Stopped at a KFC while travelling back from the lake with a friend a couple of years ago. He was driving, that's where he wanted to stop, and it was about the only place to eat on our way back home. And it occurred to me that I hadn't eaten at KFC for almost 40 years.

Haven't eaten at McDonald's or Taco Bell since 1983.

Life's too short already.

Nationwide Poultry Shortage

When driving trucks for Vestal, we picked up a load of fresh frozen chickens in Nebraska.

I had this green kid named Chad with me. He was driving back to AG, the grocery warehouse in Springfield.

I got him to the point there was no way he could have made a mistake. I told him, "You go up to the 4-way Stop, make a left turn and go across the river and take I-29 south."

I hit the sleeper. I woke up and opened the curtain of the sleeper just in time to see the sign, "KANSAS STATE LINE 4 MILES".

I said, "Stop this truck right now. How are you going to explain being in Kansas when you're not supposed to be there."

I had to back us into a gravel road and turn us around. Then get us back to where we were supposed to be at I-29 in Missouri.

Then I had to route him around the scale north of Kansas City since if they were checking logs it would have been heavy fines. I told him, "If you're not sure you're on the right road, wake me up." I hit the sleeper again.

He woke me up. I could tell be the angle the tractor was sitting he was on the right road. Hwy 7 made a right turn and crossed U.S. 65 further east and that road took us into Springfield.

And that was the 2nd time he missed a turn on that trip. I'll bet he is no longer driving trucks. He just couldn't find his way around.

I could read a map and find my way around. If I missed a turn I caught it quickly. Now they have GPS in the trucks so it is a whole different story. ;)