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Hal: It's been a chalange, we moved from 2,300 sq ft to 1,600 sq ft. Everything yet unpacked is in one of three bedrooms. Couple that with the fact, on Mon. after the move, folks at that 25 hour per week job I have called with a whole host of truck moving to be done. Ended up being 106 hours in two weeks, that took me all the way to the east coast. I thought I was all done last Wed at 68 hours, then dispatcher called with the question, "How quick can you leave for New Brunswick". Roughly 20 hours driving one way. On the way east, I hit both Toronto and Montreal morning and same evening rush hour. Missed a ramp in Montreal, had an in town tour, 24' freight truck in rush hour traffic. Coming home was a different story, left Moncton NB at 2:30 am Sat., then Drummondville QC 2:30 am Sun., thus Montreal happened at 3:30 am and Toronto at 10:30 am. Montreallers were sleeping and Torontonians must have been at church. Traffic was very light all the way from Moncton to home. Had 400 hp Volvo and 53' refer coming home, and that baby averaged a mile per min. for my driving time. Cruise would lock in at 65 mph and it was governed around 70 mph. I ran on cruise most of the time. Empty, there were no hills that chalanged that Volvo, and there are some mean hills along the NB-QC border, technically one crosses the north end of Appalachians. Comfortable truck to drive, comfortable bunk with micro-wave and fridge. I'm not exceptionally popular at home, guess who did most of the unpacking. At least she knows where everything was put. I know as much as I need to know. I did some plowing myself today, very dry here also. We are in very sandy loam and it was turning like ashes. Later on I mowed grass with SA and Woods mower, and the mower was creating a dust. The walnut leaves are starting to fall here. The fall colors were magnificant in northern NB and eastern QC.
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