Do you hear me?
Anyone out there?
Well, for those of you might still be checking this blog once in a while, who are interested, who may have subscribed to the RSS feed, or maybe you just landed here by accident, or you have a strange attraction for the bizarre adventures of another truck driver, like VM, Lenutt, RoadHazrade, et al., we shall update you as to all things regarding your favorite bedbuggers. What is our status? One word- busyasusual. (Hey, I can make that one word if I want!) Yes, we have been constantly busy, even on our "time off". This is the fate of the truck owner. Only now it looks like we may ACTUALLY start to make some money so we can pull out of the hole we've slowly but persistently been digging ourselves into for the last 6 months. I never cease to be amazed at how much surplus time can be completely annihilated by the *details*. Oh details, my details! Will you never stop? Do I want you to? They say the Devil is in the details, but I disagree. Details give life depth and meaning. The Devil just tries to mess it all up so it drags us down. But he ain't gonna succeed. We all got details. VM has two young girls- do we have to tell him about details? I know Lenutt has details, and prolly Sir Hazard of Road Tambien. I know about details. Our portable recorder recently expired and after a long hard search we found another that produces wonderfully exceptional recordings. And so we have continued to document the lives of the people we relocate. And do you know what the really amazing thing is? Even though we aren't the very top-of-the-list movers for Atlas (in other words, we don't get first pick of the best loads. but not last pick either. somewhere in-between, which means we get a pretty good representation of the average American to move from one place to another), it seems that everyone we move has such rich and meaningful experiences to share with us. To be honest, I'm not very "patriotic". In fact, I'll be blunt and say the US government is the closest thing to fascism since mussolini held sway in Italy. Maybe worse. (Oh, you doubt this? Check out this link, my friends!) But it is not the government that makes America- it is *Americans* that make America! In spite of all the treachery from our supposed "public servants". And so Karen and I have been privileged (meaning "private law") to document the beliefs, hopes, dreams, aspirations, memories, and struggles of so many of our peers, as we journey across the continental US. Do you want to know what America looks like? Here we are:
These are just a few of the amazing Americans we've moved. If you want to learn more about these wonderful people, and others with equally compelling stories, just go to our Home Page. Or click on the "POD" link below to go directly to our podcast, which you can access with any Internet-capable device. (And then click on the little headphone icon at the bottom of each item.) Okay, the details are-a-calling and I can't put them off any longer. Happy trails!
Ken and Karen
