Big Red’S New World Order

By Lloyd R. Adams

I Am the Big Red Barn, part I, begins this trilogy. It is a factual fantasy of the life and times of Big Red, told in his own words when it was discovered by a three-year-old boy that this sixty-five-foot majestic barn could telepathically converse with him. Yes, walls can talk, and Big Red tells his life story from the time he was constructed in 1919 on a small dairy farm in Mormon Country, Utah, until it approached its one hundredth birthday.

The Impossible Campaign, part II, contains a series of articles and stories based on the authors perspective, which depict the phenomenal circumstances surrounding a nonexperienced politician yet successful business mogul who lays waste to a field of career Republican presidential politicians, captured every news cycle for over eleven months, and consequently created a ground-swell movement by millions of his supporters to become victorious in his primary campaign.

2021 Our New World Horizon, part III, continues where part I left off and continues to the futuristic time of 2021 when Big Red became the inspirational conduit to help change the entire landscape by creating a new world horizon.

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• Release date: Aug 22, 2016
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Lloyd R. Adams

After serving four years of active duty in the US Coast Guard, where his formal education was completed by enrolling in several varied self-study correspondence courses, Lloyd set out to fulfill his lifetime dream of having financial independence. With his three children and his supportive and beautiful wife by his side, he went into hypermode and started networking and multitasking, sometimes working five different types of jobs in the course of a week’s time. Lloyd’s working experience for his entire life has been both challenging and rewarding. During his career, he became a bookkeeper/accountant for small businesses, a life insurance agent, a stock broker, an organization director for banks and newspapers, a residential contractor, a property manager, and a life coach advisor. He has always tried to be an example of positive motivation for all people he had the privilege of associating with. In 1971, Lloyd discovered his passion and went to work for a little weekly shoppers’ guide called Pennysaver. After expanding its territory and hiring personnel to fill the need, he became the sales manager. To make a twenty-year career short, he advanced to general manager, corporate director, and over time, became the vice president. In 1986 with the support of the entire staff behind him, he acquired the company. Four short years later, while achieving an 800 percent growth in business revenue, Lloyd sold his successful newspaper chain of eight editions, which at that time had a combined circulation larger than the Boston Globe. ABC/Disney won the bid and acquired his corporate holdings. In 1990 at the age of forty-four, he had fulfilled his dream and has been enjoying retirement ever since. Lloyd made a statement shortly after completing the first section of this book back in 2013: “This project has temporarily taken me out of full retirement and returned me to corporate America to offer something of great value for our youth. But it hasn’t stopped me from accomplishing my other passion of playing golf at least four times a week.”

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Research: Ruth Adams Meacham, Golden V. Adams Jr., Janice Adams Coover, Stephen W. Adams, Daniel Sheldon, John Sheldon, and Daughters of the Utah Pioneers

Contributors: Golden V. Adams Jr., Lloyd R. Adams, Stephen W. Adams, Janice Adams Coover, K. LeMoyne Adams, and Doyle B. Adams

Photographs: S. Craig Adams, Stephen W. Adams, Ruth Adams Meacham, Paul Coover, and Janice Adams Coover

Technical support: Jeffrey S. Adams, Paul Coover, and Janice Coover

Additional research: Google provided research material for many articles herein. Thanks to Pew Research Center, Chris Cillizza, Lucinda Franks, Michele Bachmann, Kübler-Ross, and national newscasts of all media networks.

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Prognostication

Unifying the Republican Party

Testimonials

Part I

I Am the Big Red Barn

Foreword

Preface

The Prank

My Creation

Unintended Consequences

Chapter I

My Story Begins at Birth

My Construction

Chapter II

The Feud

An Unpleasant Circumstance

The Harassment Starts

Chapter III

Changing of the Guard

New Arrivals

Old Joe Reappears

A Glimmer of Hope

Looking Pretty Grim

Chapter IV

Individual Perspective

My Accomplishments

Chapter V

More Debt

A Long Dry Spell

All Miracles Are by Design

Chapter VI

That Fateful Day

A Veil of Secrecy

Tying Up Loose Ends

Chapter VII

No Easy Task

Fried Scones

My Diagnosis

Chapter VIII

My Reconstruction

Chapter IX

Showing Off

Much Family Fun

Chapter X

My Open House

A New Era Begins

Part II

Trump: The Impossible Campaign

Foreword

Preface

Are the Silent Majority Dead?

