Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

You guessed it ... Craisins...

They were very nice to me when I showed up some 18 hours early asking if they would like to get rid of that load just a tad early... No problem and was loaded and gone in like an hour. Nice place to pick up at if anyone is sent here.

 

as a born ready to die Masshole all my first 50 years
I thought all cranberries came from Cape Cod
little did I know NJ and WI grow more
I was happier in my ignorance.............sigh

 

So the fun continues... started my trek to Vegas and went from Aberdeen, WA to Eugene, OR and then caught highway 58 towards Reno, NV... That Hwy 58 was a beautiful drive but as I went from 1,000 feet elivation to 5,000 it began to snow... Signs up requiring "carry chains", etc... Not a very busy road and I began to doubt if I took the right option the higher I went.

But all was better in the down hill side and once I hit Hwy 97 and a pilot about 8 miles down the road, I topped off the tanks, checked the weather ahead of me, noticed it was getting darker... And opted to park it and call another, shorter, day over.

Still have two driving days to get to Vegas... Was thinking I might arrive a whole day ahead but thinking I might spill over a bit and use two easy days and reflect back on lessons learned during this week's trip to the Northwest.

Stay Safe,
MD

 

you will have plenty of years to press on regardless
now is the time to figure out what your pressing on to
good job

 

Thanks...

The load to Portland was a bit tight for this newbie but this one had what seemed to be a whole day built in and with grabbing the load uber early it's giving me a bit of breathing room.

This has been a great trip so far... A bit intense at times but over all an awesome learning experience. Winter driving in general never bothered me but that was never on 18 Wheels with 80k under/behind me... Whew!

My load today is all of 80k and the Steers and Drives are at their max, so it felt a bit different than the 10k coming out here... Or maybe just knowing helped too... LOL

 

But, this trip also showed me the value of a CB in the truck.... It has been on my "some time soon" list to buy after we recover from Christmas but this trip has bumped it up to the top of the list and since I have a few extra hours of free time tonight... I might go grab one from this Pilot and play around with it sooner than later.

 

University Park eh? Is that a regular stop for us or a one time run?

 

By the way, I love my "corner office"... The view is awesome... and ever changing too!!!

 

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