Long-haul trucker finds new life, purpose in upholstery

Dennis “Denny” Walerius spent 40 years as a long-haul truck driver, traveling across all of the Lower 48 states and “as far north as you can go in Canada.”

He retired in January, 2021, but wasn’t ready to sit down and do nothing.

“A friend of mine had a 23-foot Sea Ray boat in his yard. It had been sitting there 14 years. He was like, ‘It’s a mess.’ We got it uncovered, and it was a mess; raccoons and mice had been in it. I fixed it for him, under the condition that I get to use it.”…

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