Late night visitors from Oklahoma
Yesterday was a long day and I had been busy digging thistles in the morning and then I tilled the garden in the afternoon. The wife and I had taken the time to plant 50 tomato plants after the evening milking chores were finished. We were planting the tomatoes when her sister arrived for a visit but we finished up what we were doing and headed to the house for a visit. I had not been in all day and didn't bother to check e-mail or answering machine. We were sitting and visiting and it was approaching 8:00 pm when the phone rang. It was a couple from McAllister, OK looking for a Brown Swiss bull calf and asked if I had any for sale. I said sure and named a price and she said we will be there after while we want him. I asked where are you and she replied that they were in Joplin heading back to OK. I gave my address and they put it into their GPS and she said we are turning around. I thought now how late will this be. My best estimate of their arrival time would be around 10:30 p.m. She called my back after a period of time and said that they were almost an hour away and that their GPS stated an arrival time of 10:01. Glinda and I waited up and as the time neared I got dressed and went outside with a flashlight to wait for them. I was standing on the road when my cell phone rang again and she said we should be there and we had a quick discussion as she described what they were seeing. There is a hill between where I was and where they were but I finally spotted their headlights coming over the rise and I said you are here, just pull straight into that driveway in front of you and I will be right there. I hurried down and we introduced ourselves. It seem they had been in Mo for a good part of the day for another reason but wanted a Brown Swiss bull calf enough to turn around and drive almost 2 hours back here to get one. I guess Brown Swiss are hard to find. We walked to where I keep the calves and she fell in love with the calf I showed her and they decided to purchase it. We led it to the trailer and loaded it and she paid me. We visited a few minutes and they seemed to be great people. I found ti a privilege to meet them. The photo below is the visitors.
Marlene and Joe Beene and the Brown Swiss bull calf they purchased. Thanks go to Marlene and Joe. Hope to meet you again in the future.
Cheerily
IJK
Cheerily
IJK
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