Quicklee’s
I was grateful for Quicklee’s Travel Center. My trailer from John Cox Trucking to Springfield would not be ready until first thing Monday. It was too far to drive to…
Towed Away in Charlotte
I was pondering over a load from Atkins, VA to Chicago or to New England. There was nothing coming out of Charlotte. But Atkins, a three-hour drive away and in…
Truck Fire @ Davis Truckstop
JD Davis was just fuming after his boss let him go. He stayed on the road for weeks on end, never refusing a dispatch even to gritty NYC. Davis Travel…
Kennedy Center for Band’s Visit
The drive through DC was nerve wracking to say the least. DC is very walkable and pedestrian-friendly and on this day, like on any given Sunday, loads of tourists flocked…
Band’s Visit
An Egyptian band gets stuck in an Israeli dirt town for the night. What was supposed to be coughed up as a simple but embarrassing mistake turned out to be…
Working for the Weekend on the Cape
The directions were written perfectly not by a truck driver but by a desk jockey who has never pulled anything bigger than a Boston Whaler. All the local yokels who…