Thursday, January 2, 2014

The weekend before Christmas

You think a truck driver only needs to drive? Wrong!

He and his whole family needs to engage in a full hour of snow shovelling before anybody can dream about driving!
Oh, no, the snow was cleared well on the roads, the drive-ways and yards. But only in the yards whose owners paid for SNOW REMOVEL ON A SUNDAY!
I guess a yard full of trucks have no need for that. They only work 9-5  Monday to Friday, aren't they? 

So, we arrived to have his truck picked up an hour early, to allow enough time for him on the road. Makes sense, isn't it? 
He put the shovels in so he could clean the sides of the truck - only if he could get into the driveway even!
My son is trying to get rid of the snow block made by the road cleaners.
 Task #1: try to get onto the driveway.

The road is more than ok, now give us some path to get the car in first.
 Task #2: Go through the snow and try to open this last century padlock secured, human-horsepower driven gate!
Task#3: Shovel, shovel! path for the gate and for the man in mission to recover his truck!

He is so good and patient. Not many people would have done it.
Task#4: Be a pioneer, make a path and find your truck.

The untouched Nature in an International yard. I guess, you are lucky if you have taken off a few weeks.

This path is called Pal's path for his honour.
 Task#5: You realize that you can't save the whole yard, so your mission is to take the truck and pray that it would cut through, only if you press the gas hard enough!
Don't block the way out, Mama! I might not be able to maneuver as I would like!
Wonder where it was? Whose yard and whose responsibility? I can tell you!
A servicing garage of a famous brand of trucks, with no plug-in option and apperently, no snow removal option. No wonder it's cheaper!
All-in-all he couldn't leave a second earlier although his load was done earlier this weekend. But he can be sure, the heavy-unpaid-labour is over!