It's a Team's Life

Run Away

By Kelly Plumb
Posted Jun 10th 2026 8:02AM
Run Away Recently we found ourselves in Florida after having made a delivery. We decided that we would go to our camper for the weekend. We wanted to make sure that everything was in order as well as enjoy one or both pools that the property owns. We were tired and just wanted a weekend to relax. Dave got the semi parked. He stepped outside the semi to make sure it was parked as he wanted. Before he could even close the driver’s side door our little boy Barkley jumped out o...
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