Hornbeck Fourteen

I received a phone call around 4:30 from the KAS Transport driver saying he had just come through St. Louis, two days early.  I'm to meet him at some safe spot off the highway to transfer the new canoe (Buddy) from his truck to my pick-up, so that he can continue on to Austin, TX.  He'll call back in a couple hours to update me on whether the transfer will be yet tonight or in the morning.