I was in the ladies restroom at the rest area just east of Phoenix, Arizona.
We were headed to Casa Grande to deliver our load.
I just needed to take a quick potty break before going in to the customer. We have never been there before, so I wasn't sure of their setup regarding driver facilities.
While in my stall, two other ladies entered the room. They were already engaged in their conversation regarding their trip.
"I had my suitcase all packed and ready to go for summer clothes and great weather," the one lady said.
She continued, "then Rhonda called and said that they were expecting rain and cold weather. I had to completely unpack my suitcase and change everything in it."
This woman went on all about her clothes that she had neatly packed in her suitcase only to have to remove it all and quickly figure out what to replace it with for cold weather.
"I don't own any jackets or coats since moving to Phoenix," she went on. "I don't even have any kind of cold weather clothing at all."
I thought to myself, "Wow...I've been bundled up the past couple of days. Hmmm, no coat?"
The other woman was fairly quiet with only a few words in the conversation. She didn't say much at all.
I got done in my stall and went out to wash my hands. The other ladies also exited their stalls. They were still going on about the lack of a coat and where they could go to shop for one. She had even said that she actually purchased a coat, but didn't like how it was made or how it fit, so she took it back.
"I got my coat from a sporting goods store," I shared with them. It was a nice and simple down jacket, zipped in the front with no hood.
"You got that here locally?" she asked.
"No, actually I bought this in Florida a couple of weeks ago to go to the Bahamas." I stretched out my arms and modeled my comfortable red jacket.
"Yes that looks very nice, too." she said.
I smiled and walked out the door with the ladies trailing behind me. They were on their way to Texas with possibly multiple stops to look for a coat. Oh, that's going to be a long trip.
