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This blog is primarily intended to keep our family and friends up-to-date on where we are and where we’re going as we drive around the country as long-haul truckers. But it’s also a chance to share some observations about life on the road and life in general.

The title is a reference to one of the things we find so attractive about driving a truck (which weighs 40 tons – 80,000 pounds – when fully loaded); it allows us to travel all over this great country of ours, see the sights, and get paid while we're doing it!

Monday, March 3, 2008

A Day of Firsts

With Tamara and Lori coming into Southern California, Mike took the opportunity to meet up with them in Kingman, AZ and ride in with Lori. Tamara drove Mike's pickup truck since she had to run some errands in Hesperia, etc.

Among the "firsts" Mike got to experience on the trip were:
  • Church service at a truck stop
  • Wind storm while riding in the truck
  • Preparing a meal using a knife in a moving truck (Mike still has all his fingers!)
  • Riding in a big rig down the Cajon Pass
  • Getting caught in a traffic jam in a big rig

Mike and Lori managed to make it into Riverside where they met up with Tamara and swapped "rides." Tamara let Lori take Sunday evening and Monday off while she made the three local deliveries and got the air conditioner serviced on the truck. So, Mike and Lori took the grandkids out for dinner, Lori got to sleep in a real bed, and they spent Monday together.

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