School's out

The conversations must go something like this:

Trucker Dad: "Do I have to?"
Mom: "Yes! I've had to deal with these kids all by myself for the past nine months. Now that school's out, they're getting on the truck with you for a couple of weeks so I can get some rest!"

That's the best explanation we can come up with for the surprising number of school-aged kids Lori is seeing at warehouses and truck stops across the country. And it's not always just one or two kids in the truck; Lori swears she saw EIGHT people climb out of one cab. Just this morning she saw three just-scrubbed boys waiting outside the shower room door at a Pilot truck stop in Toledo, Ohio while Dad finished up his bath.

Actually, Mike and Lori are kind of looking forward to the possibility of taking the grandkids for a road trip in the future - but probably not more than one at a time!