Summer 2016 including Lollapalooza

We headed out July 9^th and up until this point I didn’t feel there was anything exciting to report.  But more importantly, I thought maybe everyone was tired of reading about Vince and my adventures.  Then, last Friday we ran into Chris Crew and Robin & Ron Dencer, all Clark drivers, at the TA in West Virginia.  They asked about the blog and were very supportive and said they had been looking for installments. 

So thanks to their encouragement and Chris telling me as we were leaving that he would be looking for my next installment, here we go. In the last three weeks I learned that country fans can be nasty people who apparently think some one else should pick up their trash.  A country festival in Northwest, OH was our first stop and when we arrived the day after it ended there was trash everywhere and I do mean every where, it was just nasty.

Next, I was reminded how beautiful the Saratoga Springs, NY area is, when we dropped a trailer for a ballet there.  I strongly recommend that if you get the chance you visit that area especially in the summer please do, it is beautiful. We also moved Kinky Boots out of Madison, WI to Milford, CT, as it went on a short break.

Then it was off to Madison Heights, MI to pick up items for a Siemens booth for a convention at the Philadelphia Convention Center during the Democratic Convention. It was an interesting time traveling around Philadelphia especially when after dealing with the craziness of being detoured due to an unannounced closing of I-76 Monday night. We got to do it all over again Wednesday when we took a trailer to the BB&T pavilion for a private DNC concert.  We got to see Lenny Kravitz which was pretty cool, but Lady Gaga went in a different door so we only got a glimpse of her.  Also the night before the concert there was a heavy metal concert with Slip Knot and Marilyn Manson at the BB&T and when we arrived that night guess what? Those fans didn’t leave trash everywhere.

After returning that trailer to Lititz, PA, a cute little town about 80 miles west of Philly, it was onto Chicago for Lollapalooza.  But before I get to that fun I must share that I do hope that all of the individuals who over the last three weeks have thought cutting in front of us and other trucks and I am talking about two feet from the front of our trucks have their life insurance policies in place.  I can assure them that karma, luck whatever you favor will catch up with them and their families will need that insurance.

Enough about that, let’s talk about a fun day.  As you can see from the pictures, it was a picture perfect day in Chicago on Sunday.  We walked around to the different stages to listen to the bands and ate from the local restaurant’s booth.  I won’t lie that around 3:00 pm it was nice to be able to go to the truck, relax and cool off.  We’re right next to the Lakeshore stage and at one point the bass was so loud it started rocking the truck. I have been impressed with how clean and orderly everything was, it was a great day. Chris had teased us to make sure we kept the windows closed if we didn’t want a particular odor to get into our truck. While there was no haze over the area it definitely hung in air in certain spots. We won’t load out until everything ends tonight so we are preparing for a long night/day tomorrow.

Next up – I break out of the Dome of the Midwest and East Coast