simms and talked to the trooper at a wreck scene who informed me that the road I had just gone over was still closed. The trip home was eventfull as well with trailer issues. (we'll save that story for another time) Never a dull moment on Western Montana highways.