Ford F150's

So today after lunch we had a brief hang up as the Senator from Montana (Max I don’t know his last name) stopped by MCT (Missoula Children’s Theatre) and also a representative from the Ford Motor Company. In case you don’t know MCT has for the past several years sent all of their tour actor’s out on the road in Ford Rangers. Not the most comfortable ride, since they are packed to the gills with stuff for our show, but not as awful as the Toyota trucks they used to have. So in the past year MCT has started to convert the fleet into Ford F150’s. Much newer, bigger trucks. Please those of you who are concerned about the gas we are using, if you saw the amount of stuff that we had to CRAM into these trucks, you would be grateful for a bigger truck also, no matter what the gas. ANYWAY, the Ford Motor company donated 5 BRAND NEW Ford F150’s to MCT and the Senator helped in the process. Ford also gave them a deal on the lease rate for the rest of the trucks to help save MCT some money since it is a non- profit organization. AWESOME!!!!! Today we had to take a picture in the parking lot with all of our trucks, the senator and the founders of MCT. It was fun and a nice break from working. Today we also had to inventory our sets/ the contents of our trucks. Not so much fun. Hot, sweaty work. Lots of hauling huge, heavy bags full of stuff, and running around the parking lot asking if anyone has an extra Nasty wig or “Have you seen my tomato?” (We use giant wooden vegetables in the show. One of our songs is entitled Veggie Stew). This process also involves truck switching. We got our temporary trucks on Tuesday, and my tour partner and me had one of the newer Ford F150’s, but today WE GOT ONE OF THE BRAND SPANKING NEW ONES!!!!!!! We got into our truck after we packed it and it only had 33 miles on it! Crazy! I’ve never driven a vehicle with that low of mileage on it. So when it all comes down to it, we have basically everything we need for our show, it’s all sitting in the back of our beautiful new Ford F150. Also if you ever see a Big Red Truck that says Missoula Children’s Theatre on the side and has a license plate of MCT 53, THAT’S ME. So you better wave.