The Silent Majority

The Silent Majority Are Awakening

Does the Tail Wag the Dog?

Brightest Lightbulb

Democrats Have the Answers!

Puerto Rico

Who Is ISIS?

Islam vs. Christianity

Understanding Islamic Religion

Separation of Church and State

Sheep’s Clothing

Is the Republican National Committee Biased?

Pulling the Wool Over Our Eyes

America Won That Debate

Food for Thought

Can Big Money Buy This Election?

Islamic State Terror

Obama and Clinton

Stand by Your Man

Uranium and Iran’s Nuclear Program

Set Your Political Affiliation Aside

Why Americans Don’t Vote

Ted Cruz

True Leadership Qualities

Bring Back American Jobs

Is Hillary Clinton Dead?

Trump’s Butt Boy

Dependent Personality Disorder

Cleaning House

A New World Horizon

Someone Stole Your Life Savings

Freedom and Prosperity

Running Scared

Trump Is a Con Man!

Left, Right, and Center

American Patriots

More Prophecy

Trump’s Non-supporters

Laws

Uninvited Guest

More Islamic Hatred

Private vs. Public Sector Services

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Trump Wins Again

The Cat’s Out of the Bag

The General Election Process Begins

Trump’s General Election Strategy

Left-Wing Media and Government Suppression

The Impossible Becomes a Reality

Unifying the Republican Party

Part III

2021: Our New World Horizon

Chapter XI

Mother Nature’s Genius

One Last Chance

Chapter XII

Blind Faith

I Am Going Viral

The Reunion

Magic Circle

The World in Crisis

Chapter XIII

Presidential Race

Pie in the Sky

Chapter XIV

Time to Bale Hay

Chapter XV

Paying It Forward

My Astonishment

Where Is Obama

The Clintons’ Finally Get Justice

Welcome New Arrivals

My Grand Finale

Time to Prepare

Here They Come

Miracles Create Blind Faith

Epilogue

Now all my friends call me Big Red

Big Red in Actuality Is Your Inner Self

Why Do We Have Dreams?

The Power of Thinking Positive

The Universal Law of Attraction

Subconscious Mind Power

Create a Positive Outcome

Some Fail While Others Succeed

Outtakes

The History of Garland

The Gold Spike

About the Author

Introducing

A Three-Part Series:

Big Red’s New World Order

I Am the Big Red Barn

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Trump: The Impossible Campaign

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2021: Our New World Horizon

The Trilogy

INTRODUCTION

I am known affectionately around these parts as the Big Red Barn, then much later simply as Big Red. I got these names from my third-generation owner, Lloyd Adams when he discovered we could actually telepathically communicate with each other. It’s been quite an exciting ride and I want to share with you many personal experiences of this journey.

I am not especially political or spiritual in nature, but from time to time I get so engrossed in the people who come into my space, I actually take on their persona when their passionate behavior generates a mystic and powerful energy within me that allows me to demonstrate what some people might call super-natural behavior.

Lloyd and I kept this unique quality we each possess a secret until October 2013, when he threw a monkey wrench in my cog and coerced me to spew forth many highlights of my life experiences in a book he translated through his unique writing style and created the beginning of a three-part series titled I Am the Big Red Barn, then Trump: The Impossible Campaign, and finally 2021: Our New World Horizon.

At that time, he had a few hundred copies printed of I Am the Big Red Barn that he distributed to family members and friends then tucked away the original manuscript in his office cabinet.

In the spring of 2015, he rediscovered our unpublished work while rummaging through a box of old pictures, brushed off the dust, and took excerpts from it to chronicle my life again in celebration of my one hundredth birthday on September 20, 2019. This became part 3—2021: Our New World Horizon.

On January 20, 2017, as I understand it, President Donald John J. Trump Sr. and Vice President Newton Leroy McPherson, better known as Newt Gingrich, were sworn into office to begin the four-year experiment voters mandated they perform. One of the Donald’s first actions was to unite the members in each house.

The overwhelming majority embraced and enacted term limits of six years for all three branches of government to go into effect immediately, allowing those presently in office to start the clock running for a six-year period. Since they were not concerned about being reelected, they went to work full-time to help solve the nation’s ills.

Part 2 of this trilogy was developed between July 2015 and June 2016 immediately after Lloyd and I had collaborated in writing my second book titled 2021: Our New World Horizon.

