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| Heading Down Big Sky |
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| Heading toward a storm in Montana |
Besides the flooding we also drove through plenty of rain on our way to Baltimore. I have to say that at times the rain made me uneasy. The rain was coming down hard, and with all the tornadoes this spring I can tell you I was nervous.
A couple of humorous moments for me occurred on Thursday night. By that evening I absolutely hit the wall. I just couldn't sit in my seat any longer and abandon Vince for bed. As we road across I-70 eastbound in Pennsylvania I thought I was on a bucking horse, thanks to the rough road and a storm accompanied by high winds. Needless to say I never went to sleep, because I was too busy trying to not fall of the bed.
Then when Vince stopped at a truck stop to go the bathroom I had to ask the question only a novice/non trucker would probably ask, "why are we still going on when the weather is this bad?" My husband's answer, "it is 11:30 pm and this truck stop is probably going to full" Now this is an answer I get off and on when my loving husband becomes Eeyore, yes that's right Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh, "oh bother". When he becomes Eeyore it amuses me, because he is usually so positive. He shared that he would make a trip around the lot just to make sure, but his statement was in no way a positive one. Now I am not as positive as Vince, but I do always try to be positive about finding a parking spot. Vince, who I understand and agree has more experience, is often times negative about finding parking late at night. However that night as Vince headed around the lot it was only a matter of seconds before I felt movement that made me believe we were adjusting to a parking spot. The next thing I heard was the truck shut off and all I could do was smile because Eeyore was wrong there was a parking spot. Although I didn't say anything about the spot, I did share with him that I was relieved that we were parked because within three minutes of stopping, the winds kicked up again and we were suddenly in the middle of a horrible lighting show and torrential rain storm.
After Baltimore we headed up to Harrisburg to the home office to drop our trailer and check in. As we were talking to dispatchers Chris, Ric and Kevin about our weekend dispatch of Hartford to Rochester. Kevin asked us to hold up because four agents in New Orleans had just cancelled for Monday. Therefore they were looking at sending us to New Orleans instead of Hartford, before heading to Los Angeles. We checked back in about an hour later and were told to head to NOLA. But before heading to NOLA we had to go to go north to Wappingers Falls, NY to pick up our Los Angeles trailer. We spent the weekend driving and driving and driving. Okay Vince was driving and I was riding, but trust me being a passenger/cheerleader is tough work. On our travels south we found warmth and sushine but also found additional high water areas, which made us wonder if there is any part of the country right now not dealing with flooding.We arrived in NOLA on Monday in time to help Steve, the lead driver for Shrek put in the show.
Today Vince had to take a 34 hour break from driving, before we could head out again. It was so nice to sit for a day at the Palace truck stop just outside NOLA and get laundry caught up but more importantly just relax. Tomorrow we are headed to the city of angels, which means another 1900 miles. I am definitely getting my truckin in this time, no doubt about it.
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| Flooding in ND |
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