Choice program on the West Coast - from company driver to IC

Back in the saddle again............

622 miles today. Stopped at the Flying J Exit 107 in Kenly, NC off of I-95. 341 miles left to my drop and hook in Aberdeen MD tomorrow.
I-95 was wall to wall Q-tips today. All of them migrating back home after spending the winter soaking up the Florida sunshine.
Getting four tires replaced on the trailer, Goodyear Commercial Tire right here.
Got pulled into the scale in North Carolina. After waiting in line for what seemed forever I make it up to the scale and see a state trooper standing there waiting to talk to me. WTF?!?!? I pull onto the scale (which no one is checking since no one was in the shack) and the trooper asks me 'How's it going?' 'Fine officer' is my reply. He asks me to see my log book. I tell him it is electronic. He climbs up onto the top step on my truck, leans into my window and says 'Show me'. I pull up the HOS tab and he asks to see the summary tab. I show him (still had 3 hours of drive time and just started a fresh 70 this morning). He says 'Thanks, have a nice day!' and climbs down. I go on about my business. First time in 18 months of driving someone checked my logs!

That is all...........

 

Good day today.
Up at 4 am. Dumped $850 worth of fuel into the beast and drove the 341 miles to Aberdeen MD. Nice and easy traffic since it was so early on Sunday. Unfortunately they had no empties so I sent the exception in and waited for the worst. Luckily I only got sent 20 minutes OOR and there were plenty of empties to pick from!
Drove the 22 miles to my pickup in NJ. Easy D/H. Then drove 50 of the 193 miles to my D/H in CT. Stopped at the Woodrow Wilson service plaza on the NJ turnpike. Will be up at 4 am to beat the traffic again to finish up my D/H in CT then 60 miles over to NY for a 200 mile D/H heading to PA. That will finish the pay week out for me.
Nice weather here, 55 degrees and sunny. Got the windows open for the breeze.
Take care......

 

Over the GW to New Milford, CT.

 

Thanks for the advice... And the prayers!