Trump: The Impossible Campaign is a compilation of many articles written by Lloyd with my inspiration which depicts several noteworthy events as they became known during Trump’s illuminating presidential bid to secure the GOP nomination. All three books have methodically been pieced together to give you a seamless picture leading up to the unification of ‘the Donald’ and me; ‘Big Red’.

This and many other extraordinary events both national and here locally bring back very vivid memories that I am happy to relate as my life story unfolds. Let me start by explaining how Lloyd talked me into offering my generational travelogue.

As you read my story, try to discard all your preconceived notions and biased trappings. This will allow your childlike innocence to reappear. The subject matter, although political and religious in some sections, becomes totally irrelevant as you allow yourself to reflect upon your own personal experiences.

I Am the Big Red Barn was not initially intended for general consumption but simply a way Lloyd could reunite his brothers and sisters who were spread across the entire country like strawberry jam on a peanut butter sandwich.

It served its purpose well. Lloyd wrote my story in October of 2013. This book begins at a time I (Big Red) was brand new to my innocence in September of 1919; became highly productive during the prime of my life, my slow decay, my total worthlessness, my miraculous rebirth, and then finally, my history making unification that takes you to the present day of January 20, 2021.

My life story can be characterized as a living history depicting a microscopic segment of the United States of America. It relates to each American’s challenges through time of the struggles and accomplishments each person might experience in his or her own daily lives.

PROGNOSTICATION

It would be nice if history books could be corrected once the true facts are known, but we all know it’s impossible to turn back the hands of time. The next best thing is to alert the reader of the true facts the instant they are discovered.

I wrote and published two entire books many months prior to Trump formally selecting his vice president. It would be cheating if I changed my predictions after the facts were known. I want you to have the most current information available so this disclaimer was written with that purpose in mind.

Both featured a prognostication on the premise Donald J. Trump would choose Newt Gingrich as his vice presidential running mate. They went into great detail to explain the reasoning for having this team of pirates working in tandem to change the course of government.

So, I beg your indulgence to accept my inaccurate prediction as you have read and will continue to see references made about Trump’s selection of Newt Gingrich for his VP.

Although Newt Gingrich’s title of Vice President never came to fruition, you should not lose sight of the big picture of their continued alliance to help ‘Make America Great Again’. It is still very much intact.

When the question came up of Newt Gingrich being selected, Trump promised if Newt was not his VP choice he would certainly play a significant roll inside his administration in another vital capacity.

His statement now seems quite eloquent and inspirational when I realize he had made up his mind many days before announcing Mike Pence would be his vice presidential pick.

Although Mr. Gingrich will not have the title I subscribed, I stand by my statements that Donald Trump will use extensively Newt Gingrich’s great wealth of political talent to help shape the American Dream. He will actually have a much more compelling role of; holding a major cabinet position, or perhaps chief of staff, or even being his press secretary.

So, the fantasy I have written which includes Newt Gingrich as Donald Trump’s VP will be read unchanged even though you know it is not reality. My desire for a utopia society will by all accounts remain unchanged. With this in mind, I invite you to continue reading the final two books of this trilogy: Trump: The Impossible Campaign and 2021: Our New World Horizon.

UNIFYING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

Long after the primary election declared Donald J. Trump the presumptive nominee, the Republican Party remained in turmoil. Several political elites including the House Speaker, Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell held back their endorsements. As a good faith gesture Trump met with them and their constituents several times in Washington, DC. He went out of his way to solidify and create party unity by making many commitments. He even promised to use the names submitted from his list of potential Supreme Court justice candidates if he became our president.

A movement by some Republican super delegates and other mainstream disgruntled big wig elites went so far as to create the Dump Trump campaign designed to unseat him at the RNC convention on the first delegate vote. All his previous actions had not been able to convince his haters he was going to represent their conservative values without comprising the promises he made to the American people. A dramatic decision was necessary to unite the entire party prior to the convention.

On July 15, 2016, just three days before the RNC convention, Trump dropped the bombshell that stunned both his supporters and critics alike.

Although Donald Trump received more primary election votes than any candidate in American history and brought in a greater diversity than ever before, his assessment to win the general election will require a minimum of ninety percent of registered Republicans to cast their vote for him. Seventy seven percent of his supporters from the primary campaign movement are not enough to ensure his general election victory. That coupled with Independent voters, disgruntled Bernie Sanders supporters and Hillary Clinton’s former side-liners are the necessary mix to succeed in the presidential election.

