first trip

At last we've got both time and internet, so i thought i'd better bring you all up to speed. We we're allocated our truck (3118) on the 14th may and spent the afternoon getting all our kit in it. Then on the friday we we're dispatched to Salt lake city utah for a 06.00 monday delivery. SLC is only a 13 hour drive so we had plenty of time to take in the sights of Montana. Our relaod was 2 pick ups in Idaho, then straight back to Lethbridge for a trailer swap, then back south to Sioux city nebraska. We tipped friday night then reloaded a meat load with 4 drops on for Toronto, plus a meat inspection all to be done tuesday. On tuesday we we''re sat in meat inspec for 4 hours so we only got 2 of our 4 drops off. Anyway we was told to drop the trailer in the yard and pick up a loaded one to go to Edmonton so we got to drive right across Canada. One night at about 22.30, just before a place called nipigon, we encountered a moose! At the time i was doing about 65mph on a single road when this head appeared in front of us. It 's head was as high as us and the look on it's must have been the same as ours, as i veered left the moose bolted to it's left and we missed it by a couple feet. After that i did 40 mph for the 10 mile or so to nipigon. Later on we were talking to a night man who said he'd hit 20 or so over the years and written off several trucks! At the moment were on a 36 hour reset in Edmonton, weve been out all day at the worlds largest mall, more about that later. On sunday weve been dispatched to Vancouver so we will have a scenic drive through the Rockies.

just a few pics

the snow in lethbridge was waiting for us
floods in houston texas

the summit of donners pass calafornia

rush hour in nevada(75mph speed limit for trucks!!)

updates

What a month! sorry i haven't posted much due to lack of time. The calafornia trip was really good, the temperature was 39 deg where we reloaded (salinas). The run back was great. When we got back to lethbridge i was told there was no orientation course for the following, so if i wanted i could go back out on another trip south. So of we went to Laredo tx, which is on the mexican border. We tipped on the monday then they ran us to Galveston tx for a load of melons to go to Calgary, result. When we got loaded they asked us if we would mind swapping trailers with driver at Amerillo tx as he had to get back to Lethbridge. So we did, and wound up with a load for Toronto! At Toronto we dropped the trailer loaded, then picked a loaded one up with a drop in Regina mb then Saskatoon mb then Edmonton ab. At Edmonton they kindly gave us an empty trailer to get us home. So the trip took 11 days and totalled just under 8000 miles! Anyway after all that i managed to get into the classroom for 3 days to do my orientation. So with that done i could finally go on my rocky mountain mentor trip with a driver called Ian, who drives like he's been chased by the cops! Very scary indeed!! When i got back i was allocated a truck, so we are now the proud occupants of 3118. We was despatched on thursday to Salt Lake City ut, but didn't bother leaving until friday as SLC is only a 1000 mile and its not tipping while monday. At 4 pm on friday we set of with 44000lb of cat litter, which if any of you dont know is radioactive! so you can imagine the fuss the US border made! We got all done in about 2 hours so we only ran to Shelby mt. Saturday we ran from Shelby to Mccammon id which is where we are now. When we started at 8 am it was 4 deg c, when we parked up at 6 pm it was 24 deg c. Where we've parked is a hot,lush green valley with huge snow capped mountains surrounding us, it is stunning. Tommorow we've only got a couple hours to do so we can have an afternoon to ourselves. Anyway time for bed now if i remember tommorow and don't look to much like a saddo i'll get some pics of our truck and post them. Catch you soon.