The past week went according to plan. We lived on the streets of lower Manhattan for two days, picking up wardrobe for ‘Mamma Mia’ at two different locations. On both nights we had to make our move to find parking for our big truck and trailer at four in the morning. You’d be amazed at the amount of people wandering the streets at that hour of the morning. We were sooooo lucky to find a spot to park where we did and people watching kept us busy when we weren’t looking for a piece of good ol’ New York pizza.
When we were loaded up and heading out of town, we were finally able to exhale and start the trek to Duluth, MN. That was a new destination as we’d never delivered anything there before. It seemed like a real nice place but we didn’t spend any time there at all. We had a couple days to stop by my dad’s house in Winona so we zoomed down there. Dad is weak but hanging in there. My brother and his family came from Las Vegas to visit for a week yesterday so we headed on over to our next stop for this weekend, Grand Rapids. Along the way, we’re making a stop in LaGrange, Indiana to get a bit of work done on our truck at the place where the truck sleeper was built. We figured we should take care of it as long as it’s under warranty. So we are spending one night in a hotel until that gets done and we’ll finish the trip to Grand Rapids on Saturday.
We’ll be picking up ‘South Pacific’ and only taking it a short way to Appleton, Wisconsin.
When we were loaded up and heading out of town, we were finally able to exhale and start the trek to Duluth, MN. That was a new destination as we’d never delivered anything there before. It seemed like a real nice place but we didn’t spend any time there at all. We had a couple days to stop by my dad’s house in Winona so we zoomed down there. Dad is weak but hanging in there. My brother and his family came from Las Vegas to visit for a week yesterday so we headed on over to our next stop for this weekend, Grand Rapids. Along the way, we’re making a stop in LaGrange, Indiana to get a bit of work done on our truck at the place where the truck sleeper was built. We figured we should take care of it as long as it’s under warranty. So we are spending one night in a hotel until that gets done and we’ll finish the trip to Grand Rapids on Saturday.
We’ll be picking up ‘South Pacific’ and only taking it a short way to Appleton, Wisconsin.
After driving thru the narrow streets of New York City, the only thing between us and the George Washington Bridge - our exit - was this extremely tight left turn. I thought I'd take a video in case anybody hit us in the process. We made the turn, had to back up a bit then completed the turn down another narrow street. No wonder our insurance is $127 a week!
Below are a couple pictures we took this week in New York City and the final one at our delivery in Duluth.
Below are a couple pictures we took this week in New York City and the final one at our delivery in Duluth.