I flew to Denver. ....then took a plane damn near as old as me to Billings Mo.
Picked up the rig in post 72.
drove South through Wyoming.....into South Dakota -- hid from the snow in MURDO SD. then followed the Semis (using them as ICE BREAKERS) through to Sioux falls and then turned south ...stayed in Kansas City---went through ( a very "hairy" mountain run through the OZARK MOUNTAINS due to a rerouting by google because of a road closure (overturned semi) Mo (the semis and me -- on 2 lane Mountain roads--- with nary a guardrail in sight that was FUN

) --- got stuck in Memphis in rush hour traffic --- stayed in Tupelo because the weather alarms for TORNADO WARNING were going off -- wind and DRIVING rain----(that same system spawned a tornado just East in Alabama the same night killing 1person ) ----- pushed on to MOBILE AL. the last "road night" and visited my Mum -- and some friends -- even snuck up on
@ScruffyHeadedNerfHerder in his "natural habitat".......then woke early wed and made the final push (through pouring rain and road flooding in Tallahassee including 8 cars in all on wed in ditches--- off the road in trees or upside down in medians) to my home swamp----
Our Companies owner bought the truck and trailer (its a specialized thermo plastic heating unit and the center area with ramps holds the machines that apply the thermoplastic to the road ways. .....we only had 1 employee who has ever lived or worked or driven in SNOW --- (me)
ALSO only had one with a clean enough driving record to get insured for the trip
AND was expendable if they didnt make it back alive .......
---I was also the employee voted least likey to PAWN THE WHOLE RIG FOR DOPE $$$ on the way home..................................(not kidding)
so--- even with my MASSIVE AVERSION to going OUT of Florida ...............I embarked on the HELLS FROZEN national tour -----(Eagles all ready used Hells Frozen Over -- adn GOD FORBID I give DON HENLEY any EXCUSE TO SUE ME! --that guys an ass)
