Solo
Isolation in a truck cab is its own creature. Sometimes it's freedom. Sometimes it's the hardest thing you'll carry all day. This is the honest version of solo driving.
Women in Trucking
Be the Noodle Riding Shotgun
He flopped onto his back like a cooked noodle and let me love on him. Completely trusting, zero conditions. Bingo was a nine-year-old rescue dog who jumped out of truck windows, had a bladder of steel, and taught me something I've carried on every hard mile since.
The Road Behind Me — No. 01 How I Ended Up in a Truck — The Real Version
I didn't come to trucking from a place of momentum.
I came to it from a hard place.
Copilot Is Off the Clock
She rides every mile with me. She just doesn't always follow directions. 🐾😂 Meet Honey — my Red Heeler and full-time chaos coordinator.
🎵 Music: "Unexpected Outcomes" by Arthur Benson
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Some days I don't want to do this.
I was at a shipper today. The clerk behind the counter tried to stifle a yawn and didn't quite make it. It sounded like it hurt.
"That didn't sound good," I told him.
"I'm just tired," he said. Then he
What They Don't Show You
Most people's mental image of a truck driver comes from a dashcam video gone viral — a close call, a jackknife, a moment where everything went wrong. Or maybe it's the evening news, a pile-up on the interstate, the kind of footage that travels fast because
Why I Drive — The Real Answer
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People ask me why I drive truck.
I have a short answer I give most of the time. It’s honest as far as it goes. I talk about the independence, the variety, the way