Nothing to see or do in Beatrice

The kids said there was nothing to see or do in Beatrice, Nebraska. They have different interests than I do. By reading the local paper, which btw is something I like to do where ever we visit, I found that 4 miles from Beatrice is the site of The National Homestead Momument of America

http://www.nps.gov/home/

This is the site where a man named Freeman (appropreiate name?) filed one of the first homestead claims on the 1862 Homestead Act. They have a 1862 log cabin and lots of old farm equipment. Plus over 100 acres of land. If we come back in the summer, I am going to go see the prairie in bloom.

Mud, Mud and more mud

Wages paid for building tanks are pretty good, but working conditions are less than good, as in ugly bad. Last month, when the temperature ranged from a low of around 10 degrees up to maybe 32 degees during the day, they were out here most days, putting up tanks. Now, it is much warmer, around 60 degrees this day, but the mud is over 2 feet deep in places.

The white truck is one BMT (the tank co) is giving away to one lucky employee in a drawing. The more days you work, the more times your name is entered. Still, Saturday, Greg had 10 of 21 show up for work. Sounds like Tyson on a Saturday.

The Tanker Man

His tank is # 4, right in front in the overview picture. It blew in a week after he took over, but is back up and and almost finished. All together they are building about 10 tanks here. It is going to be a biodiesel refinery, www.beatricebiodiesel.com... A big waste of our government $$ in the big engery lie.

Grandma and Babies

Robert is a busy man. He doesn't have time to pose for portraits.

The Tree is Dead

Our Family Tree is Old and Gnarled
Filled with relatives that Spit and Snarled.
It will not die with your or me.
Babies are born…
The Tree is Dead,
Long Live The Tree…

Up, Up and away!

I keep thinking I will post a picture but then just decide to take a nap, so no pictures. We are going up, up and away to Nebraska this week end to see my babies. I may put up a picture of them next week.

Our family blogs are full of dead people today, Remmel Fancher, Valance(or is it Valence) Powell, Bud King (he is Francis Sue Rudd's father in law and a good friend and neighbor to George's Rhode family) and then Gary Compton, 1 year younger than I am. I went to 12 years of school with his brother Jimmy Compton.

Hope tommorrow someone is born, or gets married or has a birthday. Send flowers.