coming soon
When Buddy learned he was headed to Box Elder, SD to build a
Love's Travel Center
breaking ground
When Buddy arrived on the job site, he found 20 acres of
mostly flat grassland, and not much else. The good news is - no tree clearing.
The second day on the job he noticed the grass/hay had been cut and baled up, more good news - one less thing to deal with.
He sends weekly job progress reports and pictures to his office
in Atlanta and
the owner of whatever he is building. This week's pictures looked pretty much
like this:
making hay
He received a prompt e-mail response from his boss:
Are we receiving proceeds from the hay being sold from the
Box Elder site? Or does Buddy have his own little “profit center” going. Very
ingenious I might say! ~Marty
truck office
Also on the second day he got to watch several fly-bys of B-1
Bombers from the nearby Ellsworth Air Force Base.
flyby
We had already learned through the grapevine (from a nice lady at the
welcome center) that there used to be a Pilot Travel Center in Box Elder, but
it was determined to be right under the flight path of the Air Force jets and
was deemed unsafe, so it is now just an empty building, one exit west of the job.
morning commute
Buddy really loves his commute - 15 miles of NO traffic... heaven compared to the 1-1/2 hours of watching tail lights on the way to his last job.
Not much going on at the job this week, some grading equipment is arriving slowly, signage going up, making hay.
