Finally at melton

Not gonna lie,the snow makes me nervous.i am from so cal so we don't have real weather.melton policy is shut it down in snow.i feel like that is not always practical or needed,so I just put my big boy pants on and drive..the way I gauge whether to drive or park is if I see nice owner op rigs rolling I figure it's safe for me.if only flip flop Mafia is rolling I figure it's time to park.my ego is not big enough to make me drive if it's truly unsafe.but I think of all the northern drivers doing it.i just look way down the road to slow early trying not to use brakes at all.and try to never come to a full stop.oll

 

No exciting updates,just running what I think is hard.taking a week off on the 17th.it will be my first home time since I started.i had a load to perris in Nov so I stopped by the house for the night.it will be nice to get back in so cal for a bit to thaw my bones out.seems like I spend a lot of time in snow country.had my first real mistake while driving.i was driving to my pickup location and my fuel stop came on my tablet,so I pulled into a parking lot to input into gps.parking lot was covered in ice potholes up to 5 inches deep .my front steer dropped into a pothole and I couldn't get traction to get out.i put snow cables and tire chains on and even laid load chains down but couldn't get traction.had to make the call of shame to dispatch to get tow truck.took him about a minute to winch me out.noboody has chastised me about it yet.i hate that it happened and have been flogging myself about it, all the snow and ice I have driven and I get stuck in a parking lot lot!The 90 day fuel bonus came out and I am getting 985.so that's a pleasant surprise.its the first cycle for me.