Last Hooray

As I stare out the window of my hotel room in Prince George, BC, the snow drifts calmly settle outside my room. As the temperature drops well below the freezing point, it's easy to sit here and not miss this stuff already. My wonderful company has sent me up to the great white north to complete my second to last install. Why am I blogging instead of working? Great question!!! Since my company is based out of Bellingham, WA and I'm working in Canada. All my equipment must pass through the great world of customs. Even though we have NAFTA and all those other wonderful...World without boarders elements, the Canadian government decided that they would hold up the paperwork and not release my goods. I was in theory supposed to start this installation on Tuesday. Looks like it will be Thursday now!!! I wouldn't call this a common occurrence, but the inevitable shock of not having my equipment wore off about 8 years ago. The dull thud, that is reality, leaves me wanting to begin my new adventure in China even more so today.
What ever possessed me to continue to travel the last 10 years sacrificing normalcy for chaos? Some people would say I'm an action junky, other people would say I'm crazy, while others would want to trade places with me. Sure the road is SEXY. It has its unparalleled itch. Leaving a road warrior like myself constantly looking for a place to scratch that traveling psoriasis. The truth of the matter is, I wouldn't trade a minute of my time spent on the road for any other exalted life experience. But now it seems to be the end of this road!!!
Ten years of Priority points, rental car stations, eating in restaurants three times a day, HBO or Showtime, Rural Routes, multi-state journeys, climate changes, people watching, Platinum status, Airline strikes, 9-11, dropped laptops, dial up to high speed, ATM fees, adult beverages, adult encounters, Madison Square Garden, Goodland Kansas High School Gym, European vacations, Domestic adventures, Per Diems, crowded planes, overgrown children, fifty states, not enough Provinces, Marriage, Divorce, Reverend Chief, Friends, Family, driving tractors, bootless errands, sky caps, thunderstruck, truck stops, budget hotels, calling cards, cell phones, hotel comforter to the floor, space shuttle launches, The Green Monster, air shows, car shows, toy shows, Mennonites, Mormons, Catholics, Southern People, Corn feed beef, Tennessee firework stands, Panhandlers and hustlers, straight and crooked people, caffeine free, burnt out weekends, burnt up weekends, coin laundry, Douglas, Lenexa, Ferndale, Corliss, I-5 corridor, BLI, SEA, MCI, long days, long nights, security gates, unlock able gates, hog farmers, contractors, Parts pads, FedEx, UPS, pretzels, peanuts, G&T's, Captain & 7, micro brews, Miller Park, Arrowhead Stadium, Phog Allen Field house, the Rose Bowl, Iron Bowl, historic sites, ground zero, Washington monuments, California beaches, Appalachian Mountains, Chattahoochee River, Kudzu, red clay, Michigan DOT, Ohio State patrol, tolls, recycling deposits, thermostats, alarm clocks, missed flights, cancelled flights, pissed off patrons, happy campers, truckers, parts people, the Mississippi Delta, Tunica, Las Vegas, Jersey Shore, sadness, happiness, and finally Maine!!!! These things aren't the only things that make up the past 10 years of my life but they have definitely been my Enlightenment!!!!

Reverend Chief