When they were building I 40 across the Mojave, my dad worked for one of the contractors that for some reason seemed to get every other construction phase from Barstow to Needles. Christmas vacations I went with dad to work, it was a good break from school. One of my jobs every morning was to first light the smudge pot next to the water pump and tank for the concrete plant. Can't make concrete with ice cubes :lol:. Then get the smudge pot in his control room goin' and then get the 30 cup coffee pot goin' :lol:. After that it was fire up my dirt bike and hit the desert :lol:. In summer in Needles, I went to their yard and filled the back of his company truck with 50 lbs blocks of ice to put in that same water tank :lol:.
