Occasionally we will be featuring trucker blogs and starting off this new trend is Plum Trucker.
Hailing from Crystal River, Florida and not exactly your average trucker – she’s graduated from college and works the road with her fiance, Kendall. Leaving college they signed up with a trucking school, took the 5 week course and are now “living the life” trucking across the country. You don’t get a more “different” career trajectory than that!
We liked Plum Trucker’s blog because it shows several things. First, that it is possible to get into the trucking business and to enjoy yourself at the same time. It’s not all hard work and no play and even the most jaded, aged trucker is going to get the chance to see something new every run.
Another reason why we liked this rookie trucker blog was she’s honest and funny – I mean, how many times do you get trucker’s jawing about shopping for Keen shoes and how much they hurt? She’s also pretty honest about life, like hauling explosives with a gimped out truck.
Plum Trucker may be riding the roads with her lucky fiance in a traditional rig, but they are also bringing the technology which is changing our lives into the cab too. This is a trucking chick with an iPod, iPad, GPS, Kindle, Nook, iPhone, and did we forget her blog?
Yet another reason we like Plum Trucker’s blog is because it gives you a good insight into what it’s like to be a rookie trucker. The dead heading, the crappy rigs, keeping tabs on your hours, the characters you meet and the good, the bad and the ugly. No part of the rookie trucking experience is left untouched from food, the effect of long hours and breaks affecting your sleep patterns and sometimes the feeling of just being exhausted and you could sleep for a month (and still feel like death warmed up).
There’s another reason I like Plum Trucker – she’s a woman and I like women truckers and Kendall will just have to get used to that 
While there are more than a few lady truckers on the roads, we could always do with more. They brighten up the CB chatter, they look better than the guys do, they smell a lot nicer and they just brighten up my whole day.
It’d be nice to think that in ten years Plum Trucker will still be trucking, with Kendall, across the country and enjoying the life just as much as she clearly is today.
If you have a blog you want to recommend and share with us – send us a link in a comment and we’ll take a look.
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allready a fan, these two youngsters bring a really fresh perspective to otr,it’s nicefor a change..not your typacil burned out veteran driver complaining all the time,,wish there were more like this one..
also like “Salenas” daily rant…
Yeah I agree Ed, gotta love youthful exuberance!
Optimism and attitude is half the battle in trucking. In all fairness to veterans though, they’ve experienced many injustices in trucking that have taken away a lot of their initial excitement. Hope these 2 are successful and can share a glimmer of hope to others.
Also, I realized we’re neighbors….we live reside about 20 minutes from them in Dunnellon, Florida
I can’t tell you how THRILLED I am to see this profile of my little protege, The Plum Trucker! Not only have you found her, but you gave her top billing as your first trucker blog in your series. Way to go!!
I have had the pleasure for some time now of not only corresponding with Michelle, but also of speaking to her on the phone. She’s just as bubbly and down-to-earth “in person”, if you will, as she is on her blog. I had a much different experience than she has had coming into this industry, and I love reading her blog for that very reason. She depicts life on the road as I envision a newbie to be living it. Her obvious joy in this career comes across loud and clear, as does her humor, frustrations and honesty.
There are many drivers out here who are just fed up with the “same ‘ol, same ‘ol” and Michelle sees things with fresh eyes; something that’s, well, just refreshing! I’m excited to have her join the force of women truckers and look forward to more blog posts and photos about her experiences.
Thanks again for starting out your series with such a beautiful and “real” woman!!
Salena Lettera
The Daily Rant
http://www.salenalettera.com
Congratulations on this lovely writeup! I sure hope it brings some top dollar loads to you two…
@ELH – you have any blog recommendations for us shoot them over to karl4work@gmail.com
Same applies to anyone else and also if you want to see a specific issue covered
I have had the pleasure of knowing Michelle for he past few years, she is a good friend of one of my sons. My wife & I were lucky to see her and Kendall this last week. Hope life continues to be exciting for her and Kendall. We will continue to read her blog and kept in touch. (Her mom is one of my Doctors nurses.)
Jerry & Marie in Crystal River, Fl