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My View From the Road, Weekend Edition, 1/22/11

OK, I promised you some pics, and here they are, but first some background. Due to equipment problems, and some timing issues, I was unable to get out of town before the snowstorm hit in Carlisle, PA, the other night.,  drove for a few hours and was almost out of legal time, (Truckers are restricted on the time they can drive per day) when I started asking around on the CB where I might find a place to stop. Someone suggested an old PETRO, on I-80 about three miles off my intended route. It’s now run as an independant stop and it’s a HUGE place. I hope they make it. They’re certainly getting lots of business.

Certainly was snowing that night.

Here’s a few pics. Click each for a full view.

I did manage to run to Buffalo, through white-outs and every other blinking thing the weather threw at me THen again, I guess that’s expected since I have lived in this neck of the woods all my life.

I leave for York PA down by the PA/MD border on Sunday afternoon.

I have been finding keeping up with what’s been going on in the political world to be a bit more of a hassle from the road than I thought.  At this point it’s just going to be a matter of making use of what connectivity I have, and what time I have.  I’m slowly getting into this.  I can’t say I like the time away from home, but I certainly don’t mind the driving.

As an example of that, I must say that despite the huge pain in the ass that driving through that kind of snowfall creates, it was one of the prettiest drives I’ve ever taken.  The snow on the trees and hills was beautiful, and All I can say about those sights  is I wish I managed to catch more of them.

I’m supposed to be moving into a new truck very shortly and hopefully the new one will have a radio that actually works.  I’m also supposed to be getting a new CB radio sometime this week so that will be interesting as well.  When I get the new truck, I will post some pictures, and perhaps a short movie so that you get some idea of where I live during the week and what I do.

In the midst of all of that, I will be interspersing political commentary as I always have done here.  Perhaps once I get the new truck going,  and get more organized, I will reinstitute the Nightly Ramble.  Given that every time I write out the edit different location, Ramble does seem an appropriate title, don’t you think?