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.
Hi everyone,
Yesterday I realized how lucky I am to be riding in a truck with John. If he was a pilot, for instance, we both would be dead...he ran out of fuel! For some reason, his fuel mileage was way off on this leg of the trip. Normally, he could have gone another 400 miles before fueling up. We had a wide load and were on a narrow, two lane highway in Rusk, TX. We pulled over onto the grass and were able to get help from the owner of a machine shop nearby. He let us use a couple of gasHudson cans and took us to the gas station three times so we could get enough fuel to get to the station.
Our trip started out in Searsport, ME. John and a friend of his loaded two crates a piece going out to central California. They were wide loads so we needed to order permits for them which specify what routes we have to run, and when we can run. Some states don't allow weekend travel or travel after dark. John and Mark met up with another friend who was traveling to Ohio. Whenever the three of them went into the truck stop, I would go crazy, not being able to go with them. I broke another screen.
We got out to California on Saturday and had a couple days to relax until we unloaded on Monday. We met three other truckers who were delivering to the same power plant. They also had dogs. So, finally, I had someone to play with. Later that week, after Mark had found a load, we found another oversize load in LA going to Texas. It was 14 feet 2 inches wide. A legal load is 8 feet 6 inches. This load also required permits and also pilot vehicles in California and Arizona. Arizona also had a detour near Tucson to get around some construction. We had to have a second pilot car as well as three state troopers escort us. It seemed like overkill to us but hey, it was fun!
We had to spend the weekend in Blythe, CA since Arizona didn't allow weekend travel with oversize loads. It was over 100 degrees the whole weekend so John got us a room so we could be comfortable. We spent time at the pool in the mornings and then stayed in the room where John caught up on watching movies and I watched people out the window. It was a nice break from the truck.
After the fuel problem, we unloaded our load later that morning in Nacogdoches, TX and then headed to Montgomery, AL where we were going to pick up a skidder the next morning, headed back to Maine.
We loaded the skidder on Friday only to find out that it is oversize too! There wasn't enough time to order permits so we had to spend the weekend here in Montgomery. Hopefully, the permits will come in quickly on Monday so we can get started on our way home.
That about covers it for now,
Hudson
