Thursday, September 27, 2012

It Amazes Me How My Truck Driver Husband Just Always Knows Which Way To Go!

Our truck @ Aria

So I’m finally back out with Vince and find myself once again amazed how he always knows what highway to take, what exit is a left and which is a right and what restaurants are around truck stops, etc.  I have never considered myself bad at directions, but must admit that if you dropped me in the middle of Phoenix or Harrisburg, PA I wouldn’t be able to find my way home.  I actually find it funny that Vince still gets turned around or needs help with directions at home, but is able to find his way around several other major cities.  Alas, he has been driving around those cities for 25 years, and in his defense when he is home I try to do most the driving. 

An example of my getting turned around happened just this morning while we were leaving Las Vegas.  I thought we would get on I-15 going one way. Silly me it was the other way.  Then I totally forgot we had to get on the 515.  It is a really good thing I don’t drive the truck.

This trip started last Thursday with us going to Indiana to pick up one of eight new trailers Clark had purchased. We then delivered it to the home office in Harrisburg.  Friday was Vince’s birthday and after chocolate cake for breakfast he spent it driving to Harrisburg. But that is the life of a truck driver, away for holidays and birthdays.  However, at least this year I was with him and we did get to Harrisburg in time to have a nice dinner at the restaurant located across from the office, after dinner it was off to NJ to pick up a trailer and head to Vegas.

Our trip across country consisted of us eating breakfast, driving, eating lunch, driving, eating dinner, driving, going to bed and then getting up and doing it all over again for four days. We averaged a little over 600 miles a day but once again that is the life of a truck driver. Of course the reason we got a later start on Thursday, thus cutting into our time to get to Vegas was because I had to get my hair colored and cut that morning, but a girl has to do what she has to do to look good.  Right?

Load in @ Aria
Delivery in Vegas was the show Zarkana which opens at Aria on November 1st.  It is a Cirque show and takes several weeks to put into a theatre.  My understanding is there will be at least 60 trailers headed from the east coast to Las Vegas to load in this show.

Just a handful of the many trailers
for Zarkana
Today we are headed to Atlanta for a weekend load out of War Horse that is headed next to Durham.  Happy to be back out on the road and to report that only my first night did not go well. I bailed out of my seat and headed to bed early because I couldn’t make it to the end. Since then I have been in my seat for every mile. 

A view of Lake Mead
 

19 comments:

  1. I think it is good to have somebody to accompany the truck driver. Sometimes, driving a truck for a long time is tiresome and lonely. So, having someone to share the experience can be great to kill the boredom away. Anyway, your husband certainly is a skillful driver, as he knows the best way to go. Maybe someday, you might also learn that kind of skill.

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