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!

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Party's over

Mike received great send-offs from his friends and family at lunch AND dinner celebrations today. His work "family" took him to lunch at one of his favorite bar-b-que restaurants, Lucille's, while it was dinner with his relatives at Macaroni Grill. Besides being stuffed with food, he got his fill of gifts, fun, and warm wishes.

Tomorrow it's into the City to fill out some last minute paperwork, provide some instruction to those that will be taking over his tasks, turning in his keys, and cleaning a few more things out of the office. After a quick followup at the oral surgeon, son Jason will take Mike and Lori up to the TA truck stop in Ontario where they'll pile into Curtis and Candy's truck for the straight-through trip to the Prime yard in Denver by noon Saturday.

It's been an exciting and challenging 26 years for Mike in local government. While it's had its up and downs, the good memories will certainly outweigh the bad.

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