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•A family route
ON INTERSTATE 44, EAST — Edward Sallee was conceived in the back of his father's truck 14 years ago — and since that day he's gotten most of his father-son time on the road.
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Eddie Sallee banters with his son Edward at a truck stop in Tulsa. Eddie brings his son along on some summer trucking trips.
John Clanton, THE OKLAHOMAN
Eddie Sallee
Age: 42
Hometown: Francis
Job: Independent truck driver
Family: Wife, Barbara Sallee, 46. Son, Edward Sallee, 14. Daughters, Amy Bradley, 21; Rebecca Sallee, 18.
Challenges: As a trucker, Eddie can be away from home for weeks at a time. He has to find innovative ways to spend time with his children. He takes his children on his trucking route with him, especially in the summers.
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Edward's dad, Eddie Sallee, 42, is a trucker. Since Edward was 3 years old, their best shot to get to know each other has been en route from pick-up site to drop-off point.
In an unexpected way, it's made the family closer, Eddie and Edward said, because they consider what time they do have precious.
"I think sometimes I appreciate my kids more because I don't see them every night,” Eddie said. "I see other dads who work all day and come home at night and watch four hours of TV.
"I've never been that kind of dad because I've always been away from (my kids).”
On a recent morning, father and son left mom at home in Francis at 5:45 a.m. to lug about 60,000 pounds of cattle feed to northeast Oklahoma. Then it was on to Kansas with another load.
Edward is out of school for the summer, awaiting his freshman year at Byng High School.
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