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With apologies to Horace Greeley for misquoting him. We had an awesome but short time home.  We saw the kids, the ones who live in Colorado anyway, and we made some changes in our wardrobes and we picked up Max.  … Continue reading →

I wanted to say a little more about living in a small place with another person. Craig and I are lucky because we communicate really well. Even with that we still have our moments. Those things that can start out … Continue reading →

So, here is what a “typical” day looks like.  Generally Anne drives during the day and will shut it down about 11 PM to Midnight.  If we have time in the schedule, and we usually do, we both sleep for … Continue reading →

OK, we have been running hard for the last week so let me try to catch everyone up.  After our delivery in Hayward there was nowhere to park.  We were sitting at the curb near the consignee’s waiting for a … Continue reading →

——Letter to Craig===== Dear Craig – As Yet Unmet son-in-law and FD, I finally found out how to get to your blog and have enjoyed reading of your adventures. I find the technical details of special interest. It is hard … Continue reading →

The good news was the truck was an easy fix, the bad news was that nothing was really broken.  Just a clogged emission fluid injector.  The problem with that is there is no telling when it will happen again and … Continue reading →

OK, so we got up the next morning and called our fleet manager to check on the repower.  My FM was not in and so I got another guy who was LOSING HIS MIND!  It was kind of funny, this … Continue reading →

OK, you just gotta love freezing rain. Day started off badly when I missed the stop signal at a Weigh Station entering Kentucky. I really did think I had the green light but just looked down too soon. He came … Continue reading →

The last few days have been amazing.  We really love our truck and we really like the company we chose to work for.  I have never backed into a a whole between two trailer before last night and it was … Continue reading →

Okay as you know we got a 2012 Freightliner Cascadia that is a 10 speed. I spent 3 weeks training on an automatic truck and wasn’t sure I’d like the manual transmission. I’M IN LOVE. I won’t say there aren’t … Continue reading →