A Trucker's Life...day by day

I kept a day by day journal the first 5 years I drove. I kept track of where I went, often what I did, feelings I had and various other details. I am writing this blog day by day as I lived it. The month/day I lived it is the same as the month/day I write about it. The years are obviously different...thus the days title: ie: August 30, 1989, 2009.

About this blog's layout...BLOG UPDATED ONCE PER DAY...


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 or ask a "student driver" question.

I will often put a link to a place or event whenever I pass it in my travels. I may have the same place or event linked several times but those linkings might not be to the same "place"(IE: If you like Nashville, Tennessee and see that it has a linking each time you see it, look at those linkings as they could be different from each other).

I have several truck stories and if you truckers want to e-mail me yours, please do. I may use them on my blog. I just love a good trucker story! I don't pay for trucker tales as I give this blog away free with the right for anyone to copy it.

If 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 who like to travel to get a road map of North America and follow me day by day.

At this time, I will be happy to answer any non-personal questions, especially from truck driving students, you have (truckingblogger@yahoo.com). Thanks for reading....Jim

ENJOY!!!

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Stating as a pre-preschooler, I remember my Grandfather bringing me rocks from his trips he took after he retired. Each rock had a story to tell. In the sixth grade, I watched a freeway be built and then wondered where all the trucks would go. I remember in high school looking at the mountains and wanting to travel. I did many jobs BEFORE trucking but I always wondered what driving would by like. I really wanted to see things and drive a big truck. So after almost finishing nursing school, a divorce and three cute little kids, I became a truck driver. I enjoyed traveling North America and seeing the land and people. NO ONE ENJOYED TRAVELING MORE THAN ME. There are two things I have enjoyed in this life and they traveling and writing. I use to call myself "Protourist" but my Mother-in-law and Wife would become upset with me as they know I really love THE "travel" and not THE stopping to see things. I now call myself "protraveller"(I like it with a double "L") and my Mother-in-law and Wife are now happy!!! I love to write and this blog gives me the opportunity to share my past and thoughts with the public.
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November 11, 2009

November 11, 1989, 2009

FIRST 5 YEARS: (Saturday-crossing border into Nebraska)
I started the day off under a logbook violation as I will get to my goal of Big Springs, Nebraska about 1:30 AM which I did. I parked and went to sleep. Got up at 9 AM, fueled my truck(only put on 130 gallons because of my weight), had some breakfast and got my logbook caught up. Took off for Michigan. Had a goal tonight of getting to Williamsburg, Iowa where I will have a steak dinner and go to the movie room and hopefully watch Crocodile Dundee 2(never have seen it). Took off east... I was nearing North Platte, Nebraska when I picked up a female driver on the CB radio really getting a mouthful of garbage from the male drivers. I talked with her and we went to channel 26 and talked for a long time. She called herself “Sugar Plum” and seemed like a nice gal. We stopped at “Just A Truckstop” at York, Nebraska where she had to fuel. We continue on into Iowa and stopped at Williamsburg, Iowa for the night. Sugar Plum went in and had a steak dinner also but she said she would like to go back to her truck and talk some more. I had plans so I said I would see her at 8 AM and I went to the movie room. I was the only one down there so I saw Crocodile Dundee 2. Went to my bed about 11 PM and sawed some logs...
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