My Night In The Fog
Posted by: From Arkansas in Odds And Ends, Travel on Mar 03 2008
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As you might have noticed, I draw on my experience as a trucker to tell stories sometimes. Well, it works. You get to read a story and I get to tell something that I experienced when I was on the road. Maybe you get information, maybe it’s just entertainment. Both work. So, I have another story to tell about being in the fog.
As I recall, I had a load that had to be delivered in the morning, period. Sometimes, the shippers do have “great expectations” that cannot be honored but I tried as much as was humanly possible. This particular night was beginning to be really foggy. I was on a two lane highway trying to get to Interstate 5, northbound, in California. Frankly, I was a bit worried about that. The fog had gotten so thick that I could only see just past the nose of my truck. I opened the window and followed the yellow line in the middle. I was blessed that I did not meet anyone on that highway.
Then, I got to I-5. Whew! The fog was still extremely thick. I had no idea if there were others there or not, at least according to my eyes. There were other truckers. They were on the CB radio. When I got onto the interstate, I actually found a couple of trucks running side by side and joined them. It was pretty easy by then. I was following the next truck, being led tail lights flashing. We traveled like that for many miles. I did hear many other truckers so I believed that there were maybe twenty to thirty trucks in our caravan.
A few hours later, we broke out into the clear, away from the fog. It was like a curtain went up. The sky was crystal clear then. And the trucks were doubled up for literally miles. I have no idea how many could have been in that line but it had to be at least a hundred by the look of it. Only later did it occur to me….what if an accident had happened? It would have been a catastrophe but we were watched over by God, no doubt about it.
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You should take credit for your own awareness. Sometimes truck driver dont have that awareness. my car once got knock down by a drunk truck driver, and it’s in the middle of a heavy rain. How fast can you go in a heavy rain? Yes God also watch your back but its your awareness that you should be proud of.
Thank you. Actually, I credit God for watching out for me which He has countless times. But I will also accept my own awareness, also a God given gift.
Truckers do not always have that, true. Not everyone was born to be a trucker. I believe that I was. I had always loved driving bigger and bigger vehicles. The bigger the better. Nothing has changed there either. LOL!
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This was a wonderful story. My oldest daughter (all 5′ of her) drives those enormous big rigs. I’m amazed how she can back a double trailer up and I have trouble with a car. But she tells me about some of the maniacs out there. Thank goodness you didn’t meet any that night. Yes, I believe God and his angels were watching out for all of you!
Brennan AKA tuxeogram
Thank you. I respect anyone who can drive those doubles. I didn’t want to touch them although I heard from the drivers that it was fairly easy once you get the hang of it. Yeah, well I never really wanted to do that. I figured I had enough trouble running around trying to keep my refrigerated unit running!! LOL!
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