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Home --> Over-The-Road --> Winter driving 4


Winter driving 4, 29 January 2009

On the 27th, the shipper in Kent WA loaded the trailer with 254,232 soft drink cans (less tops) on 25 pallets for a total weight of 7,756 pounds - a very light load. Due to delays in processing of customs paperwork, I again spent the night at the North Bend WA T/A truck stop. I began driving at 0330 PST on the 28th.

I arrived at the border crossing in Sumas WA - Huntingdon BC at 0600 PST. After several minutes interrogation by Canadian border guards, I was cleared to proceed into British Columbia.

Driving at night in mid-Winter on snow-covered mountain roads is NOT my idea of a fun time - and not just any mountain roads: the Canadian Cascade range and the Canadian Rocky Mountains. I don't know why I would want to take photos of me maneuvering the tractor-trailer rig around narrow, hair-pin turns; or, meeting other big trucks on narrow steel-frame bridges; or, photos of the snow 'fog' that would hide the road for a few seconds after meeting or being passed by another big truck. I took a few photos of both a 'no snow' section and a snow-covered section of the TransCanadian Highway - Maple Leaf #-1.

I've been on the road now for a month, and in Canada for most of the last two weeks. I have requested four days of 'home time' - but I will spend those days in the Orlando FL area. I hope to begin home time on February 16th.

In several photos, a 'flashback spot' appears. This happens whenever the camera is not at the proper angle, relative to the windshield's angle of reflectivity (whatever...).

To view a larger version of a photograph, left click on that photograph.

Reminder: When viewing a larger photograph, when your cursor is over the photo, the cursor initially displays a plus sign (+). If you left click on the photo, the photo will enlarge to maximum size. If you left click again on the photo, the photo will reduce to minimum size.



Yea, kind of boring photos, right? Sorry about that. The really neat photos would be when something either dangerous or exciting or both are happening . . . and I'd need someone else to drive the truck while I took a snapshot....

;-)



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