CRETE - A Year in Review

You seem to be in a hurry to get home, dont you know once your home your wife will make you WORK... Well, thats how it works with me anyway, I go back on the road for a vacation! Drive Safe and hopefuly you'll get down there in FL.

 

Normally, this is correct. I work harder at home than I do holding this steering wheel thingy, and shifting this lever that goes thru the floor when the engine rev's too high. But this time, she will make me work in a different way...I have reservations to spend the weekend away from home (with her) in St. Augustine, FL- the 3rd most haunted city in the U.S.- so we can go ghost hunting(mostly she, cause I don't believe they exist) but it's something she likes to do and it may be the last chance to R&R before the world comes to an end, or the economy falls into a depression, and we're all standing in line at the soup kitchen...at least that's what the conspiracy theorists are predicting.

Thankfully I have sleep deprivation training because after del'g in Hotlanta at 1700, I go p/u a load from East Point at 2000, and take it to Macclenny, FL...then home (90 mi) wash clothes, and head back (95 mi) to St. Augustine. Most likely I'll be up somewhere around 36hrs..... There's something about the Pilot on the east side of Atlanta that just won't allow me to fall asleep. Good thing I don't have to log the trip to St. Augustine...

 

Your one of the few (like me) who has a good sense of humor when times seem to be bad... When freight drops, I hope I'm in Florida standing in line with you at the Soup house! I'm happy to just have a job and pay bills, while others are crying so hard they stand out on corners with a STRIKE sign begging for more money!! LOL DRIVE SAFE

 

Hey Supersnackbar, you know that giant cross the a cemetary in St. Augustine.. my grandfather helped make that(grinder). For some reason they didn't list the names of the peeons who did the grunt work on it back in the day..

 

Im at the marietta yard...take me with ya, ive seen that taps show there..whatta trip..have yer wife send me some pics...GL

 

I've seen that cross numerous times... always wondered who, what and why? Is it still lit up at night? Looks great. Surprised there is no record of who made it and worked on it. Historically, there usually was something to give credit... either to a group of people or individuals.

 

By the time they got me loaded in E.Point it was 0430 Saturday. (load was suppose to be ready at 2000 Fri. and it was one of those places where they said 'cb ch ## and wait for our call'. So no sleeping while I wait.) Then rush it to Wallyworld, and home. Didn't get to sleep until 2300 Sat. night...I'm getting too old for this not sleeping stuff. Besides, as ugly as I am, I really need my beauty sleep.

Saw the giant cross, there was a Bald Eagle resting on top (at least the tour trolley guide said it was an Eagle) He said the Eagles use it as a nesting sight during nesting/mating season. Regardless of the economy this town is busy. Hope to have some good ghostey pics...then I've got to figure out how to get them uploaded. Evertruckerr had an explanation a few dozen pages back on how to do it, will have to re-read 'em and figure it out... I didn't see the taps show, but they do fire one of the 6 lb 1700's era cannons (without cannonball) at fort - Castillo de San Marcos. With the guys dressed in historical era military uniforms. I need one of those when the neighbors are being too noisy.(geez, I even sound like an old man...get off my yard, stop making so much noise...holy cow, I am turning into my dad)

Cya'll

 

Grab a beer and take a rest, oops, some time off!!!!

 

Whew...spent 4 days in marietta then they shaged me... hope they pull some miles out for me this week..Also anyone have pc miller i can try.. i hear alot of things about it (ver 11) and i'd like to try it before i dump that much money on it. or if u have an older ver to sell lemme know...thanks

 

I wanted to thank you, evertruckerr, for your detailed posts. I'll be starting training at ATDS next week and your posts really gave me some good tips on getting miles and making the most of my new career. Thanks!