September
14, 2017
Crawling
slowly up Route 970, the big green Kenworth labors under a full load,
dropping back beside a Peterbilt pulling a walking floor trailer in
the right lane. A gravelly voice from the Peterbilt cab grates out
of the Kenworth’s CB radio.
“Thought
a pretty truck like that would be way out ahead!”
The
Trucker reaches for his mic.
“Not
with a full load – you must be running empty!”
“Naaah,
there ain’t no more room in this wagon. Weeelll, come on up in
front, driver. I got all day to get up this hill, and there’s a
red light at the top. Gonna be a long ride down the other side
behind me.”
“OK,
thank you...have a good one, driver.”
And
the Peterbilt drops back, while the big green Kenworth shifts gears,
growling upward, easing into the right lane, just in time for a green
light and a clear ride down.
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