Climb in behind the wheel with me. We have a good run waiting, a taxi customer guaranteed for laughs and a nice tip. Before Saturday-night bar rush we’ll post-up at the cab stand and meet some other drivers.

There will be plenty of time to chill later in the big rig, on our run to that state you always wanted to see. Yes, all-the-way-across-the-country. No worries, it’s a light load of auto parts – no trouble like last time, when "the incident" happened.

So pack light. We can get what we need on the road. That bad weather coming through from the west? No worries, eh?

And with the variety of kind strangers on the road, we might find some real fun.