Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

Maybe! I am already pre-loaded with my next assignment. Gotta roll up to the outskirts of Fresno for a 7:00pm local live load tomorrow. I am ambivalent about it, because I spent a week at that PFJ in Fresno one night, and that place is a hot mess. A legendary truck stop to rival the PFJ in Jacksonville in terms of its ability to attract drivers with the worst case of recto-cranial inversion.

And of course, I'll be trying to find parking there after 8:00pm, which I imagine can only be a warm and fulfilling experience.

Then it's back to Richmond, and based on my calculations, I'll have just enough hours back on recap to get me to the receiver on Thursday. Edna will be running on fumes the whole way there.

 

On the contrary, I snugged up against his DOT bumper and gave him a push for a few miles just so he could experience the thrill of Driving the Green(tm).

 

Reserve your parking spot from now. I stopped there once at 7pm and the lot was overflowing. I wound up parking in the front in one of the RV spots and the manager was sure to come out bang on my door and demand the $15 parking fee.

 

Poor guy is probably on the phone to safety right now trying to talk his way out of a violation for exceeding his speed limiter.

 

Actually, I was just consulting Truckers Path, and it seems there is a brace of small, no-name truck stops near where I'll be, so I get to avoid the Fresno PFJ.

 

I must have them mixed up then, doesn't sound like the place I stopped.

 

No, you are 100% correct. The Fresno PFJ is a mess.

However, as it turns out, I won't be anywhere near the Fresno PFJ. I'll be further south in Lemoore.

 

Welp, I am unloaded, a full 8 hours before my actual appointment time. So there's that.

Now I am parked over on the dirt lot. Seven hours to go before I can legally move this bucket again. We'll see if any of the yard jockeys try to roust me out between now and then.

 

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