I had planned a ride out on my quad if I got home at the weekend and this time I was able to make it happen by having a few days at home. We had a great day out and rode from around 9.00am till 5.00pm. We made a few stops and in the middle of the day lit a fire and cooked some hot dogs over the open fire.

Back at work tomorrow and leave to go to Shelby, Ohio.

My last trip. 3300 miles in six days.

The tax system in Canada works a little different than back in UK. Nights out are not paid and every tax payer is responsible for filing a tax return. A tax allowance is given for the nights away from home and this year I had overpaid my taxes a little and my tax rebate allowed us to buy a newer vehicle. Very nice too.

I still have the old Explorer but will probably get rid of it soon.

Ice Road Trucker, ok quadding lol

Once again I have left it too long before updating this blog. Things are still busy at work and even busier at home.

The pictures above were taken on Whitemouth Lake when Craig and I went ice fishing, it was a lovely afternoon till the sun started to go down and a breeze got up, then it was time to pack everything away and head for home.

Back home again but just a short visit this time, I had 4 days off last week.

Went to Shelby, Ohio then across to Mount Hope for my reload and straight back home.

When I got out of bed Monday morning there had been lots of overnight flooding in Ohio caused by a sudden rise in temperature melting all the snow and it had also rained heavily all night. A lot of roads had been close and a 60 mile journey usually taking 1 hour took me almost 2 1/2 hours and 100 miles to get there.

Having to reset my hours today so catching up with the blog. I done a quick trip to Lebanon, Indiana and back home then left on this trip to Los Angeles.

I unloaded and reloaded in LA for Toronto.

I am currently in York, Nebraska and hope to drop this trailer in Brampton Saturday afternoon.

Getting short of space to pile the snow, still got lots more to come according to the forecast.

I am back home and here is the map of my last trip. 12 days and 6200 miles with 2 days off during the trip to reset my hours.

Sorry it has been a while again. January has been a really busy month with just short of 13,000 miles. I have covered 43 of the lower 48 states in the USA with Louisiana, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Florida and Delaware the only ones I have not driven a truck in.

Things are still going really well for us in Canada, Sue still working in home care for the local health authority, Gary and Craig working in separate hog barns, Gary with a regular girlfriend (Amber), Craig getting married to Jacey in August this year and me, lol, almost 2 years in the same job and still very happy. While I was busy worrying about everyone else emigrating here it took me longer to settle than the others.

I am in the middle of a long trip right now and will post the map of it when I get home.