Truck Driving

After my career as a corporate trainer went down with the Towers on 9/11/2001, I was forced to look for alternatives. This journal describes my one-year experience as the driver of a big rig: The training, travels and travails of the adventure of a lifetime.

How I Came To Drive A Truck Basic Training JumpStart Training Engineer Week 1 Training Engineer Week 2 Testing I Get My Truck The Lonely Road My First "Real" Day Never Forget Parking Lot Nightmare Repair Hell Eaters of the Dead Unload That Barge, Tote that Bale Mt. Shasta My First Ticket An Angry Woman Routine Rolling For Dollars An Indelicate Subject North of Montana In Hot Water A Dull Boy Undertow Donner Party Favors One Lumper or Two? Have Some Madera, M'Dear Gratitude Unfinished Stories The First Rule of Trucking To Team or Not To Team "I've Said Too Much" The Scent of a Trucker T'was The Night After Christmas Expensive Hobby Bordering on Sanity Resolution The Nature of God A Smooth Operation Weight of a Rainbow Gary, Indiana Goodbye, Larry From Sea to Desert Meet Eric Idle Show Business Midnight at the Oasis Stormy Weather Big Waits Hellish Detergent Donner and Blitzkrieg Mayfly High Speed Chicken Feed Surely, Mr. Feynman Was Joking On The Roof Within the Rainbow The Efficacy of Repair An Average Week Irony, He Wrote Blue Volvo Bathroom Breaks and Other Delays I Think, Therefore I Amble Time Jump Michael Comes Too Levels of Awareness The Homecoming Miracles The Spirit Trail Justice Man vs. Machine Options Another Lean Week The Shoes It's Pat! Workman's Comp Surgery Lite Duty Unfounded Fears Back to Work Utilization A Little Gift Reprieve A Mediocre Week Accident Tuck and Run Fallen Comrade Remedial Resignation End Of The Road Photo Album Links

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