My Swift Journey, Cont.

Was gonna say Hell's Kitchen is in NYC last I checked, have couple buddies on the engine company there...Safe travels

I also meant to say Hell's Canyon, not Hell's Kitchen. Two totally different locations...stupid auto-correct.

Maximum Effort...Maximum Reward

Been a while, so here goes...

Made quite a tour of the western part of the US...Washington, California, Utah, Oregon, etc. I did my first set of team driving from California to New Mexico, where my mentor took over. I woke up today to the word that we were headed back to Oklahoma for a 34 hour reset, then team driving running dedicated for Hobby Lobby. My mentor said we'll be running our butts off, but we'll make good money, I'll gain some good experience and we'll most likely be getting weekends off back at home. Sounds good to me! My backing is slooooowwwwllly getting better. I'm getting the concept but I don't think my trainer is comfortable yet with me attempting backups without him spotting. I'll get there though. I did my first blind side backing the other day and it went okay. Haven't hit anything yet! Lol

So far still loving the whole experience. I drove all night the other day and actually enjoyed it, minus not being able to see poorly painted center lines in Arizona. Made it one piece though, which is ultimately the goal.

Maximum Effort!

Sorry I haven't posted lately; we've been running ragged. Lol

This last 2 weeks we've been assigned to a dedicated Hobby Lobby account so it's been a lot of back and forth between OKC and various stores. Last week we went to Chicago (ugh), Missouri and too many others to mention. This past week has been nothing but runs to Texas. I've seen enough of I-35 to last me a lifetime.

My backing has gotten a bit better. The other night I drove to the OKC distribution center while my mentor slept. Ordinarily I would wake him up when we got there but this time I said the heck with it. I took care of checking in, backing in the trailer and unhooking. THEN I woke him up. He saw what I had done and just said good job. He seems much more at ease with me. One morning we got to a dock. He looked at the dock and didn't say anything, just went back to sleep. So, I guessed he wanted me to figure it out for myself, which I did. Lol

Today he told me he's ridden with students who he just didn't feel comfortable with, but with me the thought of me on the road didn't scare him at all. He told me I was a very safe driver and that was the main thing as far as he was concerned. I gotta say, it felt pretty good as he isn't the type to throw around platitudes like that.

Tomorrow is Houston. Sigh...

Sounds like you're having a great time. Keep up the good work.

Lemmy's mentor says:

He's ridden with students who he just didn't feel comfortable with, but with me the thought of me on the road didn't scare him at all.

That's about as good a compliment as you can get. Congratulations, Lemmy!