Hi Shawn!
Man! Don't take anything personally by any of the persons who made some rather disrespectful comments towards your original post...
I know that you have been working away from home for many years now even if during that time, you weren't away from home every day of each year...
When I was a journeyman Boilermaker many moons ago, I was considered as being a road whore for quite a few years even though I wasn't away from home working 365 days out of the year for every year and that's a given because of the fact that some years were very lean work wise and some were so busy with work that one would probably come close 365 per... Then again, there were times when if you were on a particular job site and they closed down during the holidays or peak operating seasons, you were either off, or laid off until the shutdown/maintenance season returned...
Still, I pity the fool who would ever try to tell me that I wasn't a "roadwhore" back in the day!
So don't let these petty differences in definitions and how semantics can lead to confusion from different folks in here get under your skin Shawn because I know and more importantly, you know what you have to do for work in order to support your own family... The problem is that some folks come in here itching to pick a fight, or show just how superior they are to other folks who genuinely like to share their experiences, and it only shows that there's either a reaction of envy/jealousy or they're just plain combative all the time as well as miserable all the time... And really do not come close to what you, and others in here contribute in order to keep this forum as interesting to just about everyone who either participates or visits in this forum...
Don't ever let anybody tell you otherwise my good friend! Please continue to share your own experiences out there on the road pal because I for one always look forward to your posts and the nice pics you attach to them also okay? From one "roadwhore" to another: "Hope to catch up with you on that highway to hell brother!" Enough said!
Respectfully to most,
Henry