On the road again!

Finished truck driving school and passed my Commercial Drivers License test with flying colors. It’s true as we say in martial arts, “The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat.”

Now I’m packing my bags and fixing to head out with a trainer for 2-4 weeks for a trucking firm out of Fargo.

In the meantime my long-suffering wife is going to be arranging a move to a new rental house (sans moldy basement) and dealing with two rambunctious kids.

I’ll probably miss the start of school rush. Pity…

My wife went on a business trip for five days, so I took the kids to Lake Manitoba up in the Great White North for camping and swimming.

A nice Canadian customs lady had some searching questions about why I was entering Canada with two kids and no mom in sight. She told me I really ought to have a letter of permission to take the kids out of the country from wife.

I told her we are still happily married, but conceded I really should have thought of it.

On the other hand, how come every time my wife takes the kids to Poland to visit relatives, nobody ever asks her if she has my permission to take the kids out of the country?

Camping was great, though there was one night I forgot to secure the food containers after a bear warning and lost a bag of corn chips.

I heard the lid hid the ground, the sound of crunching gravel, and a sort of snorting sound.

By the time I got dressed and out of the tent, armed with Maglight and trusty pickup key chain (with the button that turns on the headlights and horn) all I saw was a pair of glowing eyes in the woods.

My fault. As the ranger lady told us, “A fed bear is a dead bear.” (Meaning bears who learn to live easy on human garbage become nuisances that have to be shot.)

So now it’s on the road again! Can’t wait.

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