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@Coach Kristina my granddad was a trucker, my dad and uncles were truckers and several of my cousins ended up as truckers, but only one was long haul. The rest were "local" drivers, logging, bulk commodities like gasoline, sand and gravel, cement, asphalt, etc. I never wanted to be a driver myself, but what can I say, I spent 11 years behind the wheel of a big rig as a "local" LTL driver most of that time driving for a wholesale building materials company. Our territory was northern and central California and western Nevada. Lots of 12 - 15-hour days, clocking in at 4 or 5 AM and clocking out at 6 - 9PM. Winters in the High Sierras meant "hanging iron" and summers were HOT. I had a CDL and was rated for doubles and triples with hazmat certs.

However, my dream job was being a minister. Finally made it to grad school and spent the last 28 years before retiring as a pastor and a few years as a Peds Hospice chaplain.