Winnipeg to Chicago,Sth. Windsor,Bronx,Washington and Back via Virginia

Did a slightly different route this last trip,instead of taking the carpet machines direct to the importer,i made his delivery's...
So first drop was friday in a suburb of Chicago,nothig particulary interesting there,traffic jams are the same the world over. A pain in a truckers butt !!! and worse than hemeroids ...
Checked my maps and navigation system to plan a way to Conect to cut ??? (1000 miles farther east) must do some thing about my spelling... Connecticut.. So i avoided all toll roads and took Hwy 30 then a few other roads up to Soth Windsor... Which i'm glad i did..
On Hwy 30 is the town of Upper Sandhusky ,,,i realy dont make these names up..

Jammie Oliver eat ya heart out..???
It was friday nite and all was well in Upper Sandhusky,till Spirit 34 and her multi talented driver stopped at the local gas station, for a leak,,, just opposite was a pub and resturant..
So parked and groomed for a nite out in Upper Sandhusky i strolled through the drizzle to partake of the local brew and sample what culinary delights that might be on offer..In the US all you can get to eat are burgers,ribs, wings and steaks,with 20 variations on a potatoe,,,
Upper sandhusky has a pub that sells FOOD,,!!!! and bloody good food too...Woo hoo.. lots of O's in that last sentance..???
So after a long read of the menu and a glass of Samual Adams beer..thats not very american..
I chose a plate of a fish grattin and pasta...mmmmmmm yummy... Served by a very attractive and friendly blonde waitress....mmmmmmm yummy..... Who just loved my "Very Brittish accent" as did the barman,,??? the owner,the drunk in the corner,and the couple at the end of the bar.
Well one thing lead to another and we all got slightly drunk,and got on to the subject of food,when the cook joined our party...
I like to cook,,,not allways to well,, so our party adjerned to the kitchen where i with the chef made Portabello mushrooms sauteed in butter and fresh garlic with a garlic sauce and beef medilons..We had great fun cooking and eating and drinking till 2am...its nights like this that make my job such fun... my bill for the nite was 13.75$,,, plus hangover,free of charge..
Woke some time saturday,and dashed for a pee,then a coffee...!!!!!
I left Upper sandhusky,still a little sleepy,heading to Akron then farther east,,,only 600 miles to go...Oh my poor head..

Found Yogi
Driving here you tend to see lots of wild animals,unfortunatly mostly dead ones hit by cars and trucks. But saturday i saw my first wild bear,where i hear you ask,on the central median of a busy interstate near the Pennsylvania/ New York state line,,,so yogi has mooved from Jellowstone to NY..

Traffic volumes here are more like those of Europe,so i kept both eyes open,, I found Sth Windsor and my customer for monday with no problem,and with a light snack and a good read went to bed .
Sunday was slightly over cast,so strolled arround the local Mall,replenished my in cab supplies and found Hooters,,,scantly clad busty females in orange hotpants..so a plate full,and eyefull..of ribs in front of me i watched a NASCAR race on one of the 25 TV's.
Offloaded monday morn and set off for THE BRONX NY,well the tales of gang wars,muggings etc. might be true but i found and saw none off them. Yes its a slummy area,but which city doesn't have one ???
The drive to Washington was far more pearilous, they have so called "Expressways" ?? never heard offem??? nor i .. But you aint allowed on them with a truck,,,Oooops.. so i got off again,only to end up in Fort Meade millitary barracks...Oooops.. But the sentry was very friendly and understanding as i pulled up in front of his pillar box,he even after a short chat removed his rifle from my left nostrill.
I eventualy found my drop in Washington,monday evening. So of for a chinesse.
The Pimp and his Big Mama
Searching for a place to eat monday eve,i found a small mall with verious eateries.Pizza hut,Huddle corner,,yes ther's a food chain called Huddle corner..!!!! and a China garden. Locking Spirit 34 i heard an argument between a large volluptiuos coloured girl and a very pimpish looking "Brother" I'll save you the dialog as it would all have to be censored,but what happend next had me rolling on the floor with laughter..
Their fight calmed down a bit,he opend the door to his very dodgy looking Pontiac,she sat in the passenger seat and slammed the door,he gunned the motor,,,VROOOM,,VROOOM,,, BANG,,!!
He gunned that motor for the last time,smoke and flames now billowed out of the bonnet,great plumes of smoke in fact.. I used to be in the fire brigade in Switzerland,,so i did as any good fireman would do,,i hid behind my truck and laughed,, sorry but it was so funny whatching this pimp shouting at his burning wreck.. The profesionals arrived in time to save nothing of his car,the big mama had taken a taxi, and i sat eating spring rolls..Aint life a bitch..!!! Pimp ???
Now empty i whizzed down to Chesapeake in Virginia,nr. Norfolk, loaded aluminium sheating
and 5 pallets of Paintball equiptment.
The drive home took me through what i think is the prettiest parts of the US,namely the Blue Ridge Mountains the Shenadoah and Appalachian mountains.
Cutting then north before i got to Cincinnati in Kentucky to Indianappolis then Chicago,wher it rained and flooded costing me 3 hours....
Westwards through Wisconsin rounding the twin cities of St Paul and Mineapolis wher it began to snow,,,hey you up there,,winter is finished... 1 foot of fresh snow,so i pussy footed up to Fargo
North dakota then north home,,,Woo Hoo,, i leave tommorrow Sunday for calgary then back to load for Florida,and the sun...
Sorry that their are no photos,,,,i forgot to pack my camara