Rent-A-Truck

This trip I drove a rented truck, since Jeff left earlier on my Peterbilt. It was an interesting experience, because by driving this crappy truck I learn to appreciate more the Peterbilt I usually drive. This truck had everything wrong: downgraded engine, ten speed transmission, no bunk heater, no inverter, ugly white steel rims all around on a disgusting yellow painted truck...

Ugly truck trying to pose.

The nose dosn't look too bad. The fog lights are useless.

The seats are a hand-me-down from the older 9400 series. I like the side window.

The dashbord is very practical, and I love the switches on the steering wheel. But the build quality is beyond most truckers dignity. I hope they're better on owner-operator units.

Ugly white steel rims... They should be outlawed.

Some older pictures

Since I've been home for the week, I thought I'd post some pictures that have not been in this blog.

Road-side restaurant, in La Carolina (Jaen), Spain. I miss the food.

Parked for lunch at the Routier restaurant in Ottmarsheim, France. Near Moulhouse across the German border.

Scraping the bugs off the windshield, in Dryden, Ontario, Canada. A few years ago. Picture taken by my brother Anders Viking www.vikingtrucker.blogspot.com .


Stop and Go near Caldes de Malavella (Girona), near my hometown. My father in the picture.

Closeup of my windshield. A lot of decorative stuff.

Where is Spring?

Spring seems to have arrived at last. Driving from Calgary to Quebec.

Between Calgary and Saskatoon, beautiful clouds.

Did i speak too soon? Northern Ontario, the snow returns...

...but the sun return in Nipigon, and the ice on Lake Nipigon starts to melt...

The sun comes and goes, along HWY 11.

Cochrane, Ontario. Winter never left. What is spring?, they ask around here...

Their dictionaries do not contain the words "spring", "summer" or "thaw"!