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...).
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