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It's a Hard Life

When we owned trucks, we did a lot of do-it-yourself repairs. We even did repairs on equipment for companies we drove for, mostly to keep rolling, but partly because we wanted the work done right. Click to see a You Tube video about working on our boat.

A Quiet Christmas Morn'

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We actually spent Christmas at Brunswick Landing Marina. We had a chilly night or two, but did not get shut down on I-80, due to winter weather. (Like we have spent many a Christmas.)

18 Wheels to Decks and Keels

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Over the Rode My wife, Cindy, and I are over-the-road truck drivers. We drive team. Team driving means that one of us is always driving and one of us is a lways sleeping. Over the last thirty years of criss-crossing the United States and Canada, we have accumulated a huge number of "remember when" moments. As in, "remember when we went hiking on Snoqualmie for the first time?" Or, "remember when it took five hours to cross the George Washington Bridge because of construction?" Or, "remember when the blizzard closed I-80 in Wyoming on Christmas?" As we drive now, every mile of interstate brings up memories from the hundreds of other times we have been there. We often feel sorry for the people who vacation around the United States and Canada who fly from city to city. They don't get to experience the country mile by mile like we get to. Airplane vacationers don't know that the Texas bluebonnets start blooming in the south, then wo...

Most People have to Downsize to Move into a Boat.

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Not if you have spent three decades in a truck sleeper. Click here to see all the room! (Facebook pos t)