ALL IN THE DAY OF A TRUCKER & HIS WIFE

We ended up only driving about 200 miles Saturday night and staying at a rest stop in Wooler, Ontario. Up and on the road again Sunday morning we made our way into Toronto on our way back to the USA border.

As we got closer to the USA border we started seeing the signs for Niagara Falls. I was quite excited to hopefully catch a glimpse of that magnificent sight, but most roads were not open for big rigs and sadly the closest I got was this.

All was not lost as we got to the border, I was able to see a what looks like one of the power plants that runs off the falls.

The back up at the border wasn’t too bad, as we calmly waited for what I’m sure will be routine for us in the coming years, talking to the border agents. When we finally got to the booth, we handed over our passports to an agent who informed us they were in a the middle of changing shifts. He glanced at our empty boat trailer, commented on the obvious, that we were unloaded, didn’t even glance at our passports, handed them back and said “You’re outta here”. We didn’t even have to pay the $5.00 reentry fee. Now I know what it feels like to want to go home at the end of my shift, but he didn’t even look at our passports. We must have very non threatening faces.

Now, as soon as we crossed the border into New York state, it seemed like every ten miles or so, all we saw were these signs:

Thank goodness the truck has an EZPASS installed. Just drive through and wait for the green light and off you go. We drove through Buffalo, New York and I had an opportunity to snap a few pictures.

A stop in Angola, New York at a service rest area which had pedestrian crossings over the highway. A quick salad, ( as Craig tells me, I am on the North American Taco Salad Tour), and we were on our way again. We stopped in Erie, Pennsylvania for fuel which was suppose to be only a few minutes, but turned into over an hour. Seems the fuel cards did not want to work for us. We ended up having to call dispatch and them issuing us an electronic check to pay for the diesel.

Along the way to our final destination we ended up going through New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland. The scenery as always was beautiful. I can’t believe I am so fortunate to get to experience this every day. Of course, a roadside traffic stop always gets my attention as well.

We finally made it into the yard of the boat manufacturer at 12am eastern time, in Cumberland, Maryland. Seems we weren’t the only ones with the same idea. There were 3 other rigs there with empty trailers as well, including another driver from Craig‘s company.

Loaded down with our 3 boats in the morning, we were on our way once again.

Back through West Virginia , Ohio, and Indiana. The clouds were amazing in Ohio as we started to see lighting and hear the thunder.

A small thunder storm arrived and went and we were greeted with a nice sunset.

Just another day in our life and we consider ourselves blessed. We tackle driving through Chicago tomorrow. Wish us luck!