Driving Day 1.......

Hello All,

Trainer arrived late Thursday night October 20th, 2011, introduced himself (I would introduce you, but don't think he would appreciate it), so I'll refer to him as the "Trainer", when I get to know him better, maybe I'll consider letting him in on the "TruckExplorer" Blog.  We slept in the truck and left first thing in the morning.  He drove, I sat in the passenger seat, I will tell you he's a big guy, 6'7", next to him feeling all nervous and excited, I went from 54 to 15 years old.  It was so weird I almost bust out laughing.

He drove for a while, I truly lost all track of time and couldn't even tell you where I was for sure.  I believe he drove until we got out of California, "Oh Ya", I was picked up in Fontana California.  Well somewhere in Arizona, I was given the reigns of this "Giant Beast".  I say "Giant Beast" because I learned how to drive, manuever, these big trucks in a much smaller truck to get my CDL (Commercial Drivers License).  My experience had been in a day cab (truck is shorter and no sleeper area) with a 22' trailer.  The "Giant Beast" is a full sized truck with sleeper and a 53' trailer.  That's more than twice as long.  Well I'll tell you, that was something, grinding gears getting up to speed, "No Really", Grinding gears, bouncing all over the place thought it was going to fall apart.  Finally got it going and started cruising down the road.  1 hour, just 1 hour into driving, had to pull into a DOT inspection station.  Well they asked for some information, one of which was the "Proof of Insurance".  Guess who got a ticket for "No Proof of Insurance", ours expired August 2011.  We were insured, just no current proof.  Now is that "$%&*^#@*(&*)" or what?

That should give everyone a chuckle, I giggled a bit myself.  Well that's all for now, I'll post another in a few minutes, I have some time to get caught up.  I'll tell you why in the next blog, kind of like watching a cliff hanger television show without all the commercials ................... or pictures ................. and you have to read it yourself!  Please post any comments using the Anonymous option if you don't know how to use the URL or whatever that is option.  I couldn't figure it out either!