This is a story of fiction but inspired by the love of trucking and
simple rural farm life as it was in the 50s and 60s. A few hours east of
Fort Stockton, Texas, Julie saw the sign indicating she was still a long
way from San Antonio. Her eyes felt tired. Several miles back, she had
nodded off just a second, and it scared her so bad she almost went off
the road into a rocky hillside. Second thoughts haunted her mind about
the decision she had made to try for the Alamo city tonight. It was now
11:00 PM and the rain hadn't let up making the road almost impossible to
see. She cranked up the heater as the outside temperature dropped
considerably colder the further east she traveled. She picked up a Del
Rio station on the radio and turned the volume up to keep the cab filled
with noise. The country music eased her tired mind as the song play-ing
was one of her favorites "yeah," she thought "that's me, Julie Dickinson
with nothing but eighteen wheels under my seat and miles of highway
ahead."