Driving OTR do you really get to see the country?

Nevada is good. Lots of old towns. There's the connotation associated with Nevada is bright lights, gambling and night life, but that's concentrated in the cities such as Las Vegas and Reno, etc.
Lots of wide open spaces in Nevada.

 

Abilene Motor Express sees the whole country.
I did pretty good pulling flatbeds and delivering out in the middle of nowhere. If you go flatbed, make sure it's a true 48 state carrier and not just "we're permitted for 48 states" but usually stay in 32 states, etc.
Check Universal Truckload which hires new cdl grads.

 

I would recommend xpo Conway truckload to see the country.

You can type in literally any zip code and there is a local yard nearby. Drop your trailer and go bobtail to wherever within an hour off duty. They don't let you stay overnight a lot of em but you can ditch the trailer and get some ice water.

I got to see 49 states & all the providences of Canada with em.
(Too much Montreal for my liking)

Only city I never made it to is San Diego.
But I got to go down into all the rest and try not to die

Lots of time on most loads to take the old school way.
Hell I took us 50 all the way from Salem Illinois to Sacramento one time just to do it old school and with placards lol.
Always get placards out of that town.

 

You'll get a mix, for most companies - wherever the customers are. Lots of ag loads in the rural areas. I really like that kind of driving, but the loads are often heavy and the rural residents sometimes aren't aware that they're sharing the planet.

 

The other day I had extra time on this load so I booked a hotel in tucson az.
Cdl rate was $50 a night, including breakfast,pool,wifisucked..., HDTV, alot of channels, a/c. Went and checked out the Pima air museum, did some hiking through the beautiful terrain, practiced my photography and took some pictures of the different plants and buildings.

 

Unfortunately Most truckers would rather sit, sleep, and complain how much trucking sucks. I'm taking a proactive approach and living life exploring when I get the chance.
But yes, trucking definitely sucks sometimes....but that's life lol.

 

Yes you do get to see and learn about a lot of the country OTR. Some don't get it at all. The differences, the sights, the people, all just pass them by and they notice nothing but the freeway and the loading docks.

I love OTR, I just hate most of the companies that profit off of it.

 

I'm with a reefer outfit (true 48 state, and 3/4 of the way through a 3-stopper, Dallas to Portland, OR, Grandview, WA, and Coeur D' Alene, ID. Lots of beautiful scenery, even on the interstates
Northwestern New Mexico via Cuba, Southwestern Colorado, Southeastern Utah/Moab, the tundra of Soldier Summit, Utah Highlands and the Snake River Valley of Idaho, Columbia Plateau and Gorge regions of Oregon, the Washington growing region, and into the Idaho Panhandle ... in the spring? Doesn't get much better.

Flatbed might get you off the interstate more often, but reefer will allow you to see more of the nation, faster

 

I saw plenty