On the Road with Mike Murchison
Alberta trucker Mike Murchison shares his experiences on the road through music, photography and humour.
Some heroes deliver coffee
The New Year often brings a slowdown in life….and in business. It’s the nature of many economies. Most companies have bought and received all their year end inventory, so the first quarter spending slows down. The task of selling starts
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Everybody’s got a story
Whether I believed him or didn’t matter. What did was he was experiencing two things I knew very well. Music, and being far from home; and for those reasons alone, I approached him. He was sitting down on the cement
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The wind, the lamb, and the…missiles
We all have that one song. That one song that will stop us in our tracks. The first few notes hit the ear drums and regardless of what I’m doing, I stop. I take a deep breath and I can
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When the Teamsters ran the trucking industry
I have no idea what became of Jimmy Hoffa other than that he disappeared and never returned. There were people who wanted him gone. Hoffa was the President of the largest union in North America, the Teamsters’ Union. From the
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Duel erupts between pickin’ Truckers
“This the first tune Paul Turin and I played together,” notes Trucker/Musician/Photographer/Writer Mike Murchison. “He climbed out of the truck with his banjo and we went to town on ‘Dueling Banjos.’ I love these spontaneous moments in life,” Murchison wrote
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When sparks flew
Take a walk with me back to my old stompin’ grounds of North York. Back when the inside of Yorkdale Mall still smelled new; when outdoor hockey rinks outnumbered indoor rinks. When Harold Ballard ruled the Leafs with an iron
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Cabovers were cool….literally
by Mike Murchison Yah, cabovers were cool…literally. I drove a couple back in the ’80s. A big K100 and an International 9760. I fell out of them more times than I can count: it’s a long way down to the
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The prairies in August, through Mike Murchison’s eyes
As noted when we posted the July collection, Mike Murchison is a professional Truck driver living in Alberta who has spent decades driving around the western United States and Canada. Mike pauses to appreciate vast landscapes as well as the
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