HAPPY DAYS

If you listened carefully, you could have heard the sound of our happy feet Monday morning. Just on a whim, we decided to call the dealership and an employee answered. Seems they were closed for retail business but would accept delivery of our two boats. A collective “yippee” could be heard from within our truck as we went about putting things away to make our happy departure from the truck stop to the dealership about 15 miles away.

Besides not having to sit idle for a second day, there were reports of a storm heading our direction Tuesday morning. Dropping the boats on Monday gave us a head start, to put as much distance as we could, from the fast moving storm which the Canadians were calling an “Alberta Clipper”. We only made it as far as Medicine Hat, Alberta, where we shut down for the night and around 2am the storm came a knocking. I found the shaking of the truck from the strong winds quite comforting as I drifted back off to sleep.

Leaving in the darkness of early morning, we made our trek towards the border as the wind continued to blow and a light snow fell. I am always happy to see the border, and even happier, to be given once again permission, albeit, after paying $10.75, to cross back onto USA soil. The last couple of crossings that we have had, have been, dare I say it, pleasant. No problems, paperwork all in order, and no delays. Of course, now that I have said it, I’ve probably jinxed us.

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Our new assignment is to go to our favorite boat plant in Pipestone, Minnesota and pick up a load of boats headed to Greensboro, North Carolina. This is shaping up to be a nice little run where we will get to see some areas we haven’t been before. Tonight we will be staying in Minot, North Dakota, happy that we will be there early enough to set up the Satellite TV, which we have been without while in Canada, just in time to watch a couple of our favorite shows. Yep, I’m happy to be back in the good old USA, now if only I can find the latest issue of People Magazine.