I hate Peoplenet, where are you parked and recipes thread

yep Wednesday fairly well sucked. took an hour to do the last 20 miles to the DC.

a few of us from the Ashley thread were all there and not going anywhere so we had our own stuck here for the night get together lol.

about 1/4" sleet then 5-6" heavy wet snow. once we drove on it in the yard a few times it was solid packed ice. I did in fact have to be pulled out of the parking spot the next morning. couldn't move. first a chained up yard dog gave it a shot and got stuck, then they brought over a light duty wrecker they have at the DC to pull the yard dog out then pull me far enough out I could finally get some bite and move.

none of us left until around noon Thursday. took that long to get the roads in good enough shape to go. wise choice to stay put judging from the number of wrecks down 78 from the line to Birmingham. 3 of us were all headed back to the DC in NC. the other 2 stopped short they're florida guys it wasn't going to get them home any sooner to push it. I just ran it all the way just in case they were still behind because of the weather I was just going to go on home. no luck there. got in there with 11 minutes left.

at the westar in cowpens,sc headed home in the morning after being annoyed with the railyards in Atlanta all day. planned right back down to that godforsaken place for Monday. traffic was worse this evening than I've seen it for a long time. I liked this westar a lot better before they sold out and remodeled. took away some of the old school feel of it and I miss the mr. waffle. they still haven't put a new restaurant in yet.

 

Great pics Rocks! I love your dad's wife's wheel barbecue -- I totally need to make one that. But I'm a little concerned about that electrical outlet by your bed; was it on fire at some point?

I dig the hammocks too. The guy who ran my trucking school once went OTR in a day cab and slept in a hammock below his trailer like the snoozing striker...

Hope you have some fun between paperwork

 

The old Mister Waffle/Westar is my stop of choice when I'm heading up that way. Never have problems finding parking there. Just wish it wasn't such a pain in the ### getting to it from the northbound side lol.

Showers there aren't too bad or expensive.

 

yeah I've always liked it.....both from a practical standpoint with the easy parking......rolled in here last night 0130 and half empty lot......but it's a sentimental favorite too. I grew up in this part of the state and spent a lot of time around here growing up. the mr. waffle used to be a late night hang out when we were young ( not to be confused with waffle house for the uninformed they are NOT the same lol ). I miss it. the food was good and I knew the cook and the people there. always got a little extra on my plate with a wink and a smile when I'd come through. they've had the 'huddle house coming soon' signs up for almost a year now but haven't done anything to make it happen. just won't be the same.

getting in and out has always been a pain but looks like it might get worse in the future before it gets better. I saw a big sign exiting last night at the stop sign advising of a public comment period on improvements......sign said the state is looking at widening 85 from where it drops to the 2 lane at the 80 to the 96 in Gaffney and fixing the exit / entrance there at the 83. it would be a much needed improvement but a pain in the ### while it's in process. southbound was so bumpy and potholed coming down they might should spend the money on repaving instead of widening. it's starting to get pretty rough.

 

Thanks for sharing this Rocks. With the widespread organization and obvious impact to the markets, I am really surprised that there has been zero news coverage of this activity in the USA. Anyway, I read into the FB page and many of the news articles linked within it. To me it was very interesting in contrast to the thing that we had here in the US last summer, that turned into a bunch of nothing. Despite that, one thing I see in common is an apparent lack of focus on what the protesters are demanding or expecting to accomplish, along with where they are going to get that from.

Thing is, Latin America politics are very different than what we do here. That being the reason the Brazilian truckers strike is what it is, versus recent attempts at doing this in the US. It would make for an interesting discussion on the political forum.

I wonder how long it will take for the PRF (Federal Police) to reach out to their Big Brothers and bring a military solution to this?

Edited to add: I think I will go start a post on this in the political forum LOL.

 

Loads of fun on 20 this morning.

 

Dang

Where that happen?

 

Impromptu Ms Rocks.

Found a dry patch. Made supper in truck, no one bothered me. Woke to this. yuk.


How's that? I know. Its not the same.

 

Just west of ranger. Traffic was stopped due to another overturned truck when these guys tangled. I decided to stop at the loves for a bit. State trooper came in and got mobbed by drivers looking for information.

 

Was a clean truck.[emoji46]