A CONTINUING STORY......

WELL I GOT MY TRAILER HOOKED AND CHECKED OUT BEFORE I TOOK OFF AND AS I WAS PULLING UP TO THE OFFICE MY DISPATCHER CAME OUT TO MEET ME..WELL THE GOOD NEWS WAS THAT HE DID HAVE A BETTER PAYING LOAD BUT THE BAD NEWS WAS IT WAS GOING TO NEW JERSEY!! YEAH, AND DID I MENTION IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY BOUT 25 DEGREES HERE IN GEORGIA SO I WAS ONLY IMAGINING WHAT IT WAS LIKE UP THERE.

SO OFF I WENT TO GET MY LOAD BOUT 10 MILES UP THE ROAD, GOT 9MY LOAD AND STARTED MY JOURNEY INTO NEVER BEFORE TRAVELED TERRITORY FOR A GA.BOY. I HAD BEEN ALL OVER THE SOUTH EAST AND STUFF LIKE THAT WITH MY FAMILY ON VACATIONS BUT NEVER THAT FAR UP IN THE EAST COAST!! BY THE TIME I MADE IT THRU SOUTH CAROLINA AND INTO NORTH CAROLINA IT WAS GETTING LATE AND THE WEATHER WAS INCREASINGLY SUCKING!

LIGHT RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WAS FALLING AND HERE I WAS OUT HERE ON ICE WITH A TRAILER THAT I HAD ROUGHLY 3-4 HOURS EXPERIENCE WITH. SO I THOUGHT IT TO BE A WISE MOVE TO GET IN A PARKING SPOT FOR THE NIGHT AND WAIT FOR MORNING SO I COULD ATLEAST SEE THE ROAD OR DITCH  BEFORE I WENT IN TO IT.LOL, NO I DIDNT WRECK!!

BUT AS I SET THERE IN THAT LITTLE TRUCK STOP NEAR I BELIEVE IT WAS BLACK MTN N.C. I GOT MY FIRST VIEW OF THE DREADED TRUCK STOP PESTS, THE LOT LIZARDS !! YUKKK!! DOING MY PAPER WORK GETTING READY TO HIT THE SACK FOR THE NIGHT LISTENING TO THEM ADVERTISE THEIR COMPANY ON THE RADIO WAVES AND WATCHING THEM CRAWL IN AND OUT OF MANY DIFFERENT TRUCKS(mine not being one of them either.) I WAS AMAZED TO SEE HOW MANY TRUCK DRIVERS ACTUALLY LET THEM IN THEIR TRUCKS!!

WELL TIME FOR ME TO HIT THE HAY SO I LOCKED MYSELF IN MY TRUCK AND TURNED OUT MY LIGHTS. THE NEXT MORNING IT WAS NOT AS BAD AS I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE, THE ROADS WERE CLEAR AND MADE VERY GOOD TIME ON UP THE HWY. TRAVELED THRU PARTS THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND WHEN I PASSED THRU BALTIMORE IT WAS GREAT, A VERY BEAUTIFUL CITY(esp. at night)
AND MADE MY WAY ON INTO NEW JERSEY.

AND YEAH WHEN I GOT THERE IT WAS JUST AS COLD AS I HAD IMAGINED IT WOULD BE AND THERE WAS FRIGGING ICE AND SNOW EVERY WHERE,BUT BY THIS TIME I WAS FEELING PRETTY GOOD BEHIND THE WHEEL OF MY LARGE CAR! GOT TO MY DESTINATION IT WAS JUST OUT SIDE OF CAMDEN NJ. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE YOU  KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT, ROADS ROUGH AS DIRT ROADS I TRAVELED BACK HOME IN GA. AND JUST NOT A VERY NICE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT MADE IT IN AND OUT ALIVE JUST A LIL BIT BROKER THAN I WAS BEFORE I GOT THERE THANKS TO ALL OF THE NORTH EAST COAST TOLL ROADS!! WELL GOT MY LOAD OF AND I WAS OFF TO ANOTHER FUN PLACE THAT I AS A GA. BOY HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GETTING IN TO.
BUT MORE ON THAT TOMORROW......