I'm sorry I don't have the time to narrate. I'm using sketchy wifi in a laundromat between loads.
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| I managed to avoid this ant hill all week. I finally stepped in it right before I left. Fire ants are not to be messed with. |
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| Beautiful bridge over the Mussippi |
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| Beautiful roads, and flat. I was getting crazy hot in the truck without air conditioning. I noticed the shadows of the clouds were keeping pace with the truck, and I wasn't pushing any boost on the diesel. I put my hand out the window, and there was almost no breeze. I'll bet my fuel mileage was fantastic with that tail wind. |
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| I don't remember the name of this lake, but I thought it was the Mississippi. It followed the road for a few miles. I couldn't place the smell for a while, but finally realized it smelled like the ocean. |
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| With all the snow melt up north, all the rivers are up around here. |
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| Arkansas has some of the best welcome centers around. |
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| These tires are amazing at collecting rocks. The ticking starts driving me crazy after a while. |
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Four hours of hot and dry. I must've drank a half gallon of water on the drive. The skies opened up twenty miles from my destination. It got crazy dark, like moonlight at 4:30 in the afternoon. I got the trucks parked and stood in the rain.
It was the deepest rolling thunder I've ever experienced. It kept crossing back and forth across the sky for minutes at a time. It was visceral. You could feel it in your chest. I stood in the middle of the road, laughing like a madman. |
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| I saw a line of ants making a highway up my makeshift power cord. I decided the time was right to replace it with a more critter-proof option. |
