Good Night From II

On our westward legs... Another 4 hrs to St. Louis (love that new I-70 bridge!) to be in Denver tomorrow... Probably around 1300ish... Then on to CA by Thursday!! At least that's the plan... LOL!

 

Yeah, nice to finally have that bridge finished.

 

Sitting at the Salt Lake terminal. T-called a load headed for Canada. They TRIED to change the t-call to Shelby, MT, said NO! Then they tried to plan me on the Salt Lake to Calgary part of the load which I of course refused.

 

called dl to see if they can change the appt time to 04/03 0800. waited a few hrs and got message saying new appt time is for 0830 04/03. good. wont have to waste another day lol. dont think they would tcall it, so didnt bother asking. will finish up my 34 reset and leave about 6am tomorrow and should make it to dunnigan tomorrow nite. i'll give myself 4 hrs to get to final just in case i hit traffic

 

El Paso, TX. I nice little tailwind and a lite load, nice little 9.3mpg. PU another lite one in the morning and drop in Redlands Friday morning Guess that a stop at Sisters in Barstow is in the future. Have to look at the weather. time to also get the rims cut.

 

Dunnigan, CA at the Pilot.

This was my fuel stop, and I almost made it here before running out of fuel.
22 miles away.
I guess I was bucking headwinds, because I usually have plenty to spare when it hits empty. Not this time.
I hate when that happens.

On-road told me it would be 2.5 hours for the Swift guy from Willows to get to me, but he got there in about an hour.
Still, it put me behind schedule for my 0600 unload tomorrow morning in South San Francisco.
I lucked out when I called my DM. He told me I had a delivery window until 1300, so I'll avoid the morning rush and get it there around 1000.

 

Sitting in the Salt Lake terminal ... lol ... load tomorrow morning and deliver in Fresno Friday morning ... then see if I can get a load heading norte ... if not bobtailing home. Going to take at least 10 days, maybe 2 weeks.

 

That must be nice.
The ability to take 2 weeks off.

 

Staying here in El Paso. While truck getting fixed all of a sudden became ill. It is 78 now, and I am wearing a spring coat and cold and chills. Talked to my DR back home and told that still fighting the flu. Gave me two options, come home and stay home in bed for 7-10 days or just take it very easy out here for a week or so. So back to my real short loads with plenty of time. Truck is all fixed. they had to make a template. The ratio in the computer was 3.46 instead of 3.25. Now changed PTA until morning. Rest all day

 

Drink fluids!! Helps keep the stuff in your lungs moist so when you cough it will come out easier!!