Sometimes the stars align in the universe and people and things are brought together when they are supposed to be. One of my passions in life…
Browsing: Trucker Talk
The first truck show I ever went to was the Walcott Truckers Jamboree in 1990. It was at that show I met my dear friend Bette…
Sometimes a split second can change life as you know it forever. This happened to Rene La Chance of Red Bluff, CA four years ago. Falling…
Digital Camera The old saying “boys and their toys” is fitting for some, but for Don Brookes of El Paso, TX, who loves to collect antique…
Some of us never grow up. For some, that is not a good thing, but for Richard Arbiso of Upland, CA, it helped him to create…
They say legends never die, but some still leave us. Such is the case for Rick Harvey, a legendary dirt hauler in Southern California, who recently…
Most major sports end their season with a big game. Hockey has the Stanley Cup, football has the Superbowl, and college basketball has the Final Four. …
By Kim Grimm When running west back in the “good old days” you could go across Wyoming in the middle of the night and it might…
Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., that has become the final resting…
For those of us who have been on the road for decades, we may understand this month’s article more than the new drivers coming into the…
In November I always remember my dear friend Bette Garber, who was a photojournalist for the trucking industry from the early 1980s until November 2008. Her…
In the spring of 1978, John and Joanna Davis bought this 1977 Peterbilt 359 right off the lot at Boise Peterbilt in Boise, ID. The truck…
Sometimes you gotta do one thing so you can do another. In this case, Jack Boehm farms so he can truck! I recently had the opportunity…
Many years ago, my friend Cathy Sherman told me, “Our neighborhood is 3,000 miles wide.” Back then, it wasn’t like it is today, with our cell…
No one knows for sure where the yo-yo toy came from. On Wikipedia, there is a picture of an ancient Greek vase dating back about 2,500…