It’s just after 10:30 on Friday evening and truck driver Rick Keiner waits patiently outside the sold out Keller Auditorium in Portland, OR.
As a cool breeze blows through his long beard, Keiner notices me peeking around his 2016 Kenworth T680.
“Can
Author: Neil Abt
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