A young woman named Linda was driving alone through the lonely area from Alberta, Canada to the Yukon. She spent one night in one of the rare hotels in the area. The next morning in the breakfast area she was seated near two truckers. They asked where she was going. She said "Whitehorse." "In that little Civic?" they asked. "It's dangerous this time of year in this kind of weather." Linda replied, "Well, I'm determined to try." "In that case," one of the truckers said, "We're just going to have to hug you." Linda drew back and said, "You're not going to touch me." The truckers chuckled and said, "Not like that. We'll put one truck in front of you and one in the rear. In that way, we'll get you through the mountains." And so they did.

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