Tag Archives: Courier

S:1 E:17A “Drunk Haircut”



Trinity talks about trying to get through the metal detector in Provo and instead gets into a fight with a cop. Trinity has a problem with authority and it manifests itself at the worst times. She reminisces about the day the Feds busted into her home, took Bob away, and she was arrested. Davis County jail is a good place to make goals.


S:1 E:14A “The Heart of the Emerald Triangle”



Garberville is the heart of the Emerald Triangle. It’s also where many of the Mormon raised weed dealers reside and farm. Meditating buddhas, cartel breakfast meetings, and kingpin hangouts are hidden in plain sight among the Redwoods and heavily thicketed Douglas Firs.


S:1 E13A “Why Mormons Speed”



Finally, Trinity and Bob drive the very last part of the Triangle to make it back to SLC. Utahans love to speed which causes many travails of hiding the load and blending in with the pack on I-15. Once the load was delivered into town there were certain procedures they followed in their trade craft to keep it and themselves safe. They delivered the load to safe houses all over town. How the distributors deliver the product once it arrived.


S:1 E:12A “Happy White People”



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.


S:1 E:11A “Quantum Karaoke”



Driving the load through a snarl of traffic on Portland’s 205 Beltway is no easy task and Trinity gives advice to wanna-be singers practicing into their hairbrushes. She regrets never having gone to Voodoo Doughnuts and pontificates on her son’s ability to offend yoga students. They drive the load along the mighty Columbia River stopping for hot chocolate at Multnomah Falls, stopping for lunch in prison towns, and getting past snoopy security guards.


S:1 E:10A “Walking Back to SLC”



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.


S:1 E:9A “The Bad Feminist”



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.


S:1 E:6A “Sexier ‘n a Leather Purse from Tijuana”



The Redwood Highway is a dark and mysterious path, shrouded by majestic, 3,000-year-old giants. A short respite in Laytonville holds it own unique surprises, but the spell quickly deepens on Spy Rock and Bell Spring county roads as our couriers arrive at the destination of their journey. So many super-secret secrets of the industry.  The rule of thumb is, there’s always a Utah connection.


S:1 E:5A “Electric Blue Honda Gangsta”



Trinity encounters a gangster, with a 9mm, in his electric blue Honda Civic. Fortunately, her limited exposure to gang violence quickly passes as he zooms off into the dusty evening of California’s central valley.  Our couriers finally arrive at the Redwood Highway, only to be stopped cold at the Willits Friday Night Street Festival. Protesters come to the rescue of ancient Redwoods threatened by our modern roadways.


S:1 E:4A “No Atheists”



Staying in the same hotels trip after trip heightens the awareness of the staff to a courier who fills with her bags with cold hard cash. Traveling while white, however, brings its own anonymity. Nevada is full of intensity with larger than life bon fires, white knuckle rides, psychotic pioneers, and the amazing Chinese culture.