Mmm this story yet to come

Bought our first motor this weekend

Now this is the way to holiday. This is a private vehicle. Talked to Sharen about it and the retirement plans are being made already

Part 2

Well I left Newport early Tuesday morning as planned. Thing was the day before it was so hot I broke out the old shorts, and planned on wearing them the next day. Problem is it was chucking it down, so shorts put away and jeans back out of the wardrobe. The joourney was going okay till I cleared Brewer ME and was just getting towards the "Airline". Someone had knocked a Skunk over and it lay in the middle of the carraigeway. So I aimed the truck so the wheels passed either side of it, did'nt want to squash it and get smeely skunk on the truck. It was still the wrong thing to do. The heater sucked in all the smeel as I passed over the top. Oh boy what a stink, never smelt anything so bad. Took ages to get that horrible bloody smell from the cab. Air freshner spraying, even shut the windows and smoked a cigar to get rid of the stink. Let me tell you if you've never smelt a Skunk, let me tell you, you don't want to. Anyway besides that the trip up to Bridgewater went well. Dispatch had asked what my plans were when I was back and I'd told them home for the night then straight back out on the Wednesday morning. Trl dropped at Mitchelin, hooked up to a loaded one, dropped that back into Halifax, then home. All be it for one night, but home just the same. The following morning I went into dispatch at 8 and Chris gave me a job, down to Lake Eutpia NB to pick up a load of paper then onwards to Schenectady in New York State. Easy run as it was'nt booked in till the Friday morning. But on the way to pick the load up Chris sent a message asking if i could be there for 1345 the next day. This was no problem as Schenectady is'nt that far and it was still going to be an easy run. So loaded, crossed the border and headed for Newport again for the night. On the way down the next day the Qualcom went off with my reload instructions. Could'nt believe my luck, I was reloading at the same place as I was delivering. Again easy run back up to Quebec with 2 deliveries the next day. So with the 2nd delivery off by lunch time on the Friday my next pre-plan was sent through. Into our terminal in Saint Laurent for the poolcar that night. Nice one home for Saturday night, Sunday off and back out Monday. Heck must have needed the sleep more than I thought because I missed the knock on the cab door and did'nt wake up till 3am. Never mind there were 3 trls to choose from and took the light one bound for Dartmouth. Still be home for 5 that night. It was a good run back, dropped the trl at Armour in Dartmouth and bobtailed home. Bath and down the "Tavern " for a drink. Sunday was spent chilling (after washing the truck of coarse) on the deck. It's unbelievable where we live it's so peaceful and relaxing. Well catch you again soon with the next instalment, but for now got to get another cold beer out of the fridge and chill some more... It's a hard life...