Can you spot the crazy person in this photo? Old trucking pics.

[Droopy]

Here's a picture of my trucking school graduating class. Some people think it's easy to get a CDL and drive a truck for a living. Granted, it isn't rocket science, but our class started out twice the size that is in the photo. I'm in the first row, from the right side, second to the left. I was cute and 24 back then, but my brain was eeeevil. :) The big guy in the pink shirt was our instructor. The picture was taken in December 1996.




This is the rig that I owned. The picture was taken in Seattle in 1999 on one of my first trips in the truck when I was leased to Landstar Ranger. I owned the trailer as well and boy was it nice. It was like hauling a Cadillac down the road with a beat up, old pick-up. I eventually ended up getting rid of the trailer and paying off the semi. I wish I still had that old truck, but fuel prices spiked in early 2000 and I was out of business by July of that year. I sold the truck when I realized that I was making about the same amount of money as your average company driver.




I thought this was a pretty picture. It was taken somewhere in Wyoming in early spring I do believe. I think parts of Wyoming are snow covered 9 months out of the year :). Seems that way anyway.




This was taken in a real oasis somewhere around Death Valley. I was a big Art Bell fan back then and I had to drive through his home town to get to this shipper. They are loading bagged dirt onto my truck. I'm not completely sure, but I think the dirt was ground up really fine and used to absorb chemical spills. I have no idea how the owner of the place, who was helping load my truck, managed to get a dirt grinding factory in the middle of a desert oasis, but there you go.

[auntAgonist]

1. Hey Droopy. I can spot you no problem! Is that

picture in Wyoming taken at Little America?
I used to stop at the Truckstop there. They had the BEST waffles with strawberries and cream!

:hi:

aA

[Droopy]

3. No, it was taken in a rest area that was supposed to be closed.

I was out in the middle of nowhere, which is pretty easy to be in Wyoming. I got out and did my thing on the other side of the truck, looked over my shoulder, and thought, "That would make a nice photo." :D

[auntAgonist]

5. ..........

:rofl:


catch ya later, I'm going out to play on I-94 :scared: work calls.

ttyl

[flvegan]

2. I always give truck drivers due credit.

I know that I could never, ever in my wildest even toy with the idea that I could drive one of those. And that's just in a straight line forward. Corners, hell no. In reverse, I *will* hit something.

I also think I'd road rage myself into an early grave or prison. People on the road suck, and to spend much of my life on the road dealing with in-traffic assholes would overwhelm me.

[Droopy]

6. Thanks, man

I've had my moments of road rage out there and I was seriously tempted more than once to do something that would land me in jail. But as I got older I mellowed considerably. I've been at it for over 11 years now and when someone does something stupid out there I just mumble some cuss words and that's the end of it.

[underpants]

4. Okay swear to God I was going to pick the kid in the front row

Seriously

[Droopy]

7. I'll give you credit for it, underpants.

I've probably got crazy written all over my face. :) I should have disclosed the answer beneath the photo.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear Droopy!

Oh, these are great pics!

I always enjoy seeing someone's past...

And here's yours!

Wyoming sure was beautiful!

You have a very intense look on your face...

Thanks for posting!

:hi:

[Droopy]

9. You're welcome

I had forgotten that I had those pictures until I was sorting through some old papers yesterday. Even though they were taken at a very hard time in my life, I still have good memories associated with those pics.