April 1 Hamilton, MT

We had a noon sale at Missoula and an evening sale in Hamilton. The drive through the two towns was bumpy. They are doing road construction, so they tore out the old road for about 10 miles. We drove on dirt and gravel one lane trails. It'll be nice when they get it completed.

I've had two people connections that I've forgotten to tell you about. A couple towns back we ran into David Gouge's son. You could tell, because he looked just like him. And apparently so does the grandson. David Gouge used to teach at Gem State Academy when we lived in Idaho. David and I were on school board together.

And a couple towns before that when a lady came on the truck, she looked at me a couple times, then told me her name. Then she asked if I knew her. I didn't. So after playing 20 questions, we figured out that she graduated from Union College with my sister Mary. So it was Mary that she knew, not me. Sometimes in our lives, Mary and I have looked enough alike to be twins. And a couple times even her husband couldn't tell us apart.

After our evening sale it was stormy on the mountain right behind our motel. I'm sharing a couple pictures of that.