Broke Down 69...The Adventure Continues

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  1. Broke Down 69

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    Well, I'm here. Made it about 13 hours early...maybe I can parlay that into a bonus, got plenty of time to think about how to work that deal out. Weather is a little funky so my plan to unstrap and untarp today is out, no sweat really, takes all of 20-25 minutes to do.

    Kinda been a little down today, missing home isn't usually a problem for me but today I have been. I think the slack pace of this leg has left me with too much time just sitting alone with my thoughts as opposed to running myself into a deep sleep every night. But hey, I'll be putting my home load on tomorrow and with a little luck I'll be home Wednesday night...but even if it drags out to Thursday I'm still sliding down hill.

    Hope y'all had a good day.
     
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  3. Scooter Jones

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    I got a jump on my L.A. run today. It was a beautiful afternoon for a drive.

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  4. cnsper

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    You don't want to know how many miles i put on today.
     
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    Good load to tarp, crappy weather to tarp in. Chilly rain and a little breeze makes for a unfun time. Dispatch is playing games with me, sending me to Chatham, VA instead of right back to Old Fort, NC. Let him know I'd be out of time by the time I actually made it back to Hickory, which I'm sure kinked up his plan to turn me into a shuttle driver for a couple days after I'd been out almost four weeks. I control how my clock runs and I guarantee you that I will be down to about 4 hours when I get to Chatham, and I dang sure ain't doing a reset to do a bunch of bunny hopping around. I'm going home to see my kids.

    Hope y'all had a nice dry day...
     
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    ☀ & 73 for me. Spring has sprung on the west coast, especially California.

    Parked for the night up on the grapevine, natural a.c. blowing in from the outside breeze, doesn't get better than this in trucking.

    I had a tail wind all the way and my mpg was most excellent.

    Just finished eating my onboard dinner, got the HD tv going, getting ready for the men's college championship game to start. Bummer the Ducks fell just short.
     
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    Sounds like a great day. Shame about your Ducks and my Gamecocks...of course the Lady Gamecocks did win the National Title so I got that at least. Just wish we had another crack other UConn.
     
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    What is that blue stuff in the top of the picture? It's been dreary here for months it seems.
     
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    Waddy, KY at the end of a 684 mile day. Not much of a payoff...lol. 455 from Chatham and the 185 back to the yard and a break from the grind. Weather is looking really good so I expect I'll spend a lot of time out in the yard getting it whipped into shape for coming season. Funny how I hated doing that in my younger days but now it's one of my favorite things to do. Not much else to say today, it was pretty dull and routine.

    Hope y'all had a safe day.
     
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    Who won the ncaa tourney?
     
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