Good Night From II

went to vegas and had a sterrilite load added from Lake Havasu, now shut down at the last rest area before Barstow off the 40 a little after Ludlow. I volunteered to be on standby tomorrow since my wife has some friends coming from out of town and we plan to have a little fun with them.

 

still at loves i houston tx. got sent a northeast preplan yesterday and refused. then they waited till my 14 was up b4 giving me a baytown load that picked up at 2200 last nite. then they waited till i was in bed b4 sending the same load that changed p/u b4 1000 this morning. woke up and load was teken off me. hot and humid. been idling the truck alot. tried to sleep with only fan, when i woke up at 0300 with it feeling like a sauna.so idle again

 

Effingham, IL. at the J.
Dropped a load this morning, nice and easy. It only took about 20 minutes.

I pick up a load tonight at the P&G in Neelys, MO going to TX. I'll drop it by 2200 tomorrow night, so hopefully I can start working back into a daytime schedule.
I really hate driving all night!

 

Albuquerque at one of the Costco stores. After I MT out it's back to the terminal to pickup my t-called trailer headed for SoCal.

 

orange tx. after refusing a couple loads, finally got a good ld p/u in evedale tx going to raphine va. got to shipper and she said load not ready for another 2-3 days. AGAIN!!! second load in as many weeks i lost good miles. called it in and just ran over to flying j here. bought a cb atenna due to breaking one off on a limb yesterday. see what happens now. still very hot and very humid . dont recall idling so much at one time.

 

Yeah eve dale isn't my favorite place coz all heavy....and so Texas this time of year is no fun...but I'm headed that way anyways and saw the forecast....excessive heat alerts...temp in upper 90s with humidity index is 110-117f,just idle man,lol....

 

Sitting at Memphis terminal my t-call load finally got here. Its my load to get me home��. BUT AND A BIG BUT its going to Hattiesburg, MS and it's f'in 14' trailer I saw the bills and handed them right back to the person at the desk. I said sorry can't take this . Of course the why can't you take it was next .
I said that the state of Mississippi does not want them. So now I have to wait for planners to get me another load home. And I have a freakin VA appointment on Monday, that o have been waiting for for 35 weeks�� and no iam not joking on the wait time for VA

 

scottie... bring the cooler weather with you. been in this humid weather week to long lol

 

Speedway in London, OH

Fueling up for our next load headed for buffalo, NY where the temps aren't supposed to get much higher than the low 80s. I might break a little bit of a sweat tomorrow. Co-driver is taking us to the OH/PA border where I will take over.

Strange event of the day: I accidentally murdered two geese this morning on I-81 in VA. They were just sitting in the middle of my lane and evidently didn't see me as a threat until it was too late. They started waddling, then when they realized I was a threat they spread their wings but it was too late (there was a car in the lane beside me and I wasn't about to slam on brakes for a couple of birds). Pulled into the next rest area just to make sure they didn't damage anything and to make sure I didn't have a carcass hanging around somewhere in my undercarriage, didn't see a trace of the birds but I certainly heard them thump and bang around under my truck and I saw an explosion of feathers behind me in my mirrors.

RIP my feathery friends.