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Truck Route?

Recently we had a delivery that at first glance seemed routine and on closer inspection let us know we needed to call the customer. The address was about fifteen miles from the city and the road looked like a heartbeat on a cardiology machine. 

The customer was called and we were told we could not go across Mosquito bridge due to the weight limit and to use Rock Creek Road.  The road to Rock Creek Road was full of twists and 20 mph curves but it was still a good road.  The first thought at seeing Rock Creek Road was “NO WAY” as the road and that is a loose term looked like an ally with a little pavement left over. 

The road name was correct and once you start up there is no turning around.  The road was at best one and a half cars wide with a steep drop off and no guard rail.  The good part was the road had no markings which made it easier to run down the center.  On the way up three cars were coming down and they were experienced.  I moved as close to the side as I dared and stopped.  The cars passed me as close to the mountain as they could get.  At times the road was barely wide enough for the truck and the switchbacks were tough to get around.  As we went up Bob had an excellent view of the valley that looked like it was thousands of feet deep.

It took us right at 45 minutes to go a little over ten miles and when we reached our destination it was with a sense of relief that we made it.  I just knew that we were on the wrong road and asked the customer about this.  They said nope that is the “Truck Route” and I know my jaw hit the floor.  How in the world do they get their fire trucks all over that mountain is a testament to their amazing driving abilities. Now I had to go back down that goat trail and I was ready.  I knew what I was in for and we set off once again.  Then as I approached a curve here came another truck pulling a trailer…  Jeez, Louise how can this get any better?  I used our dash cam to create a video of coming down the mountain.