Highway robbery, when done by the man is known as civil asset forfeiture. In the contest to see who can get away with the most, highway patrol and DEA tend to come out on top since the law allows them to steal your money, cars, and other stuff. After doing her time, Trinity goes to Takashi–her most favorite place to eat–gets a surprise for her birthday and a lesson in how those assets are spent.
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Driving through pastures, fields of potatoes, and rural Idaho, Trinity’s convinced the state is a hot bed of sophisticated hicks and rocket scientists. Escaping an Amber Alert, parking the load next to a K- 9 unit at Wendy’s, and surviving the state bowling tournament in Burley, Trinity talks about Bob’s childhood in Idaho and her in-laws who still live there.
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Getting the load and driving it home. Hidden cops wait for unsuspecting travelers on Highway 199. Stopping at Hiouchie’s Café and dealing with friendly servers. Oregon has lots of strange idiosyncrasies, from the full-fledged bald mountains caused by clear-cut logging, the baby lambs on I-5, and no self-service gas stations. In midst of it all, Trinity decides to walk home from Seven Feathers Casino.
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Riding up the Redwood Highway and reminiscing about her application to become a courier, Trinity admits she’s one of those who are driven, not one of those who drive. Before leaving, the boys kiss her goodbye and send the load down the mountains with their prayers. She and Bob make their way through the steep switch backs of the Coastal Mountains and heavy fog of the Redwoods.
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Law enforcement uses the latest technologies from the intelligence community, the military and electronic surveillance to catch their targets. Take a cell phone with you on the road and DEA snatches up your emails, texts, photos and contacts. And, worst of all, convenience store clerks are paid bounty hunters in the game between the law and all of us.
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Pondering on recent newspaper stories, Trinity compares her experiences as a driver with couriers from Medford, NY who were busted May 1, 2020, carrying just under a million dollars cash on CA’s Interstate 5. She ponders and speculates what it was exactly that led to Frank Capraro and Desmond McDays’ arrest on the way to pick up their load in NorCal. Could it have been the Fed’s super stealth Stingray technology, the boys’ naiveté regarding their ability to stay under the radar, or the $500 cash bounty that brought attention from the authorities?
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Highway robbery, when done by the man, is known as civil asset forfeiture. In the contest to see who can get away with the most, highway patrol and DEA tend to come out on top since the law allows them to steal your money, cars, and other stuff. After doing her time, Trinity goes to Takashi–her most favorite place to eat–gets a surprise for her birthday and a lesson in how those assets are spent.
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Trinity and Bob stop for the night in Boise and go down the rabbit hole of Freak Alley. Navigating through an Amber Alert roadblock, and parking next to a K-9 unit break up Idaho’s pastoral scenery. Trinity is convinced this rural state is a hot-bed of sophisticated hicks and rocket scientists.
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Portland’s 205 Beltway is an accident waiting to happen- especially when you’re hauling. Trinity gives advice to wanna-be singers practicing into their hair brushes. Northern Oregon finds our couriers winding along the mighty Columbia River, stopping for hot chocolate at Multnomah Falls, eating lunch in prison towns, and getting past predator security guards.
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Trinity reminisces about her job application for being a marijuana courier. The worried boys kiss Trinity goodbye, pray for her safety, and send the load down the steep switchbacks of the Coastal Mountains and into the foggy Redwoods.
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