GETTYSBURG PT.2

WELL HERE WE HAVE A PROBLEM, MY TRAILER WILL NOT MISS THE FORE MENTIONED MUSTANG AND HE IS VIRTUALLY IN LALA LAND AND DONT REALIZE HE SHOULD BACK-UP! WELL I PULLED UP AS CLOSE AS I COULD WITHOUT ACTUALLY PULLING OVER HIM,AND PULLED MY TRACTOR BRAKES AND POLITELY STEPPED OUT ONTO MY FUEL TANK!

 NOW AT THIS TIME I WAS PRETTY SCARY IN SIZE AND STATURE BEING ALL OF 6'2" AND THE BETTER PART OF 275LBS I MADE HAND MOTIONS TO THE DRIVER OF THE MUSTANG THAT EITHER HE MOVES OR I PULL MY TRAILER OVER THE TOP OF HIS CAR,NEEDLESS TO SAY HE GOT MY MESSAGE VERY CLEARLY!! LOL!

SO THE FOUR WHEELER DRIVER DECIDE TO MOVE SO I COULD GET MY TRUCK AND TRAILER PASSED HIS LOCATION! SO OFF TO MY FINAL DESTINATION, SOME WHERE IN THE NEIGHBOR HOOD OF HARRISBURG! SEEMS EVERYTHING IN PA.ENDS IN BURG OR THATS THE WAY I SEE IT. BUT ANY WAY I MADE MY FINAL DROP AND SHUT IT DOWN FOR THE NIGHT AND WAITING FOR MY DISPATCH TO CALL WITH LOAD INFO IN THE MORNING.

SO BRIGHT AND EARLY AS ALWAYS DISPATCH CALLED AND GAVE ME INFO FOR MY NEXT PICK UP DESTINATION CHI-TOWN!!! YIPPEE!! YOU GUESSED IT NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE THIS POINT EITHER. SO I GET MY LOAD AND START TO SHUT MY TRAILER DOORS AND YES IT STARTS SLEETING AND SPITTING SNOW,THIS IS GREAT!

SO ON MY WAY CROSS PA.TO OHIO AND WORK MY WAY TO THE OHIO PA.TURNPIKE WORKING MY WAY TOWARDS ILLINOIS, MAKING ONLY NEEDED STOPS FOR FUEL AND FOOD IT WAS A SURPRISINGLY SMOOTH TRIP SEEING IT WAS STILL SNOWING AND SLEETING LIKE CRAZY.

I FINALLY MAKE IT TO CHI-TOWN,(chicago) AS THE SUN IS ALREADY SET FOR THE DAY IT IS COLD DARK AND IM IN AN UNFAMILIAR PLACE. FUNNY HOW TRUCKING LEAVES YOU IN THIS SITUATION NEARLY EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A TRIP. WELL I STOP TO CALL MY RECEIVER TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED AND TO MY ENJOYMENT AND PLEASURE I FIND OUT THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE SOUTH END OF CHICAGO IN A VERY BAD NEIGHBORHOOD,ESP.FOR A WHITE BOY FROM GA. NOW IM NOT RACIST BY NO MEANS BUT THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE TYPE PLACES THAT EVEN THE RESIDENTS ARE IN BEFORE DARK AND EVERYONE ROLLS UP THE SIDE WALKS IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE!!!!

SO AS I ARRIVE TO MY LOCATION I SEE WHAT THEY MEAN BY SECURITY, THIS PLACE HAS TWO SETS OF DOCK DOORS. THEY OPEN ONE SET AND LET YOU BACK INSIDE THE BUILDING TO GET TO THE ACTUAL DOCK ITS SELF THEN THEY CLOSE THE DOOR IN FRONT OF YOU TO KEEP UN-WANTED PEOPLE OUT!! NOW THIS IS TOTALLY NEW FOR ME, NOW I GREW UP NOT FAR FROM ATLANTA AND KNEW WHEN AND WHERE NOT TO GO ROUND? AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TYPE OF PLACES!!

THE TYPE OF PLACE FOR NO ONE TO BE DOING BUSINESS OF THE LEGAL KIND!! SO IM IN THE BUILDING GETTING MY LOAD OFF LOADED AND COUNTED,AND I ASK THE GUY WHERE WOULD BE A GOOD SAFE PLACE TO PARK OVER NIGHT. HIS RESPONSE IS "NO WHERE CLOSE TO HERE"! NOW THAT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY WARM AND FUZZY ABOUT MY SURROUNDINGS, HE DOES TELL ME WHERE THE CLOSEST TRUCK STOP IS SO I MAKE MY WAY OUT OF THIS PLACE BEFORE I GOT KILLED OR SOMETHING EVEN WORSE LOL!

SO I TRAVEL ALMOST AN HOUR TO THE NEAREST TRUCK STOP AND SHUT IT DOWN FOR THE NIGHT.

THE NEXT MORNING DISPATCH CALLS AND ASK ME IF IM STILL ALIVE AND IF SO THEY HAVE A LOAD FOR ME?!! SOME SENSE OF HUMOR......NOT FUNNY THAT EARLY IN THE MORNING! SO I GET MY INSTRUCTIONS FOR MY NEXT PICK UP AND GET MY LOGS READY FOR THE TRIP,BOOK TWO OF MY LOGS .....BUT SSSSSSHHHHH YOU DONT KNOW THAT!!

WELL MORE ON THAT STORY WHEN I RETURN LATER TODAY....