DO THESE PANTS MAKE MY BUTT LOOK FAT?

Ok, it’s the age old question to which men have fallen victim to throughout the ages. Of course we all know what the answer is, but at times like this, absolutely no thought should go into the matter and the absolute lie should be said, "NO". So ponder this picture and see Craig’s dilemma when the question was asked, “Does this load make my trailer look fat?”

  

Yes, we had another oversized load this past week. Remember, I mentioned it was deck tooling which I didn’t quite know what it was? I’m still not so sure, but it is kind of the polar opposite of the hull mold we transported the last time. This is the component that fits inside the hull and shapes the inside of the boat. We arrived in Arlington late Tuesday morning, a day earlier than expected, and it was not ready for us. We were able to leave our trailer at Meridian Yachts, as they had said when it was ready they would load it on for us while we were away. With that said, we decided to get a hotel room down the street and relax, do laundry and enjoy a meal out.

Up early the next morning to check, and it was still not ready. What’s a girl to do? Go shopping of course!

  
 

Right down I5 were outlet stores and a Wal-Mart. With grocery shopping done we headed to the stores. Craig took the opportunity to relax and read in the truck while I meandered through the stores. Although I wasn’t much in the trying on mood, you know girls, sometimes, no mater what, nothing seems to look good. I knew I needed some long sleeve T-shirts to get me through the winter,so off to Eddie Bauer I went. About an hour later, and a little bit less in our checking account, I walked out a happy shopper.
  

Since the load still was not ready we spent the night at a truck stop a few miles away and hoped it would be ready Thursday morning. Upon arrival the next morning, they were ready to load it on our trailer. With all the proper permits and paperwork in hand, we waited for our pilot cars to arrive to take us safely to the Interstate. Now I don’t know what it is about people and CB radios, but they seem to make them chattier than normal. Thank goodness it was a short trip to the Interstate as we were soon running out of things to say to their comments on the weather and traffic congestion.

 

As we did before, we had the good fortune to be able to drive through Seattle; well for me that is, Craig still does not like driving through the big cities and especially with an oversized load. I used my good camera and was able to get some good shots of the area.

 

 

With what we could consider now a relatively short drive, about 400 miles, to Roseburg, we arrived in the area Thursday night for a delivery first thing Friday morning. With the deck tooling unloaded we were directed to come into the Company yard to pick up a Genie which was slated for Roxana, Illonois.

We never grow tired of the drive on Highwy 84 along the Colombia River Gorge. It is gorgous no matter what time of year.

  

  

We finally pulled into the Company yard around 8pm after a very long day for a good night’s sleep to be rested to load the Genie first thing in the morning and head East!