Enjoying North America while earning a living...: October 31, 1989, 2009

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I follow my journal daily by writing under the daily title, "FIRST 5 YEARS:" The first five years will strictly follow my 5 year journal. If I find the day I am writing about to be boring, I will either write about thoughts I remember(placed under the title of "SECOND 5 YEARS"), write a trucker tale(placed under "A Trucker's Tale"), give a helpful trucker hint, ask a "student driver" question or do something.....When a location appears after the day of the week after "FIRST 5 YEARS:", it is where I am at the start of that day((IE: FIRST 5 YEARS: (Sunday-Kansas City, Missouri))..... I would encourage those that find themselves enjoying North America to follow me day by day.....REMEMBER: THIS IS A BLOG ABOUT WHAT LIFE IS LIKE FOR A TRUCKER THAT DOES NOT HAVE A DAILY ROUTINE ROUTE(called a "dedicated" route). THERE WILL BE MANY TIMES WHEN THE ROUTING, SCENERY AND DAY'S ACTIVITIES WILL BE SIMILAR(boring???) TO PREVIOUS DAYS; THAT'S TRUCKING! THERE WILL BE DAYS WHEN THE ROUTING, SCENERY AND DAY'S ACTIVITIES WILL BE TOTALLY NEW; THAT'S TRUCKING. Frustrations? I mention the frustrations I had as a driver. I loved my job while earning a living and realized that all jobs have frustrations; truck driving is, and was, no different..... Many pictures on this blog can be left-clicked and made larger.....Questions?...Please E-mail PT at fabalt2000@centurylink.net

October 31, 2009

October 31, 1989, 2009

FIRST 5 YEARS: (Tuesday-Laredo, Texas) What a nice night. Woke up in my Laredo, Texas motel bed after a great night of sleep. Called the dispatch here in Laredo and they told me that I would be here until tomorrow so I need to keep the room. I was a little frustrated as I wanted to get out of here. Oh well. I went and signed up for the room another night and than went to “The Cooking Spot” for a late breakfast. When I got to the restaurant I saw a couple drivers I knew so I went and ate with them. I just had the salad and soup buffet. This place have a Mexican soup called “Manuetoe”(spelling??) which is, to me, really good!!! After eating, I decided to drive to the community college and state college-both in the same area-and look around. When I got there I took a good couple hours just walking around and looking at things and people. The architecture was different from up north but the students didn't seem much different than when I when to college. Went back to my motel room and then to the pool to see if I knew anyone. Saw three drivers that I had seen but I really didn't know them. Went across the street to the supermarket and bought some things to munch on in my motel room. Went back to my room and stayed there through the evening watching Halloween specials...... A Trucker's tale: (...the seeker.) I don't relate ghostly stories unless I hear of them from more than one driver and hopefully after going past an area at least twice. One story I heard a couple times-at different travels through the area-was about a young teenage girl that had been hit and killed by a semi-truck. This tale takes place in northwest Alabama off a small highway that was used to bypass the main longer, road. The story is a short one...The football game was over and the weather was cool and very foggy. This young teenage girl got too close to the highway and got hit and killed by a passing semi. The roomer is that on foggy nights, she sometimes appears on the passing trucks running boards looking for the driver that killed her. The last driver telling me this story claimed one foggy night that he was scared as he thought that he saw her looking in his passenger side window. When looking closer he claimed he didn't see anything. The whole area now-in 2009- has been bypassed by a super slab(interstate like highway).