Trump realized he would have to make one more major concession to the crony government establishment he had waged his entire primary campaign against.

The perception of realism is one of Trump’s greatest attributes when it comes to strategic planning. He made the hardest decision of his entire campaign. Rather than having Newt Gingrich who commanded the top spot for his VP selection in many national polls and seemed to be the best choice by many, including myself since early 2015, the decision was made to fall on the sword of his plan for a complete government revolution of transforming the current corruption of the political machine.

He was hit by the club of reality right between the eyes. He felt obligated to do the necessary thing to gain favor from his outsiders. The election will without question be lost in not having their now minority support.

Governor Mike Pence of Indiana is the most conservative mainstream Republican he could find to choose as his running mate. His announcement came as a great shock to his movement, but at the same time accomplished his goal of unifying the entire Republican Party.

With the selection of Mike Pence, the Donald will have a much greater chance of winning the general election but his compromise to the political machine is only the beginning of his up-hill fight to Make America Great Again.

Although his personal agenda will fall more in line with conventional politics, it’s still a much better alternative than eight more years of a failed Obama presidency that Hillary Clinton has promised to clone.

All nations and all people residing in those nations, along with all organized religions and those who are members within, have a clear understanding there is only One God who watches over everyone, allowing them free choice with the knowledge their actual human spirit will never perish but have everlasting life, provided they remain faithful to the precept that every life on earth is no more or no less valuable than their own. …Big Red

TESTIMONIALS

I read your many personal vignettes about the Donald and became so enthralled I shared them with my NASCAR groupies who debated them with me. Donald Trump has gained many new supporters from every political affiliation after reading them. I hope more people will have the opportunity to read this entire book.…Barbara Thiessens

Everything Lloyd writes is right on the mark. However, you need to read between the lines to get the exact gist of what he’s saying. He not only cuts to the chase, but his conclusions are right on the mark. Donald Trump should have been in touch with him a long time ago. I highly recommend reading specifically the many articles contained in; (Trump: The Impossible Campaign).…Mel Simon

I cried like a little baby after reading the part about how you took care of your dad. The entire book reminded me of my childhood. I laughed out loud, when I read the goat story and the other farm animals mentioned. ...Terry Miller

I am taking its message and adapting it to my everyday life. The book is my new mentor. …Joe Gonzales

I highly recommend this book to everyone. …John Sheldon

I am ordering 25 books to use as a motivational and training guide for new recruits of my network marketing business. …Doyle Adams

What a tremendous thing you have done. And to think you wrote I Am the Big Red Barn in just 3 weeks is even more amazing! I love your writing style. This is extraordinary and shows that it doesn’t have to be a year-long project to be powerful and meaningful. Thanks. …Tom Cormier, co-founder of LegacyStories.org an initiative of I-ASK (International Assn. of StoryKeepers®)

Lloyd, you are a fantastic writer!!! I just pulled your e-book, I Am the Big Red Barn off the BRHS (Bear River High School) g-mail account and decided to glance at it last night at about 11:30. Needless to say, I couldn’t stop reading and didn’t get to bed until 1:30. I love your writing style – it was just you! I felt like I was back in school and you were giving a report (but this one got an A)! Congratulations on a great accomplishment. You have given me hope for the book I have been thinking about writing for years. I have all the research, just didn’t have the guts until I studied your goal setting techniques. I am going for it! You are an inspiration ... Connie Ward, Class of 1964 Bear River High School, alumni student historian and reunion coordinator

I read each of your articles as Donald Trump’s primary campaign was in progress. I became more interested with each one because Lloyd’s insight was not only interesting reading; it was informative, well written and seemed to be days ahead of any media news broadcasts on the particular subject he was emphasizing at the time. I can’t wait to read the entire book when it is published. … Barbara Abbott

My son leads a group of ‘Young Republicans’. After reading your book about Donald Trump, 2021 Our New World Horizon I purchased additional copies and sent one to my son. He is using the articles and storyline in his weekly meetings to explain, excite and motivate his inner circle. … Claire Melia

This memoir, although depicting actual characters, names, places, and events, may seem real until you realize who would ever believe a Big Red Barn could actually converse with a human being? The one special quality it possesses however is its ability to dramatize events that may or may not have actually taken place in the same mind-set or fashion others involved might assimilate that similar or particular event.

