A 2 Week Epic ????

Dear reader,

This is going to be a loooooooooooooong post,so i suggest you get some snacks and beers in at the outset,,,,,

The journey began pretty much as normal,,,,,there's nothing normal with you...!!!!
Load machines for Florida,,that changed 10 mins after i arrived.
The importers had realised that most of the shipment was destined for Salt Lake City Utah, so i should deliver there and not in Orlando..

Ok plan B... Crossed into the US and headed west, not south and east.Spent the nite in Fargo then crossed North Dakota,into Montana,where i passed a sleeping Ken (fellow Spirit driver) sent him a text to let him know id be in Billings FJ that nite,,

The next day 2 Spirits set off serching for Yogi bear in the Yellowstone Park ???? tried this before in the winter,,it hadn't occured to me that he would be hibernating..

2 very pretty Spirit trucks not working but enjoying the mountain air...dont tell the boss tho

Just off to the right behind the last tree,you may just see Yogi,,,

As ive mentioned before,Ken moaned coz i dont have a CB,,so we shant repeat that bit...

Its just so pretty up here,and we made great progress,,,mine quicker than Kens,,the old slow coach..

Well we trundled on farther south,down off the Rockies and onto Hwy 15,just north of SLC,we parted company as Ken was headed to Fresno Ca.

I was way a head of time,and decided to call the customer to see if i could unload a day early,which i did..luckely for me.

I informed Scott my boss,,not so lucky for me..

He had a reload in the pipe line, and would send details shortly ????

So i headed for the showers as it was really hot and sticky,

The text message said ,, reload in Nogales on the Mexican border Water Melons for Calgary..

It was at this point that i thought Scott was bonkers ..!!! so i phoned in and reminded him that i have an open flat deck trailer and not a reffer,and that i was 850 miles from Nogales..

No problem he says, the customer knows that and has agreed to it ???????

I had to remind myself to breath,,, load 57 pallets of water melons..on a flat trailer...all in cardboard boxes...from Mexico to calgary,,Oh what fun.!!!

Running the Canyons

I headed 2 hours farther south of Salt Lake,then cut acroos to Hwy 89,,on the map it looked like a good route,,,and it was.

Sorry if the quality is not upto Spielburg standards,but driving a 72ft semi down a narrow canyon whilst drinkin a coffee,eating a burger,texting a friend on the cell,smoking a cigi and filming aint easy....Gremmie the multi tasking expert,,

Life on Mars

Yes there is life on Mars ??? yes coz i was there,,???

Driving across the Red Planet is a bit wierd tho..!!!!! And yes if you listen carefully that was my cell phone going cling cling

It was ashame that the weather wasnt so good,but the landscape was amaizing,crossing the Navarjo nations lands down towards the Grand Canyon

I arrived in Nogales late evening had a Mexican supper,then sat on the loo for an hour,,,,to much info here,please dont elaborate...!!!!

The way of life down here moves in sloooooooooow motion,the simple act of booking in to load is a major diplomatic procedure,conducted in a multitude of langauges,none of which resemble english

But with hands and feet, and a big cheesy smile they agreed to load right away,,,right away in mexican meens sometime today

Once loaded all i had to do was put my tarps on,as luck would have it a dust storm blew in, which made the job so much easier

The finneshed product..

I left Nogales hot and sweaty and coverd in dust,, the next truck stop is only 100 miles away in Casa Grande AZ, so thats were i headed A.S.A.P, driving past Tuscon ive tried to photograph the sand storms,the sky isn't grey just dusty ????

At this point i think we should all take a break,,my fingers are going to sleep...

So fingers well rested let us continue,,,,

Spent the nite in casa Grande,twidled arround on the internet,and got wet ???? my truck leaks....which reminds me i should go for a pee..

The story of the leaking cab i have allready documented..

up early the next day and headed for Calgary,time was not of the essence so i enjoyed the views..

Passing through Flagstaff Az some thing wierd happend ???

It snowed..???? Now hold on a bit,yesterday was 35c warm and windy,,follwed by a tropical rain storm,,and now snow ????

Oh well, cant change the weather,so onwards and upwards to Calgary,driving through Mars again,,,

On route to Calgary i made a quick lunch stop at Lyndons,and enjoyed his hospitallity and great food,,

My drop in Calgary was a midnite book in,, so after a quick nap in the early evening i handed my papers to the goods in girl,who took great delight in telling me that they have no space for my melons and that i will have to come back in 24hrs...!!!!

But super gremmie had allready anticipated this and had removed his tarps and straps,and as it was about to Pee down,she had no other choice than to unload and double quick..

Once empty,it was bed time for teddy bears,,,,!!

The next morn after a quick chat with Scott,i headed east from Calgary to pick up a load of tooth picks for Wyoming..?????

Ok so they are telegraph poles,but a giant would use them as tooth pics....

The trip down was dogged by breakdowns,but i did at long last arrive to unload,then head across state to the town of Grey Bull up in the mountains,,then home sweet home..