Walter Thomas has had a lot of jobs throughout his life, but the one his son Lon loved the best was quarrying. A retreat to the mountains to quarry with the family was like a vacation — the only one an Idaho farm boy like himself had ever kriQwn. Lon Thomas loved being able to run into the woods with only the sound of his mother's whistle — one blast meant yell your location, two meant return to camp — to keep him and his four siblings in line. He did his best to help his dad, though he now jokes that the small rocks he was able to lift were likely not too helpful.
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