Sam - part 2

When I first heard about the highway I thought it would be a good idea. you know, get some folks come through town, spend a few dollars, how can that hurt? I'd get up in the morning and head into the sunrise. Walk across the street, walk across the little pasture and there I was.

I rented that out, never had the feel for livestock. I thought about plowing it under, woulda doubled our crop, but I don't know - we got by pretty well, didn't figure I needed to take on more. But it was a nice walk of a morning.

Well, you could have knocked me over when I heard it was going right through here but hell, even then I had no idea just how big it'd be. So they came in here and tore the place up. Had to listen to engines running for a year seems like - maybe longer. It was a mess. But I figured once they moved on things would get back to normal, like.

So finally they move on and leave that fence. Now I can head up the road cross over and come back or head down the road cross over and come back. Probably doesn't seem like much to you, but I got to jump in the truck to do it. Sure, you can walk it and I said I don't like to work too hard, but don't start thinking I got a couple of extra hours a day laying around to go lollygagging around the countryside!

It didn't seem like a big thing at first, jump in the truck and I'm there in 10-15 minutes and things went on. But it started to naggle at me. That's when I started to get, how do I say it? Cranky. I suppose I always had a bit more of that than most folks but it really started to come out then.