Truckin'

   Guess what??  DMan and I get to be truckers!  No, we aren't quitting our jobs for life in an 18-wheeler.  We get to drive a truck this coming weekend for the MS Bike Ride!  This is our third year working the MS Ride together, but usually we pass out snacks at a rest stop or make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at the lunch stop.  This year we'll be cruising down the road in a 26-foot Penske truck leading a convoy to deliver supplies to the rest stops.  I say "we," but I mean DMan will be driving.  There's no way I would get behind the wheel of a big truck or there would be carnage from Clever (where the ride starts) to Joplin and back.  No, I'll stick to encouraging him from the passenger seat and trying to read the map without getting us horribly lost.
   DMan is so excited to get to drive that big rig.  He used to be a diesel mechanic in the Army and after, so he's had experience driving a lot of major machinery.  But it's been a while.  He says he's ready for the challenge.
   So far the weather looks perfect -- cool and dry -- for the 700 or so riders expected this weekend.  Whether you know someone with Multiple Sclerosis or not (and I bet you do, after I started volunteering over 20 years ago I found out I knew a whole bunch of folks living with this dreadful disease), won't you send up a prayer for the riders safety and the good weather to hold out (we've had some drenching rains and even tornados hit the ride in the past and we a nice weekend this time so the riders keep coming back!)?  You might add a little prayer that DMan and I don't throw out our backs unloading all those supplies or smack a utility pole backing into a driveway or run over a porta-potty along the way.  I have complete confidence in his driving; it's my navigating I'm worried about!
   I'll let you know how we do.  Yall have a wicked cool crrr-azy weekend!