Today, we are headed east from California enroute to Atlanta, Ga. Hopefully, to deliver this load of strawberries by midnight tomorrow. Then hopefully get another load to go back to California for a turnaround to come home for fifteen days. We meet many interesting people out here. Sometimes we meet other drivers when we stop to go into a resturant to eat supper. Or sometimes other travellers who are not truck drivers that are curious about truck drivers and where we are going. We get many questions from these kinds. I do especially from women who cannot imagine driving a truck that can weigh up to 80,000 lbs and has 18 wheels. In my life, I have driven many different vehicles from a motorcycle, 4 wheeler, personal car, pickup truck, police car, ambulance, and now an 18 wheeler. All basically the same with some differnces. It mostly comes down to I can do anything I set my mind to do and of course with God's helping hand.
There are many times that I have gotten discouraged when driving. I have had to deal with a fear of heights when it comes to driving over some of the larger bridges that the interstate system has to offer. Those are the times that God has really come in handy and helped out. I always seem to get across in one piece. I say thank you and go on. But there are 2 bridges in the United States that I have not been able to master yet. I make it across them but not without sweaty palms and hyperventilation. One is on I24 in Kentucky going into Illinois. I have to set my eyes on the other side and remind myself to breathe as I drive across. As I get across to the other side, I find that my knuckles on the steering wheel are white from the death grip I had. The other is in Washington state. It is a very narrow girder bridge that crosses the Columbia river. Again, the same reaction.
I do enjoy driving and seeing the sights that we do. I do believe that the best rainbows to be observed are in New Mexico. The strongest winds blow in Texas. Arkansas has the roughest highways. Southern California has the most litter. ( no disrespect to any Californians) But to be fair, northern California is beautiful with Mt. Shasta. I did see my first bald eagle in northern California. I just cannot understand why in a state that started most of the ecological legislation that it has to be the trashiest. Oregon's Columbia river gorge one of the most scenic. Washington state is also beautiful. North Dakota is the coldest I have ever been to at a -14 degrees. It would probably be easier to say what states I have not visited, those being, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the northeast, north of Pennsylvania. I have seen some beautiful country but still the prettiest country is always home. Thank you Lord for alway allowing me to come home. Lady Hawke
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