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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnother quick update:
I'm proud to say that my grand daughter is taking her first load out by herself in preparation of taking over the business, she's picking up a load at the Albertsons distribution center in Phoenix, AZ and taking it to the Albertsons Grocery store in Pahrump, NV, just a short run but it will give her experience in driving alone without grandpa in the passenger seat.
I am so proud of her.
UpInArms
(54,588 posts)My friend
2naSalit
(101,474 posts)And good for her, I'm sure she'll be just fine.
Skittles
(170,504 posts)hamsterjill
(17,281 posts)I love it! Wishing her a safe and successful trip.
bluestarone
(21,814 posts)Hats off to a great guy and great father!!
malaise
(294,734 posts)Congrats😀
MustLoveBeagles
(15,479 posts)Talitha
(7,831 posts)I'm sure she misses you, but I bet she feels like a million bucks.
SWBTATTReg
(26,174 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(17,903 posts)nt
kcoates
(63 posts)Congratulations on helping her to get her confidence so she can make it on her own!!
AllaN01Bear
(29,069 posts)niyad
(131,022 posts)a specific date in mind, or just when the time is right?
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,903 posts)it may be sooner, which I won't complain about.
niyad
(131,022 posts)of her we all are?
A little story about women truckers: Many, many years ago, I was driving a large u-haul from Colorado Springs to Lake Tahoe. Stopped in Wendover for a break. In the restroom were two young girls, who were thrilled when they heard I was driving a truck, having never heard of a woman trucker (I know, u-hauls don't count! They thought I was driving a rig!). I told them that if that was what they wanted to do when they grew up, they could go to school for it. (Yes, even back in the dark ages, there were women truckers. One of my uncles (a long-hauler) worked with several.)
I hope I was at least able to let them see possibilites, not just pre-determined paths.
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,903 posts)She loves the open road, she's single, independent and confident of her driving skills, as am I, otherwise, I would still be riding with her.
BidenRocks
(3,036 posts)on Ice Road Truckers?
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,903 posts)I never watched Ice Road Truckers as it didn't pertain to me or her.
BidenRocks
(3,036 posts)that's when IRT looked cool.
popsdenver
(2,010 posts)Did you finally retire? Or did something happen that forced you to retire......
I, for one, always enjoyed your input and commentaries....
Be Well, MCE
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,903 posts)I'll probably be retiring sooner rather than later.
popsdenver
(2,010 posts)that your body just can't handle it anymore........
Hang in there as long as you can, and please keep up your entries and commentaries.......
We all have missed your input............
Roy Rolling
(7,551 posts)
Joinfortmill
(20,694 posts)Kali
(56,756 posts)I-10 mp 317 Texas Canyon
mountain grammy
(28,873 posts)Pretty drive over the mountains...
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,903 posts)surfered
(12,609 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(17,903 posts)mdbl
(8,407 posts)marble falls
(71,423 posts)3catwoman3
(29,070 posts)...but not in envy. She must be very brave and confident. How old is she?
I trust no one in a car (or truck, or on a motorcycle) - not the people next to me, not the people in front of me, not the people coming up behind me, and certainly not the people coming toward me. If I am waiting to make a left turn and my arrow turns green, I always wait for the 3-5 people I know are going to run the red light. Driving is one of my least favorite things, so driving for a living would be one of the very last things I would want to do. And, as my husband would attest, I'm not much better as a passenger - a real nervous Nellie. I would happily get my molecules scattered and reconstituted in a Star Trek transporter -
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More power to her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,903 posts)HeartsCanHope
(1,592 posts)How lovely that the family business is staying in the family. Good luck to your granddaughter!
democrank
(12,462 posts)Youll be right there beside her the whole trip.