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  Monday, August 22, 2005


I slept last evening with the truck not idling and did I conk (slept good).  The skies over Marquette, MI were overcast and finishing up their spittin' and sprayin' in time to enjoy a patchy sunrise after my 1st stop.

I almost did a header on my 1st stop.  Even though there's a dock light, it gets dark in certain areas.  The light shines into the trailer, but doesn't light up adequately other areas such as the area between the truck and the dock.  In moving the portable dock plate from one side of the dock and trailer to the other side, I stepped into a black hole (no foothold between the truck and dock).  I did a couple of wild gyrations and managed to keep my balance.  One of the receiver gals was about ready to start grabbing for me but thought (and said) she might grab something...er...inappropriate.  So she decided otherwise.  In grabbing the dock plate with my left hand to steady myself, I managed to sprain my left ring finger.  It swelled up a little bit but will be OK.  Other than that (and my pride being bruised a bit), I'm glad nothing worse happened.

The rest of the stops went well.  Heading home, I saw a herd of cows playing follow-the-leader as they headed for the barn near Sheboygan, WI.  The line must have been nearly 200-yards long!  It was kind of humorous watching them marching towards their meal ticket.

Tomorrow I'm making 2-stops in the Chicago, IL area.

Tonight I get to celebrate with my son and his 7th birthday!

miles driven = 366


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