These photos and the ones below are of my trip to California, I will post a map once the trip is completed. I am sitting in Edmond, Oklahoma now resetting my hours so cant leave again until Friday morning so let me tell you a true story.........Its all over facebook and my friends have been giving me loads of stick so here goes......

My second night away from home, Friday, new years day found me stopping fairly early because of bad weather, roads were pure hard packed snow and ice. I made it as far as Dubois, Idaho, a small and friendly truckstop. There was no full restaurant so it was bread sticks and pizza for tea.

I set the alarm and had a great nights sleep. Alarm went off, up I got, went inside for the usual things in the morning, you know coffee and stuff, it was snowing heavy and windy too. Got my coffee and went back to the truck to do my pre trip checks, all ok, start engine and let it warm up, quick close the door its cold!!! Truck warmed up and off I go, about 3 hours later I need to make a stop, must have been the coffee, so into a rest area. Now as some of you know I don't wear shoes inside the truck, it helps to keep it clean, these are kept by the door at the side of my seat. So I reach down for my shoes aarrgghh, they have gone!!!! A quick look around and I remember taking them off on the step as I got in the truck, as I usually do, but with the snow and wind and rushing to close the door I had left them sitting on the step. Quick, open the door and check, no they have gone. So what do I do now? I have a pair of safety shoes in the locker outside, its still snowing and windy and I have to wear my flip flops to get out and find my safety shoes, got them, now my feet are wet and cold and I am missing a pair of adidas trainers left 180 mile away.

Could have been worse, no safety shoes and only flip flops would not be good in that weather.

The only thing I done wrong was telling Sue, because now everyone knows.