Freckles and I had just enjoyed some home time and landed a load to California from somewhere within a couple hundred miles of Florida (I don't recall.) We got about to Texas when the jake brake stopped working. A jake brake, or retarder, is a function that slows the truck by a change in the…
Humanity
Freckles was driving. We were on the I-285 bypass, around Atlanta, and it was raining. By raining, I mean a torrential downpour. We got about halfway around Atlanta, and the rain slowed to a sprinkle, the downpour having just moved through there. The interstate was closed with police directing us off an exit. The detour…
Why You No Read a Sign?
We left Miami with a load and ran north up Hwy 27 where we discovered Willie and Elvira were running south on the same highway. Thing about running loads, there's never enough time for socializing. But, we stopped in the median and got some chat time in the middle of the highway anyway because we…
Got Straight out of Compton
Freckles and I took a couple of short loads through Iowa, Nebraska and to Los Angeles, California. Then we got our first long run from Compton, California to Miami, Florida. Compton was stressful as it was very tight turns, and honestly, I was concerned for our safety going in. Every movie I remember seeing about…
Ride or Die
Freckles and Elvira were completing school and getting their licenses. Willie and I were going through the motions, nervous and excited about the prospect of spending life on the road with our wives. Time seemed to slow to a crawl waiting for each call or text update. Two beautiful women, moms, and friends. They were…
Things Got Real, in a Hurry.
Freckles and I were driving down the interstate on one of our back-and-forth Mississippi to Florida excursions. We started talking about all the trucks on the interstate and what it would be like to see the country and get paid to do it. I had never even stood next to a semi, let alone see…
Introduction
Our adventure begins with two misfits who, more or less, found each other and just decided to give life a chance. Glowplug and Freckles married each other, and things really sped up and escalated quickly. Before they knew what hit them, they had three beautiful daughters and endeavored to fit into a world full of…
The Adventures of Glowplug and Freckles 