The Victoria's Secret Load Out - NYC to Baltimore

Have you ever driven a car in NYC? If so you know how crazy traffic can be. Now imagine driving a semi tractor with a 53’ trailer attached to it through those streets with cars cutting you off while you are trying to maneuver down those narrow streets.  Well that is what Vince did Friday morning.  Now this wasn’t the first time we had traveled to the city but since we usually go into the city in the middle of the night I had no idea what it would be like in the middle of the day.

Friday, we drove into the city mid morning and it was crazy.  As we headed up Broadway I could not believe how many cars and cabs cut us off as we attempted to change lanes and make turns.  Don’t even get me started on how many pedestrians took their lives in their hands crossing against the light in front of us. But the real challenge came after we got to the Lexington Armory to pick up decking from the Victoria’s Secret’s show and learned they were running behind so there was no parking space for us.  That meant we needed to find parking, somewhere on a street in NYC.  Well let me assure you finding parking was a big challenge if not impossible.  As we went up and down the streets dodging cars, pedestrians and trees, I thought this is going to get ugly.  But then thankfully as we were traveling up and down streets around 26^th and Park Ave, we got a call from Roy, one of the other drivers telling us a spot had opened up.

Within a few hours we were loaded and ready to go.  I could not believe it took us over an hour to wind our way from 26^th to 179^th and onto the GW Bridge. However, our day was far from over when it took us another five and a half hours to go 200 miles through heavy traffic in New Jersey and Maryland to deliver the trailer in Baltimore.

But after we dropped the trailer and Vince stated we were heading to Ruther Glen, we encountered our first moment of this trip.  As I realized that we were going to be traveling another 2 hours I lost it and said “I am protesting, I’m sorry but I am protesting.  I don’t want to do this.”  I have no idea what I thought this was going to accomplish because it wasn't like I could get out or go to another room.  But I just didn't want to ride any longer after all those hours of dodging traffic. Vince looked at me like oh boy here we go.  Then I’m sure he remembered you pushed for her to come out here. So God love him, he said “There is a truck stop in Jessup a couple miles down the road and I have a headache and am tired so I am ready to stop now too”.  We ended up having a nice dinner, got a chance to watch some TV and today had a relaxing uneventful trip to Durham for the load out of Billy Elliot on Sunday night.