The adventures of 'Team Klingon'

What a run so far this week! No blow out this time... Knock on plastic... But we looked at the weather and thought we would be SO smart...we would drop down off of 40 at Santa Rosa and hit 20 and run that across to ATL... You know, less ice... LOL!! Yeah, God laughed at us... That and TX has NO clue how to de-ice their roads!! I was working on my 14 towards the end of my shift, actual run time maybe 5 hrs and all of 70-80 miles!! Klingon's shift now, in LA and thankfully no ice!! So we will be 4-6 hrs late... Hoping they will still be able to take us!

 

We have a couple 'always' stops... The Loves in Bennett, CO... A store right there with a STARBUCKS!! We cook in the truck, so no restaurants, but we have a couple Loves we prefer to stop at for showers... Then of course we get home weekly now, so THAT would be my favorite place!! Adult beverages and everything!!

 

Well they took us... But they were backed up as well, so we got out a couple hours later than usual... Then there was the rolled over truck in IL that had us sitting for a couple hours ... Not sure how long, I was sleeping. Slept well too, the truck wasn't bouncing LOL! Then we notice there are steel belts showing on one of the trailer's SS tires ... So another couple hours at a terminal to get it fixed ... So we are running 6-8 hrs behind our normal time frame... Still have time on the load, but won't have as much time at home... That makes a REALLY long week next week!!

 

I'm not sure which way would have been better... We might do the TX route again, but not until there isn't any chance of ice!! Just a change of scenery if nothing else. That's the down side of a set loop... But it also an upside too ... LOL!

Glad your hubby made it through safely!! I sure hope winter is almost over!!

 

Back at home, until tomorrow, LOL! ... We went the TX route again, no ice this time... Fuel prices are better (it seems like), so if we can get through DFW without getting turned around in circles, I think we might like that route


Got the side piece back from getting it painted, and Klingon got to put it all back together again. Also got a 3 axle alignment and a grease job... Oh and a 'disagreement' with the ones in charge of the logs... GRRR! Didn't hit the off duty THEN off duty drive... So it put us on duty for a full 6 minutes... So much for Klingon's 34... Thankfully we really don't NEED it because of the down time on each end of this run... But still! And they expect us to 'approve' this log that we feel is incorrect... But we HAVE to if we want to get our next load.

Well off to fix dinner in a REAL kitchen and watch Game of Thrones with friends

 

LOL... Our loop is from Rocklin, CA to Atlanta, GA to Aurora, CO then back to Rocklin, CA... It can get boring going the same way each and every time, so we changed it up (little bits since there isn't too much change we can do... ) Klingon thinks that the southern I-20 route was just too rough (road wise) and it is a bit longer miles wise... So we are going 40... Again