Monday, May 25, 2026

On the Road with Mike Murchison

Alberta trucker Mike Murchison shares his experiences on the road through music, photography and humour.

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There is more than one kind of shortage making life painful for people in 2021

Mike Murchison

With the truck in the nearby Peterbilt dealership, I needed a place to stay. With no means of, transportation I picked the closes place. Across the 4 lanes of highway 395. A two mile walk from the dealership. It was there where the dealer rep dropped me off, and the adventure began.

It wasn’t the nicest motel. Somewhat rundown, questionable characters lurking around. Cigarette butts everywhere and vehicles came and went all hours of the night.

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Ships sit in the harbours and I sit at a truck dealership: we just want to go home

Mike Murchison

My truck has broken down. Has been down since Saturday morning. No big deal, right? Wrong!

  Parts. Where are they? Why can’t I get them? Why doesn’t the dealer or any other heavy duty shop have them, for that matter?

 That’s right. They are on a ship somewhere. Anchored off of either the Pacific or Atlantic coast, awaiting its turn to nestle into a berth and get unloaded.

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Montana says "good night." Mike Murchison
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Up where the clouds can bump your hat off

Mike Murchison

Because the elevation is up there, the clouds can bump your hat off sometimes, and the stars….well…they just like to show off .

But my point is this: She’s getting cooler at night. Starting be an extra blanket kind of night. That’s okay, but soon, very soon, the frost will set in. The wind (which they call Mariah) will start demonstrating her constant ability to blow a man’s hat off much better than the clouds.

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