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On the road. . .cont.
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Feb. 2nd, 2006 | 05:26 PM
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Wednesday, Day 4
Life on the road can be great, but it can also be bad. I woke up with the sniffles, as did Dad. I’m not sure if there was something in the air or what, but after Dad’s sniffles went away. . .mine didn’t! But, being the trooper I am, I stayed awake all day to watch the events unfold. We left Cincinnati headed toward Griffin GA. With 18,000 lbs. of car parts in tow, the ride was relatively smooth. Got to drive right through Knoxville, TN! It’s a big place with lots of idiot drivers. Watched people not care about the safety of themselves or others as they scooted around coming dangerously close to the truck. All in all, a relaxing and beautiful drive. Stopped for the night at Crazy Ed’s truck stop and fireworks stand. By this time my sniffles had turned into a cold and I was not as alert as I would have liked to have been. I was trying not to sneeze on the glass cases and probably didn’t’ get the full effect of how cool this stop was. After a bowl of mostly chicken and a few dumplings and then a couple Benadryl, it was bed time for bonzo.
Thursday, Day 5
Woke up with my cold only getting worse. We left Crazy Ed’s and headed for out drop site just a few miles south of Atlanta. I (for the first time this week) took advantage of Dad’s bed while he drove. I slept until we were just outside of Atlanta. Listened to Neal Boortz on the radio as we wrestled through the winding highways. He had plenty of things to gripe about, and kept the show interesting. . As always. Took an ungodly 2 hours for this company to unload 10 pallets! I work in a factory and drive a forklift. 10 pallets laying single on the floor with about 2 feet of auto parts stacked on them should have taken a grand total of about 8 minutes to unload. Apparently the accelerator is impossible to find on a forklift also!. I decided to lay down and try to rest while we were being unloaded, and that’s when they found that little petal on the right. We drove about 45 minutes south of Atlanta to another Flying J to await our next assignment. When we pulled in, we realized just how tired we really were and requested to have the rest of the day off. With a few hours to burn and my cold still fighting me, I layed down to take a nap. As I write this it is about 5:30 eastern, and we are trying to figure out what to do for dinner. When I write the entry for tomorrow, I’ll include how the remainder of this night went. Until then. . .
Life on the road can be great, but it can also be bad. I woke up with the sniffles, as did Dad. I’m not sure if there was something in the air or what, but after Dad’s sniffles went away. . .mine didn’t! But, being the trooper I am, I stayed awake all day to watch the events unfold. We left Cincinnati headed toward Griffin GA. With 18,000 lbs. of car parts in tow, the ride was relatively smooth. Got to drive right through Knoxville, TN! It’s a big place with lots of idiot drivers. Watched people not care about the safety of themselves or others as they scooted around coming dangerously close to the truck. All in all, a relaxing and beautiful drive. Stopped for the night at Crazy Ed’s truck stop and fireworks stand. By this time my sniffles had turned into a cold and I was not as alert as I would have liked to have been. I was trying not to sneeze on the glass cases and probably didn’t’ get the full effect of how cool this stop was. After a bowl of mostly chicken and a few dumplings and then a couple Benadryl, it was bed time for bonzo.
Thursday, Day 5
Woke up with my cold only getting worse. We left Crazy Ed’s and headed for out drop site just a few miles south of Atlanta. I (for the first time this week) took advantage of Dad’s bed while he drove. I slept until we were just outside of Atlanta. Listened to Neal Boortz on the radio as we wrestled through the winding highways. He had plenty of things to gripe about, and kept the show interesting. . As always. Took an ungodly 2 hours for this company to unload 10 pallets! I work in a factory and drive a forklift. 10 pallets laying single on the floor with about 2 feet of auto parts stacked on them should have taken a grand total of about 8 minutes to unload. Apparently the accelerator is impossible to find on a forklift also!. I decided to lay down and try to rest while we were being unloaded, and that’s when they found that little petal on the right. We drove about 45 minutes south of Atlanta to another Flying J to await our next assignment. When we pulled in, we realized just how tired we really were and requested to have the rest of the day off. With a few hours to burn and my cold still fighting me, I layed down to take a nap. As I write this it is about 5:30 eastern, and we are trying to figure out what to do for dinner. When I write the entry for tomorrow, I’ll include how the remainder of this night went. Until then. . .
