On the Road with Kurt Grote

hello everyone, by all estimations we are in the middle of flu season. I happen to know this first hand as I have felt pretty crumby for about a week now. I did however get to spend time with my brother on his birthday in Kansas City Mo. He is but 11 months older than I am so the fun we have with one another is how should I say quit hilarious! I was also fortunate enough to meet his grand children or my grand nephews! There are three of them and they remind me of the three nephews of Donald duck. All three are pretty unique and funny as well. The reason I mention these three characters is that I believe this is where I contracted my cold. Not having grand children of my own I am not use to being around little ones such as these. I do not think it’s because of me going out in the cold with my head wet, or the fact that it only takes a few seconds to run to the back of the trailer look inside and run back in the cold without a coat. Even the fact that when I pick up produce it is never as cold as you think it is inside the coolers. These facts should never come in to play when we talk about getting colds!! it should be blamed on… of course the children for they can not defend themselves in this situation. Of course I’m being facetious with tongue in cheek my cold is do to my own stupidity and carelessness. I am going to go take some antibiotics and nasal spray and do nothing for the rest of the day. By the way I think Spencer caught the cold also so we will rest for a few days to try and get over it!! until the next truck stop you be safe.

Kurt and Spencer

Hello everyone, I hope all of you have stayed safe this week. Take a look at this picture. Does it or does it not look like things are on fire? I took this picture out of the windows of my Cascadia as I was driving on hwy 58 west bound going down Tehachapi ca., into Bakersfield ca. I was on the phone with a friend of mine and I honestly believed that the whole state of California was on fire! Not until I got a little closer did I realize that it was just fog!! In my years of travel and numerous bouts with fog. I have never seen it roll in like that before. I do understand that people that live in the area, this is no big deal. Still after all these years of driving I continually get a charge out of the sights and sounds that our country has to offer. Enjoy the pics, and I catch you at the next truck stop. Until then you all be safe!

Thank you Kurt and Spencer

hello everyone, I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and a happy new year! As you can see from the picture below this is what it is like in Oklahoma after the snow and ice had moved through. What a mess! Like a lot of you out there I didn’t make it home for Christmas either. The roads in Missouri were not to bad, but by the time I hit the Oklahoma state line well it all went very bad. Basically it was a one lane road from Joplin to Oklahoma city. I also know and relies that there are other trucks out there that liked far worse than mine, but this is the picture I took. I think thats why we do what we do. We deliver our freight come hell or high water. We are a bunch of dedicated professionals that just go out and do our jobs. We may not like the situation but we deal with it. I hope no matter what state you live in, you had a very nice holiday season. I did finally make it home on the night of the 27th and took the next week off, so I’m back at work now and am in northern California to deliver in the morning. I did get lucky and drove underneath the cold and snow that some of you are driving in now. At any rate I hope you all are careful driving and having to work out in that weather! Bundle up and keep warm. Until the next truck stop you all be safe!

Kurt and Spencer