Live: On the ground from Aberdeen, Maryland

Keep us updated Mike, and welcome to the NE.....don't know if that's a good thing or bad...lol.

There's a couple truck stops around your area. There's a Pilot in Perryville, Flying J around Havre De Grace I think, Petro, TA, at DE, MD border, and a couple by the Fort McHenry toll.

Good luck and try not to cuss too much because of the traffic.

 

Domino's?

DOMINO'S?!

Good luck, @Mike2633 . Have fun earning that Northeast trucker cred! Keep us posted!

 

You made it! I just got back from my northern NY run, but I'm off for the next 3 days (scheduled personal days plus reset tomorrow).

Skip the area truck stops, they absolutely, positively suck. The ones in MD (Jessup T/A, Perryville Pilot, MD/DE border Flying J) are almost legendary in their unpleasantness. Coffee at the Wawa/Sheetz/Royal Farms is much better than truck stop coffee typically. As for restaurants, there are a few in a cluster off MD-22 just south of 95 (Beards Hill Rd). I seem to recall quite a few on 40 between Aberdeen and Havre de Grace as well. Should be able to find anything you need up and down 40, from White Marsh to Havre de Grace, though that would depend on how you're fixed for transportation off duty.

The Maines yard is a few doors further down Perryman from your yard. Frito Lay is off 715 north of 40, but we are on Perryman all the time for backhauls.

 

IKR?~?~? Dang, man. . . be a LITTLE more creative. Domino's is what we do on a BAD day here, in O-H-I-O ... LoL!!
Keep heading Norte` . . . get you some LOBSTER!~ OH DANG... I'm still stuck on that Hispanish, sorry!!
Kudos, Mike....
Be safe, man.

 

KOP, Plymouth Mtg, Norristown, I delivered around that area for years. I use to make deliveries right next to the KOP Mall and Germantown Pike.

As soon as your finished with your last stop, I would get the HELL outta there. Traffic all the way down to MD will be a nightmare, especially after around 3-4 pm.

If you ever plan on going over to Jersey, remember that trucks are aloud on the Parkway from exit 1 in Cape May all the way up to exit 105. Nothing aloud beyond that.

Be safe out there.

 

Aberdeen. You are talking my home stomping grounds. How much has changed over the years.

You are now going to be a warrior doing battle with the NE traffic. If you have a smallish truck you get into places I cannot with my big truck (And I used to haul for Darden in Aberdeen feeding 4 particular Red Lobsters in Jersey each weekend... fun times... fitting a full 18 wheeler into the back door... and tire thumping robbers trying to get 'my' seafood.... I think clubbing robbers like seals was a stress buster for me several of those weekly. They ran because the fear of the Law was greater than little old me... (Surprising...)

Don't get me started on the Bridges. Ive probably still spit out the paint and rust from the #### things all my life. such as it is.

There is one thing you need to be ready for on 95 between Havre De Grace south to Baltimore at all times... all lanes of traffic in a panic stop faster than YOU can stop. When 4 or 5 lanes of crazy cars all at once want to skid to a stop NOW at once... YOU better be able to stop faster or take a wall. They have this herd think along there. Some of my worst stops took place on that #### road. I did not hit anyone though... Ive stepped down onto trucks and hoods out of the truck and learned what it takes to stop 40 ton quickly in the pre-ABS days at great cost to pads and tires back then.

 

Do not leave Maryland without having a crab cake or three.

 

Or a dozen. Go to Bawlmo.. get yourself crabbed up. You aint gonna forget it. It's good.