Crash Route U.S.A. - Fashion photo-spread, 1969

[Dave Monroe]

On 12/24/07, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a romantic recurring theme of  the American experience.
>
> When offered a job as an over-the-road trucker on a Boston to Oakland route,
> I jumped at the chance.
>
> I drove across the continent 13 times in 11 months. I was not a tourist, I
> was a worker. I saw America in a way that few people know or understand who
> have not done this. I fell in love with it. I got drunk and almost killed in
> cowboy bars in Utah. I found all-you-can-eat BBQ joints in Arkansas. I
> learned never to eat pizza in Oklahoma.
>
> Most importantly, I fell in love with the grandeur of the open spaces.

Tell us about the rabbits, Joe ...