Driver Dave Trucking in Canada: Spring?

Hey people. So what a great couple of weeks I have had with going to South Carolina a couple of times. On my last time off, we just did our usual shopping in the states and snow removal, which turned out I didn’t need to do as the Saturday and Sunday it rained constantly, slowly washing some of the snow away. This was the snow bank in front of our house at the side of the road, before it started to rain. Emma posing to give you an idea of size

I went back out on the Sunday. It rained all the way to the truck stop I normally stay at 572 miles away in Maybrook, New York. When I got there, they had had so much rain, combined with the melting of the snow, that it flooded the bathrooms and showers. I guess through the drains.

At first they would not let me use the bathroom, as they was still cleaning them up, but I had not stopped the full 9hr drive, so he let me, otherwise he would have had another flood on his hands.

My family that read my blog moaned at me, because I go into all the details of where I have been, but to them, without having a North American map in front of them are no wiser

so I have said I will put maps up with my routes on that I have covered on each trip.

This was the map for my last Post 5900 miles

This was my first week on this trip 3600 miles

And this was my second, 3100 miles getting back early Friday morning

It has rained most of the two weeks, but I don’t care, its much better than the snow, which I did get at the end of my first week. I had parked up the night before at the customer in London Ontario, ready to off load in the morning. When I got up at 6am to back onto the bay, the truck was covered with several inches of snow. They was just trying to clear the yard too. It never stopped the four hour it took to off load me, then my reload was in St Mary Ontario, but that meant taking back roads, with very high winds as well as the snow.

As for driving on snow covered roads. I have been really lucky this year, as this was the first time snow really affected driving conditions for me since New Years Day. I have either been in front of snow storms, or arrived after the clean up. I guess I had to have one last taste of bad weather before spring really kicks in. Well I hope thats the last

The wind was that strong, my trailer was been pushed sideways as im driving down the road. I couldn’t believe it. I had never had that before. It was not fun, just an extra gush of wind could have pushed my trailer into the ditch, and all I could think about is Joe wont believe me if the wind pushed the trailer in the ditch.

I got to the road I wanted to find it blocked off by police. Apparently there was fifteen trucks and a bus all jack knifed further up the road, so I could not get to my reload. I was only due to take that to the yard then get a load for not my favourite place, Winnipeg, but luckily for me, I had been in intense pain all week with swollen gums,

so I asked if it was ok to switch for a load going back to Woodstock so I could pop to the dentist and in minutes, my reload was changed. wicked, it was well worth the pain to not have to go to Winnipeg.

I didn’t get back in time for the dentist, so A&E was good enough. Then it was straight back on the road, back to South Carolina, not so sunny this time. It rained most days this trip with plus temperatures, but I didn’t mind. Loads better than snowing and minus temps.

Anyways its back on the road on Monday, so till next time, Have a nice dayyyy

See how the trees shine?

This was the Morning after leaving the flooded truck stop

That was ice on the trees from the Ice Rain the night before