About This Site

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!

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

One month to go

It’s July 15, and Mike’s last day at his current job is August 15 (which is really 4½ weeks away but saying "one month" makes it sound sooner).

Lori is scheduled to be home late on Wednesday, August 13 so she and Mike can start getting the truck ready for Mike to get “on board” with her and hit the road Friday night. The plan is to get to Prime’s headquarters in Springfield, MO on Monday the 18th so Mike can check in for his 3 days of orientation and commercial driver’s permit training. Lori will take her classes to be a driving instructor at the same time, and then on Friday it’s Mike’s turn to actually start driving the truck.
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1 comment:

Heffard said...

Good luck mike. Be sure to keep us posted. (as I am sure you will)
I enjoy your blog.
I am a newbie/wannabe driver. Hopefully jumping in next month.

Jeff

July 15, 2008 at 8:58 PM

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