Dreams from the LORD 2007-2010
2 January 2009
Yesterday I hitchhiked from Belgrade to Columbus, Montana. I slept on a lift of lumber in a shed at the Timberweld place last night. The stack of lumber I slept on was three lifts high; the stack in front of me was four lifts high, so I was well-hidden from anybody at ground level.
This morning around eight o'clock I heard some people talking in the shed that I was in. There were two men and one woman. They were taking inventory. When they got near to where I was sleeping, this one guy climbed up a ladder to read off the numbers to the lady below.
Then the guy on the ladder saw my shaving kit and my shoes. “Hey, I see something,” he said.
“What is it?” the other guy asked.
“I don't know. Let me get my flashlight.” He shined the flashlight on my things and said, “I see a pair of shoes.”
The other guy asked, “Do you see a blanket? We had a guy sleeping in here a while back. If you see anybody up there, apologize [for waking him up] and move on to the next stack.”
That's when I spoke up. “Hey, I'm up here. I'll get out as soon as I can.” I had been eating some bread and peanut butter for breakfast.
The guy on the ladder said, “That's all right.”
The two men and the woman continued with their work.
After I packed up my things in my backpack, I jumped down from my sleeping berth and walked over to the man and woman doing inventory—the other guy had walked off to some other place. We spoke for a little while; the lady said that it had gotten down to 18 degrees F last night. I stayed nice and warm on the stack of lumber. I then walked across the railroad tracks to a convenience store to get a cup of coffee.
I will head south to Red Lodge later this morning and then mosey into Wyoming.
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