We were sat in Babcock,Winsconsin, our second day of waiting for a load of fresh cranberries, it was only a small company and they obviously could'nt keep up with the demand. It was nice here though, a winter wonderland. Across the road were woods so maddy enjoyed it. It was -13 today, salepetts an ski gloves. We'd been in America all week, after Washington we'd been sent upto Delta, Vancouver, for our return load to Calgary as it was Thanksgiving there were no loads from America. From Calgary we'd gone to Columbus, Nebraska, using the usual route. There was plenty of snow storms about but we had managed to keep just in front of them. We'd had some time off in Columbus, we know where everything was and enjoyed the time doing some christmas shopping. From Columbus we travelled with an empy trailer to Wisconsin. While waiting for our load at Delta dave managed to lock us out of the truck! I'd only just taken maddy out, she was waiting for her tea but i was'nt too worried about that. We were going into the supermarket for our tea, i got the blame for dave not taking the keys out of the ignition, apparently i was rushing him! There was no way to get in, maddy was clever but not clever enough to open the door with her paw! Breakdown had to be called. I wandered aimlessly towards the supermarket wondering how long this episode was going to take! Breakdown arrived eventually, it was rush hour so he had done pretty well, between them with a bit of wire they managed to open the lock (luckily my door dos'nt completely shut) before i had fnished the shopping!
Sunday 8th
We eventually got our cranberries yesterday late afternoon, we did'nt travel far though until we stopped for the night, it had been a long day. Everything this morning was covered with a fresh layer of snow. As we travelled upto Minnesota on I94 the weather got steadily worse, a icy snow mist wafted across the highway, low cloud, a bleak winters day. We stayed on the I94 upto Fargo, the weather staying with us all morning. For about 30 minutes near Fargo the sun came out and the countryside was all aglow, the fields covered in a smooth silky snow, bare trees streaked with frost glittered in the sunlight. After fueling up at Fargo we entered North Dakota, the bleakness had returned, ground and sky matched as one. We stayed on the I94 until Jamestown heading for Minot, we would cross the border in the morning at Portal into Saskatchewan. A couple of days ago we'd decorated the truck with a garland and lights in the dashboard and red tinsel with snowflakes around inside, so this afternoon we played christmas songs to cheer ourselves up.
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