I am still in orientation. My back is doing well. I have a couple more days of this before heading out with a road trainer for final brushing up of driving, electronic logs and company policies and procedures. Then back to Charlotte, N.C. for some testing. Then in a truck.

This is the truck I have been using to get my driving ironed out. I am a little rusty but after a couple hours...it is coming along.

 I am eating mostly salads now(for dinner) I use greek yogurt for dressing. I eat kashi cereal with almond milk for breakfast and while at orientation, I eat two chicken drumsticks and a side vegetable.

 I will continue eating this way on the truck. Likely eat less meat. Will also do my best to stay away from wheat and sugary, yummy things ;-)


I realized the first time I crawled back in a truck and fired it up...I love driving truck. I have missed it.

Vivian had her lazik procedure this week. It went well. Her eyes were -7.5 and -8 before the procedure(nearsighted, I never even knew it could be that bad) now they are 20/25. Just needs reading glasses now. I took a last picture of her in glasses just before she headed in

She could not wear her contacts for two weeks leading up to it.

We are just about done going to the beach most evenings to hunt for fossil shark teeth.

We have something over 1400 in a jar that we assumed would hold about 500 - 800 at most. If you look closely, you can see all the small pieces and tips of teeth. Sometimes it is all you find. We figured...a tooth is a tooth. Besides, it is something to do. The real fun was in going to the beach to enjoy the sunshine and sand.

In other news...

I return to driving truck this week. I drive up to Charlotte, NC. Oct. 19th for orientation. Will have come full circle. Will be driving all 48 states and Canada. Will likely be in California

Not intending to retire from trucking. It is a means to an end.

I have done some major cleaning in the garage. Do not have an afterwords picture but a beginning and "getting there"

 
 

Will be set up for drafting the panels for the nester dinghy on my days off.

 I am looking forward to this. I will also be building in the booth and installing new instruments. Next spring will see Mary Lee finished. The intentions are to get her back up to Chesapeke bay for a few months. Lots to see there. I was told by someone that he had been boating on the Chesapeke for 25 years and had not seen it all yet.

Then...at long last...it will be time to go south