The last time i was in Calgary was last summer when we flew over to visit my wifes cousins who lived there at the time,what a contrast in weather it was about 90 odd degrees then,this time well it was bloody freezing with snow.I made it to the flying J truckstop for a big scrub up after the pig incident,to say i was minging was a bit of an understatement and anyone who knows me knows that i like to keep very clean, i cant wear the same clothes twice even if they have been on for a couple of minutes, i even get back into the shower because i feel that im not clean enough (i know im very strange)and this leaves a very big washing pile.I could quite easily have 3 showers a day but as this would become quite costly, most truckstops charge you $10 a throw,unless you have a loyalty card which you can use
when you are fueling etc, in which you can redeem things such as showers, so if you work it right you can get a least one free shower a day.Remember to keep all receipts as you can claim the cost of these back off your tax at the end of the year.So im sat there all clean and i have met up with another one our drivers for a bit of dinner and a chin wag before i got a little sleep.I had to do 2 deliverys very early in the morning ,1 in Calgary and 1 in Edmonton which is about 200 mile north of Calgary,4 pallets dropped and off i set of up heighway 2 this was where the fun started,its snowing like mad i can't see the heighway then the fog decended on me, i couldn't see 10 feet in front of me so i reduced my speed to about 55mph, this being a bit slow for other drivers behind as they kept coming past
me as if im parked up,which sort of made my path a bit easier as i could follow in there tracks well for a bit anyway.I like to think im a pretty good sensible driver i know what my limits are and i don't get paid enough to drive like a mad man in this weather, unfortunately for a couple of the trucks that had flown past me they obvisously didn't realise thet were out of there depth,about 10 miles up they road there were 2 of them who had just passed me jack knifed in the big central median.I think they will be a little late for there delivery now.This journey seem to take forever, by the time i hit the city limits i was struggling to keep my eyes open, thus missing a turning and ending up well i didn't know.Eventually i made it to my delivery point, onto a bay straight away and tipped within 1/2 hour,first job truckstop then shower, sleep.I had
my 10 hrs of then i got a message to reload back out of Calgary for Winnipeg so off i trotted,i was greeted with please drop your tralier and come back later a time was discussed and off i went happy.My delivery in winnipeg was for 3am friday morning, which after a little working out meant i could get to moosomin sk, take 10 hrs off then reach my delivery point on time which i did,i was told that they would give me a shout in a little while, so of to sleep i went.Eventually tipped a few hrs later, i headed off to Headingly Flying j for yep another shower some breakfast and a hot cup of tea,while i wait for another load to take me further back east i need to get back for next thursd
ay as my wife flys in that evening.
The last time i was in Calgary was last summer when we flew over to visit my wifes cousins who lived there at the time,what a contrast in weather it was about 90 odd degrees then,this time well it was bloody freezing with snow.I made it to the flying J truckstop for a big scrub up after the pig incident,to say i was minging was a bit of an understatement and anyone who knows me knows that i like to keep very clean, i cant wear the same clothes twice even if they have been on for a couple of minutes, i even get back into the shower because i feel that im not clean enough (i know im very strange)and this leaves a very big washing pile.I could quite easily have 3 showers a day but as this would become quite costly, most truckstops charge you $10 a throw,unless you have a loyalty card which you can use 
when you are fueling etc, in which you can redeem things such as showers, so if you work it right you can get a least one free shower a day.Remember to keep all receipts as you can claim the cost of these back off your tax at the end of the year.So im sat there all clean and i have met up with another one our drivers for a bit of dinner and a chin wag before i got a little sleep.I had to do 2 deliverys very early in the morning ,1 in Calgary and 1 in Edmonton which is about 200 mile north of Calgary,4 pallets dropped and off i set of up heighway 2 this was where the fun started,its snowing like mad i can't see the heighway then the fog decended on me, i couldn't see 10 feet in front of me so i reduced my speed to about 55mph, this being a bit slow for other drivers behind as they kept coming past
me as if im parked up,which sort of made my path a bit easier as i could follow in there tracks well for a bit anyway.I like to think im a pretty good sensible driver i know what my limits are and i don't get paid enough to drive like a mad man in this weather, unfortunately for a couple of the trucks that had flown past me they obvisously didn't realise thet were out of there depth,about 10 miles up they road there were 2 of them who had just passed me jack knifed in the big central median.I think they will be a little late for there delivery now.This journey seem to take forever, by the time i hit the city limits i was struggling to keep my eyes open, thus missing a turning and ending up well i didn't know.Eventually i made it to my delivery point, onto a bay straight away and tipped within 1/2 hour,first job truckstop then shower, sleep.I had 
my 10 hrs of then i got a message to reload back out of Calgary for Winnipeg so off i trotted,i was greeted with please drop your tralier and come back later a time was discussed and off i went happy.My delivery in winnipeg was for 3am friday morning, which after a little working out meant i could get to moosomin sk, take 10 hrs off then reach my delivery point on time which i did,i was told that they would give me a shout in a little while, so of to sleep i went.Eventually tipped a few hrs later, i headed off to Headingly Flying j for yep another shower some breakfast and a hot cup of tea,while i wait for another load to take me further back east i need to get back for next thursd
ay as my wife flys in that evening.
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