Fancy Gap

The first time I ever went down Black mt. (east bound) I was training. It was midnight and pouring down raining..My idiot trainer was in the bunk sleeping. I was about to go back there where he was..lol....It was my second day driving. i didnt have a clue of what I was doing. But, yeah, I puffed a few more cigarettes than normal heading towards Greensboro.

 

One thing my daddy told me when I was riding with him long ago, You can down a big hill too slow a 1000 times and you'll be ok. Or you can go down too fast once. Now years later Ive started driving but that saying stays in my mind every time i start down. One gear less than i went up in, sometimes two since i dont have a jake. I get passed by alot of trucks but i figure those are drivers with jakes, and or alot more experience than me.
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Put her in Georgia overdrive and coast all the way into Charllotte!!!

 

Watch out! Your dating yourself oldman!

 

So Swift has the same trainee program as CRE . Just a way to get somebody to run team cheap . Tell me again about how training by these "trainers" is so essential .

 

Fancy gap wasnt a problem at all,and beautiful scenery.The problem I had was stopping to call the wife,and sitting down in some tall grass,and discovered a 5ft long King snake stretched out suning,
arms reach in front of me.
I got some pics on my phone I will put up.Biiig snake!!Look before you sit,or you may not like what you sit on

 

My feelings have always been when driving in a lane restricted area like the gorge or other such places, I'd rather follow a moving truck no matter how slow, than to sit for hours behind one laying on it's side.

 

If you've got the truck under control and you're just coasting down I-77 with the jake on, look to your left and enjoy the scenery. It's also nice at night with all the lights down there.

Also blow your air horn when going through the tunnels. Noone seems to do that anymore. It echoes like crazy. Just don't do it with someone right next to you or they may wet their pants.