Crossed into the US at the tiny border of Westhope,blink and you'll miss it,,,,I Blinked,, and got told off by customs,,,Ooops,,
Headed then crosscountry to spend the nite in Big Timber ???,,,,I dont make these names up ,,,really ????
My plan was to drive through the Yellowstone Park, home of Yogi Bear???,,,Ok then Boo Boo,,
And i tend to stick to my plans,even tho it had snowed 8 inches over nite.
Up ahead are the Rockies and Yogi
he's got to be here somewhere?????
he does his fishing here,,???
he's arround this corner then,,,????
behind those trees maybe,,???
Well i did not find him,so i carried on regardless.. Passed Idaho Falls south through Salt Lake City
and spent the nite outside Cedar City.. Truely a lovely drive all the way down,and still more beauty to enjoy further south.
The miles sped by so quickly its almost a shame not to stop more often,but i'm a trucker not a tour guide,,,put that bit in,incase my boss reads this,it gives a good impresion....
Within an 8 hour drive, the topography,,,i dont know what it means either,, changes from snow capped mountain ranges to sun scorched deserts,it 's mind blowing..!!!
did it blow ya mind too,,???
Then like a pheonix out of the ashes, a city appears,in the middle of friggin nowhere, so its desert, desert,rock,desert, LAS VAGAS, desert,desert,rock,desert,rock.
See i told ya, its desert,desert,Vagas ,rock ,desert
Got Spirit 34 all washed and pollished in tinsel town,and headed on at a snails pace towards LA. California has the shitiest roads,the slowest speed limits,and the most rediculous truck laws...I'll send a letter to Arni,and give him a piece of my mind next time i'm down there,,,,I'll Be Back,,
Arround LA the traffic is pretty much as in Europe,,,F***ed,, to many cars to small roads etc. etc. for us no problem, for many Canada drivers a nitemare,,,,
I found my point of delivery with tons of help from TOM TOM,worth every penny, and ofloaded my Yellow Peas,,used in bird seed,,, a day early.
As i allready had a full reload in San Diego i headed down to the Mexican boarder town that day,called the customer for some local info when he asked if i'd like to load that evening ????
Holy crap i'm now going to be a day and a half ahead of scheduel, a rare luxuary..
24 skids of strawberries and 30 miles north of San Diego latter, i rewarded my self with a slap up meal and a beer (2).
Heavy traffic running to San Diego
Gridlocked heading North,,,so i went south !!!!!
Jumped into bed in the best James Bond fashion,only to be disturbed by "strange" noises, so i grabbed my weapon,which was painful, and prepared to attack an intruder,,, Awww i had a Mongoose scurrying arround my truck,so i laid out some biscuit crumbs for him to knibble on,but as i approached with my Cam he scuried of.
Spoke to the boss on Friday morning,and told him of MY new plans,bear in mind i'm 1 1/2 ahead.,, Shall take a slow drive home,cross into Canada at Coutts AB and deliver Tuesday morning in Saskatoon,stopping on Sunday at my friends house in Raymond AB....Lyndon and Jen did not know of this impennding doom at this point,,, Boss paused for 2 seconds and said " Fine by me"
So with two small hops and a skip i headed north,passed through,Vagas again,up into the Virgin Mts, a truely magnificent drive,a must for all truckers and even more so on a motorbike
Entering the Virgin Canyon Slowly
Pushing ever onwards
Deeper in now
Ahhh a cooling stream of water
Its getting harder... to go up
Yeeeeeeeeees,,i'm allmost their
getting closer to the peak
Yeh baby it rocks in here
I know no limits
Yes,yes ive come through The Virgins Pass
Hope my mum dont read this,,,!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My journey continued at a less torrid rate,up through Utah and Idaho and into Montana,with its beautiful snowcapped Rockies.
Then the plummit down onto the Montana Prairies.
I had called Lyndon,,,which i thought was nice of me,, to let him know he should pick me up at the Raymond Truck Plaza,which he did,..
A short tour of Raymond,,,it's that small that it would be impossible to do a long tour,,,,then into his lovely home..
Jen had prepaired a roast dinner that was on a parr with any 5 star Rest. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,,, Lamb done to a T,parsnips,roast spuds,mashed spuds,gravy, veggies....i asked her to marry me xxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Lyndon the bugger said no....,,,
I had a super time was made to feel most welcome,which i paid back by letting Gizzmo the dog escape,,,, Oooops,, he returned an hour latter and got such a telling off that he sulked for a good 10mins...
That'll teach him to stick his snout in my crutch
We played ping pong,,, Luke warned me that his dad was a saw looser, so i let Lyndon win 3 games to my 1,,, At Pool i kicked his arse tho,,,
A few beers and whiskey,,had never drunk that before,,,but it was free so what the hell eh ??
Then of to bed,, Sunday morning " Mein Host" coocked an old English culenary masterpiece THE FRY UP
At midday i headed on to Stoon,with a full tummy and a happy heart,, Many many thanks to the 3 of you xxxx
Unloaded my strawberries, a quick reload for Winnipeg and 4 well deserved days at home..
Job Done
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