Now as the life story of Big Red proceeds into the future, his imagination becomes very vivid and precise. Since all the characters depicted herein have not had the advantage of looking into the unknown, all events and circumstances are obviously indisputable at the present time.

In the case of Old Joe, who was in Big Red’s eyes a not-so-nice character; the author is able to offer his opinion without reprisal because dead people cannot legally criticize potentially nasty comments even though his recollection seems to be quite factual.

Public figures depicted in many articles including but not limited to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, or Donald Trump have been researched extensively for accuracy before offering his perspective. Evidence over perception takes a front-row seat but never with personal malice in mind. Passion is always present when politics and religion became the subject. You, the reader, should not draw any inferences or conclusions without first doing your own research.

This publication contains the opinions and ideas strictly of its author and his brothers and sisters who helped with clarity on some events. It is not intended to provide helpful and informative material on the subjects addressed herein. It is sold with the understanding that the author and publisher are not engaged in rendering any slanderous political, religious, or psychological commentary. The messages contained are for entertainment purposes only. The reader should understand the writings that might seem factual are strictly a figment of the author’s imagination. The author and publisher specifically disclaim all responsibility for any liability, loss, or risk, personal or otherwise, that is incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, from the use and/or application of any of the contents of this book.

All stories are the concoction of the author who depicts his own personal views and opinions and are not those of the publisher, publicist, agent, or book distributor.

PART

I

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I Am the Big Red Barn

FOREWORD

Lloyd was only three years old when his dad, Golden, introduced him to life on the farm by escorting him into my main structure where all my barn animal friends were relaxing. Once inside, we made the instant connection, bonding for life the two of us.

My gigantic sixty-five-foot-tall structure was built some thirty years earlier in 1919 by his grandpa William "Wig" Adams. This is the opportunity I had patiently been awaiting. Lloyd was that special someone who discovered my unearthly powers that had remained a secret until that exact moment in time. I was instantly awakened and able to finally communicate my thoughts through him to the outside world, which allowed me to tell my life story. Yes, walls can actually talk!

My one hundredth birthday celebration changed the course of the entire world when Mr. Trump met with me for the first time on Rush Limbaugh’s national radio program, shortly after the Donald declared his candidacy in the 2016 Republican Party presidential race.

Lloyd was quoted as saying, "Miracles are the greatest creator of blind faith. You will become a believer when you realize this inanimate object is in many respects just like you.

Both Big Red and the Donald helped shape the United States of America and in fact the entire planet into becoming ‘our new world horizon’ in the year 2021.

PREFACE

This eyewitness account is a century of my life. It was conceived on paper, funded through sacrifice, constructed with care, and enjoyed with love by everyone who came in contact with me. This is my personal account of some noteworthy experiences of my life thus far.

My story begins with a family known as Adams, who was my creator, my personality shaper, and my ultimate salvation. Although my attempt to tell this story will be a factual account, I will take some liberty in stating my thoughts and opinions along this historical journey.

Like you and everyone who reflects back to the many circumstances shaping our total journey, my memory will dart around many different dates and times within some chapters. Although you will find them not in exact chronologic order, you will piece together the entire picture of my exciting life.

This is the story of many people and events that came into my life. I have personally witnessed five generations of a specific clan and am confident there will be several more to follow.

I will explain the reason for my existence that became the nucleus of farm commerce in my community. However, the real story lies within the experiences of human behavior from those who lived in my presence.

My physical structure was then and is still today the largest nonindustrial building in the Wasatch Valley of northern Utah. I am located near the Idaho and Wyoming borders; about thirty-five miles to my south is Ogden, and seventy-five miles in the same direction is the capital of Utah, Salt Lake City. I have never taken a backseat of my magnificence to destiny, and neither have my creators or caretakers, giving me good material to tell this story.

Although I make reference to a specific ancestry, you, the reader, with certainty will find a similarity of your own personal life experiences within these pages.

Whether you are a city slicker or a country bumpkin, you will find yourself reliving your own past as each new chapter unfolds.

I have always been characterized figuratively from my past to this present day with a name that referred to an exterior color, which was erroneous and irrelevant. In the year 2013, with a fresh new coat of exterior red paint, I retained that same title but now finally in a literal sense. I will now and forever be known as Big Red.

