1 I A Lett Letter to Midge M Dear Midge The other day come com one said I 7 would like tike Moab If It weren't for the noisy trucks I 1 replied If it weren't for forthe forthe forthe the big trucks where would Moab be This town Is I. absolutely d dependant de des I pendant on trucks Residents I earn money by bringing needed supplies supplies' into town Ore Is hauled haul ed ed from the tM mines to the big mill outside of town If it Weren't were weren't Were Were- nt for the trucks Moab Would be a small backwoods ity Everything comes in by by truck Oh some small percentage percentage tage of ot things thing comes in by try private private private vate car and another small per per- percentage percentage percentage comes come via air There are all kl kinds ds of trucks big roaring tandem trucks hauling hauling haul hauls ing ore hauling huge pipes for construction huge pieces leces of machinery machinery ma ma- chinery for various Industries Long tanker trucks filled with acid oil oUt gas or propane Huge shiny bread trucks candy trucks freighter trucks hauling everything from office supplies to Groceries cloth clothing Ing hardware drugs you drugs you name It and It and the freighters haul It Th There rn are Jumpy little pick up trucks and little jobs that haul baul the house trailers from place to place These trucks go sputtering Jarring Wheezing and Whizzing through the town Jarring and pounding along the streets All An conversation conversation conversa conversa- tion stops when the large largo trucks truck go by avid resumes when the trucks have passed with the truck drivers sitting high and powerful on their seats seaU The most muing trucker job I have heard hean of f is hauling salt water to the oil on wells This family make a good living doing Just this The wire wife of the trucker truck er explained why the wells needed the salt water but all allI I 1 remember Is that at certain times In the drilling process salt water water- had to tobe be put Into the drill hole So the trucks are the very verr life lite line of Moab and any per per- person person person son who who stops stops- to think about the matter gladly puts up with the noise and the inconvenience of the trucks because without them toe them We ve would would-be be a sorry lorry town So heres here's to trucks big little and sized middle-sized ugly ones col cols colorful colorful ones all noisy but heres here's to trucks In Moab Love PEPITA