Cowboy Cafe

Today is day 6 of my overall trip and I am taking my 34 hour clean cut of resting time. I used to live in Portland, OR for two and a half years and seized the opportunity to reconnect with friends and colleagues from former times. One of them, Kai, had gotten his Commercial Driver's Licence not too long ago and I let him drive the yellow Cascadia safety truck with trailer and all.

At the end of the trip it was picture day. As we were shooting the pictures, a trucker came to us to take a picture of Kai and myself together. Great and helpful trucker that is. He was wearing a cowboy hat and he made me think of the truck stop at exit 42 when going west on I84 in Wyoming. I stayed there overnight and met a lot of truckers. That is a truck stop with character full of truckers with even more character. Just check out the pictures and you'll see for yourself. I look forward to stopping there again on my way back. Should be sometime tomorrow night.

Two of the many interesting truckers' comments I want to share here :
1) "Nothing beats a Freightliner when it comes to driver orientation and storage space."
2) "Western Star, now, that is a truck !"

Good to see that the brands from Daimler Trucks North America receive so much appreciation from the truckers out there. Makes you wonder what they would say once they get to try a DD15.

Oh, by the way, the truck stop is called "Cowboy Cafe" !

Miguel