The Prank

I witnessed many pranks over my lifetime. I think as you will understand by reading this personal account, the latest spoof only illustrates the sense of humor several of my many inhabitants have made me the brunt of, over many years. This is just one example and the cause for me to chronicle my entire life.

It was Lloyd’s sixty-seventh birthday, October 10, 2013. Feeling he had lost track of his siblings whom he fondly thinks of from time to time, he enlisted me as his inspiration. He decided to generate some excitement and use me as the focal point of discussion to create an instant response for a verbal reunion of sorts from his brothers and sisters.

He was armed with their personality traits and felt that each one would offer up an immediate retort. Of course, it worked brilliantly, receiving 100 percent participation. Here is the short fable that became the genesis of my life story.

My Creation

My blueprints were hardly dry, when the old work plug horses were hitched up, and the dirt road was leveled with a device that would by today’s standards resemble a Tonka toy. That equipment was state of the art back then, as I remember that time vividly, now one century ago.

The perimeter was surveyed, and pebble gravel mixed with concrete was the binding material that created my foundation. There were laborers everywhere with their horses, and even a few were driving Ford motorcars that had been converted into lightweight trucks. You see, the pickup truck was invented by some out-of-the-box thinking tradesman two years before Henry Ford took that idea and began manufacturing a commercially sold utilitarian vehicle.

My plans for birth were monumental. I was going to be the first of two mammoth bowed-roof structures at the new Will "Wig" Adams estate. The second of course would be a less priority building to house in comfort, the growing family of the first generation known as the Adams clan. Back then it seems, the Mormons would generate a component for wealth creation first and then pump out the workforce to complete the venture. William and Virginia were no exception to this standard, evidenced by the ten children they brought into the world.

My construction progress was sporadic at times, and I was getting a little anxious to witness the slab work to begin my structure.

As I was progressing, I felt proud to see the manure (cow poop) gutters installed behind the fourteen cow stanchions and feeding troughs. These would hold my future four-legged friends who were to give up that white creamy gold, twice each day.

The main reception area was complete when a metal fence caged in the bull pen, and a tack closet for the horse hitching equipment was constructed. I also had a wide passageway in the center of my first-floor arena. I became a little concerned when I examined myself and saw three gaping holes looking upward into the sky from each end and center of my initial first floor. I thought initially I would be a one-story structure, but this proved I was to have a loft for hay storage.

Metal tracks were installed around the entire interior perimeter with a sliding bucket to easily load the waste material that would be deposited outside. I remember the fragrant smell of fresh green timber as my sidewalls were erected. The clapboard siding was stunning in contrast to the six-over-six windows that completed my outer skin.

I could hardly contain my excitement and surprise when the walls for the second story were erected. That paled in comparison to the final installation of the arched roof that made me stand even taller. Adorned at my roof peak were the two cupolas with horse-configured weather vanes. This completed the facade of my sixty-five-foot-tall construction.

Once the forklift and the top runners were put into place on the north side of my loft windowed opening, I had only one additional thought coursing through my skeleton roof. Yes, my dream was answered as red cedar shingles were nailed one by one by a small but unflappable crew of sky workers, who had the same picturesque view as I, situated in the center of this valley with mountain ranges on each side. This final construction created the contrast needed to offset the narrow spruce clapboards that completed my exterior walls.

The finishing touch was to paint me in a spectacular oil-based cranberry red with white window trim. The problem back then was that paint came in only two colors, white and black, so I had to have patience. I waited ninety-four years until 2013, when that color finally became mine.

Almost immediately after my four-year construction, air travel was coming into vogue. I stood tall, becoming the air-to-ground beacon for airplanes that I put back on course as the pilots navigated between Idaho and Salt Lake City. I was proud to be their navigational device.

With my construction complete, I can now perform the duties in which I was intended: to become a commercial profit center. More importantly, I am now able to tell the story of my many inhabitants including as my main subject, the third generation of the Adams clan.

Unintended Consequences

Lloyd’s prank opened up a dialogue with many of his nieces and nephews as well, in just that one short day. Lloyd’s creation and distribution by e-mail of a "preface that explained my creation" was used without true historical knowledge as an illustration of a new book he was going to write about me. This was the inspirational idea to bring them all to his attention. He had absolutely no intention of committing that great amount of time, effort, and energy to a project of such magnitude.