Home again. We are getting home more than we are getting out.
Yesterday's interesting adventure was going through this tiny town and I was not able to make the turn without taking out the lamp post. On streets like these the Big, Solid, Line that vehicles are supposed to stop behind at a red light, needs to be farther back.. Fortunately a big truck going the other way was able to angle to the right in order to let me make the turn. Thanks' big truck driver, I didn't get a chance to thank you in person.

Also yesterday, someone gave us the wrong address to deliver. Needless to say we got down a dead end road that did not have room for us to do a Uie.

Life in the Fast Lane.

Went through a little town yesterday and almost took out a light pole. It was so close to the road where I needed to make a right hand turn onto, that I didn't think I was going to make it. I probably wouldn't have if it hadn't been for a nice trucker who angled his truck in such a way as to give me more room. Thanks Big Truck Driver. 

Life in the Rear View Mirror

Sometimes instead of seeing life through the windshield I see life through the mirror. When I posted this picture, I got a lot of great comments.

Some of the blessings from being out on the road are the sights. All the beautiful scenery is amazing, and some of it is just indescribable. When I saw this incredible sunrise in my mirror, I thought, I’m always going the wrong directions when something like this appears, so I took the photo and it turned out wonderful with the sunrise in the mirror matching the scene that was in front of me.

I wish I had the time to stop and explore, unfortunately we are always under time restraints. There’s a site that Google added, called G+, which makes it nice to upload many of the photos that I take on the road. If you are interested I will add you to my G+ circle.

The way I usually take the photos is to hold my cell phone out to the side and snap. I get what I get, and I have got some pretty amazing photos. Sometimes they end up like this:

My sister-in-law Carol Dicken sent me this:


And the other thing that makes trucking great is meeting people like you. Leave me a comment. 

Relationship Secrets

Where’re the trip envelopes? Where’re my socks?” Del squalls.

“Why do I have to keep track of everything?” I yell in defense.

“Because I do everything else.”

“Oh yeah, what all do you do? I drive as many hours as you, I’m tired.”

And then the fight is on. 

Finally, I got a good night’s sleep, very refreshing, which gave me enough energy to clean my truck home. I started in the left corner and worked as I do when I’m home—left to right—top to bottom. The microwave almost wore me out. I’d a couple of explosions, (fish, eggs, etc.) which I hadn’t had time to clean up properly. The rest of the upper lever wasn’t too hard. I rearranged some clothes and electrical wires and felt satisfied. After scrubbing the floors, fridge and cabinets, I had enough energy left to make egg salad. You guessed it, the eggs splattered all over the microwave and I had to clean it again.

The wonderful part was that Del loved the egg salad and he said the sleeper looked really nice. It’s so great to be appreciated. I appreciate him as well, he does all the fueling, most of the paperwork and all the backing.

A relationship on the truck is difficult. Two totally different people are thrown together in a 10 x 10 area, day and night, night and day, from daylight to dark and from dark to daylight. Del and I have a little secret I’ll share with you. When he drives I stay in the in the sleeper area and when I drive he stays in the sleeper area. When we’re both in the sleeper together we are happy to see each other.

How do you keep your relationship fresh? 

National Poetry Month

Mr. and Mrs. 

Says the mister to the misses,

I sure love you,

Give me a few more kisses.

Says the misses to the mister,

I sure love you,

Glad I'm not your sister. 

Alive in Nature's Glory

I travel these highways long and far. I get to see Glories that were only imagined at one time. It reminds me of the song, "I Can Only Imagine".


Alive in Nature's Glory                           

In all her splendor
In all her shine
The beauty of nature is mine



Breath in deeply
Breath out slowly

Don't utter a peep
Let your eyes fill
Nature's  ready for a deep sleep

Take a long drive
Be so alive

by Cher'ley Grogg


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Life Away from Home Virtual Tour of the Inside of our Truck

Some truckers go home pretty often and others like us stay out for 6-8 weeks, so we cram as much as we can into our trucks because it is very expensive to buy items in a truck stop. It's also bad to be setting out in the middle of no where and not have food, or even worse no coffee.

We have many comforts of home, or should I saw necessities. A microwave/convection over, a tv/dvd player (a zillion dvd's), a mixer, a couple of fans, a fairly large fridge, lots of books (reference and reading) a printer and four laptops and a lapdock. We also have several items stored in our read compartments, which is called a headache rack. I call it my outhouse. We have cabinets (we took out the top bunk) that are stuffed and closets full of things.

Let me just give you a virtual tour.

If you enjoyed this leave me a comment, share, and like thanks. I hope you follow this blog. If you were going to be away from home for 6-8 weeks what would be the main thing you'd want to take with you?

Loaded up and Truckin'

Loaded up and truckin'.  We are. It's amazing how much you can pack into the bunk portion of a truck. We have a Kenworth W900, Penelope (named after the big blonde on Criminal Minds), and we have all 86 inches jam-packed full. Plus we have additional space in the headache rack that's attached to the back (my outhouse).

Putting stuff on and taking stuff off, that's the motion of a trucker leaving and returning home. It's a trillion times expanded if it's a team operation. Do you want to know what goes on a truck?

Hold your breath. 

Stationary items:

1. TV/DVD player
2. Fridge
3. Microwave/confection oven
4. Printer
5. Cabinets
6. Coffee Pot
7. CB
8. XM Radio
9. DVDs/CDs (most stay)
10. Pillows/tempurdic mattress
11. Qualcom
12. Fan
13. Toaster
14. Blender
15. Electric Skillet

Pack On/Pack Off items:

• Coffee thermos (filled coming on, empty coming off)
• Clothes (enough for 7-10 days)
• Wash Basin
• Shirts, pants, underwear, socks, dresses (dressy and work), bathing suits, short sets, night clothes, shoes (2 pair for him, 4 pair for her) and with winter coming on boots (1 pair for him, 2 pair for her), coats, jackets, sweaters, gloves, scarves, you get the idea.
• Food-frozen, refrigerated and cabinet stock-fresh veggies and fruit
• Rugs
• Linens (which includes extra covers in the winter)
• Toiletries (enough for a month)
• Towels
• Electronics-2 cell phones, + snake-winding cords, 4 laptops, + snake winding cords, a lapdock, + a snake winding cord, two head-sets, + snake-winding cords, and 2 sets of ear buds, + snake-wind wire

Next Wally World trip may be far and in between. Stock up.

 After six hours of solid carrying and placing the items in a general location, we forced the doors shut. The stuff was stacked taller than me, all around, all around. Del say's, "Oh my, where in the world will you put all this and how will we ever find the bed again." I work my magic (as women do) and viola, it's livable.

What do you load on your truck? Non-truckers, what do you pack for a trip? Do you take any extras like irons, coffee pot, or electronics? Share please.

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