Hudson was rescued by B.O.N.E.S. from a bad situation in Limington, ME. After the gentleman called 911 (and subsequently passed away), the local ACO found 20 dogs living in squalid conditions.
B.O.N.E.S. took most of them and found them new homes. Overall, Hudson was in very good shape but when he had his physical, they found a serious mast cell tumor in his nose. As much as possible was removed.
B.O.N.E.S. wanted to find a wonderful home for Hudson and we did. John is a long-haul trucker that had lost his beagle companion of 13 years. He wanted a new companion. Luckily John found Hudson (or Hudson found John). It was a wonderful match. Hudson reported in regularly, and we share his "Chronicles" on this page.
JOHN GOES TO PRISON
Well, kind of — I'll get to that a little later.
We just got home from another extended trip on the road that took us out to the pacific northwest. Back in mid-July we loaded a couple military ambulances that were headed out to Oregon. Along with the ambulances we had a machine that was going to Kentucky. After we delivered the machine in Kentucky, we then headed up to Indiana and loaded an industrial washing machine going to a federal prison in Washington.
After loading the washer, John decided to take a scenic route from Indianapolis, which followed the original pony express route, through Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado into Denver. We even passed through the geographical center of the United States. No I'm not going to tell you where it is, you have to look it up. I will give you a hint...it's on US 36.
We stopped in Denver and John was able to look up some friends from high school. We got to the truckstop, and when John was backing into a spot, he hit a piece of concrete barrier that was partially hidden and broke off the ICC bumper on the trailer. He was NOT happy! Luckily, it was a relatively easy, cheap fix. I had to stay in the truck for the afternoon while John went to visit, but they came by and said hi. I think they liked me better, and were just being polite to John.
We got out to Clacamas, OR and delivered the Ambulances. then we went to Clallum Bay, WA where we delivered the Washer. After a few days of searching, John found a load of diving equipment in Seattle that was going to a dam project in Colorado. Due to all the oxygen tanks that were part of the load it was a hazmat load which required placards. The shipper is required to provide the placards, and in this case, the shipper had none. The ones we had were not the right ones. So after some head scratching, John decided to tarp the load and hope nobody wanted to peak under the tarps. Luck was with us, we made it to the job site without incident. There was a big crane there to unload us because they had to reach from our trailer out to the barge. It was fun to watch.
From there, we headed back to Spokane, where John was going to spend a week with his nephew, while his parents took his sister off to college. On our way, we were passed by a pickup truck that had a goat and a pit bull in the truck bed separated by a piece of wrought iron fence. Only in Idaho!
We had a good week and I had fun with their Corgi, Maggie, the legless wonder. We had a good time in Spokane, but after 10 days, it was time to hit the road. Maggie was starting to get "clingy", following me around, lying down next to me, and sharing her toys. Don't get me wrong, she is fun, but I'm a free spirit who's mistress is the open road.
The following Monday, we loaded an Army truck that was going back to Augusta, ME. We also loaded 5 other partials in the Seattle, and Portland areas that were all going back to New England. This was one of those rare trips where freight just falls into place every time you pick up the phone and make a call. This is what makes trucking fun and rewarding. Too bad these loads seem to come along once a year!
We got home and were looking forward to some time off, but a customer called with a quick trip for us. John was able to line up a load coming home for the Labor Day weekend. Well...welcome to the world of trucking. We loaded and delivered the first stop on Thursday without any problems, but Friday brought us delays in the last two stops so we couldn't make it down to Camden, NJ in time to load our load home. We spent the holiday weekend at a truckstop in lovely Bordentown, NJ. It's hard to be stuck over a holiday weekend so close to home. We loaded our load of steel Tuesday morning and delivered it in New Brunswick On Wednesday.
We made it home and are looking forward to a few days to relax and get things done around the house... I relax while John gets things done.
Hudson
