I ended up having to take a road trip today. My wife's cousin had her mom at the doctor in Teays Valley when her car broke down. They called me, of all people, to come and see if I could fix it so they could make it home. While I was on my way I called my buddy, Jerry, and told him I might need assistance. He met me at the office and we determined that the water pump had gone out. It was my cousin's dad's car and he wanted it towed home, so we called a wrecker and they towed it the 65 miles back to Belva, WV.
Since I was up in the area I figured I'd mess around awhile and get some pictures. The post office building used to be across and down the river about 2 miles in a tiny town called Kanawha Falls. It has been moved to the teeming metropolis of
Gauley Bridge and put on display with an old train depot. I also figured that since I was in the area, I'd stop at Burger Carte and get a Cartwheel. Mmm, mmm good. That's all.
Two complete trucks. The customers were there to pick them up.
The Pierce plant in Bradenton, FL also builds fire apparatus for the U.S. Military. There were at least 60 of the small mini-pumpers (built for the Army) lined up and ready to go to Charleston, SC to be transported by ship to the middle east. Those trucks were jam packed full of equipment and ready to go to work as soon as they get to there destination.
