Queens, NY

This weekend Kim got the opportunity to ride along with one of her truck drivers to a delivery in Queens, NY (on the island very near Manhattan). We delivered 3 truckloads of stretchers and had to return 3 truckloads of faulty stretchers to return to Indiana. We left on Friday morning at 6am (temperature = -4 degrees farenheit) and drove to Hershey, PA. The driver dropped me off at a hotel and then made his way to a truck stop (the drivers sleep in their trucks which are very nice by the way). Next morning we got up at 3:30am and headed into New York City so we could avoid the traffic. We worked all day unloading stretchers and reloading them (temperature = 9 degrees). Moving them from the trucks through the halls of the hospitals. No breaks, no lunch, no food... and we didn't get done until about 4pm. I thought I was going to either starve or freeze to death. Pushing 500 lb stretchers around all day was a workout even for me, especially without food. Saturday night we stopped in New Jersey to sleep for about 8 hrs, then got up early again (4:30 am) and departed for home. Crossing over the Poconos area we encountered about 12 inches of new snow and a lot of cars that had wrecked off the side of the road. We finally got back to Batesville, IN about 4pm. It was definitely a great experience. For all of you who think about cutting off a truck driver in the future.... I strongly encourage you to avoid it. It takes some work to slow those big trucks down.