Tapeworm is starting at Swift on Monday!

Utah was very cool! When we got up this morning, we were facing east and got to see the sunrise over the mts. The mtn peaks all had snow on them - that was a nice way to start the day.
The drive through WY was interesting again today because winds were blowing 30-60 mph. Fortunately we dropped our empty trailer at a shipper and picked up a heavy load. The trailer is an old one, so we had some good times trying to get the landing gear to cooperate. The trailer does have good tires on it though!
Time for some sleep....

 

Thank you for the advice Mike. I am fairly comfortable driving in nasty weather. My mentor was following company policy regarding newbies driving in slippery conditions. I definitely learned a lot during the last couple of days in the mountains, both from watching/listening to mentor and from my own driving.
Today was a pretty uneventful day. I drove from Laramie WY to Iowa. Nebraska is such a dull state to drive across! I am happy to be done with that state for now. Tomorrow we are headed east through IA and IL.

 

Today was good. I drove across IA, IL, and into Indiana. I ran up to my 11, and my mentor took over. We made a brief stop at the Gary terminal to scan logs and replenish the winshield washer fluid. I believe we are going to stop in Ohio for the night, and push to reach our final destination in PA tomorrow. I am hoping that our next run will take us somewhere warm!

 

For you gearheads out there - we are in a Freightshaker Columbia with a Detroit 60 series motor and an Eaton Fuller 9 spd. I believe it is an '09. It is a good rig that pulls well even with a heavy load in the wagon...

 

Today I drove from a travel plaza near Toledo OH to our drop location near Harrisburg PA. I enjoyed the drive today, as there were lots of hills to navigate. The jake brake and 7th gear both got a workout today.
We are out of hours, so we are taking a 34 hour reset. I am looking forward to chilling out tomorrow!