Heading For Little Rock! Maverick

My appointment to Huntingsburg on the 20th was for 0815 so I rolled in there around 7. It had been raining like crazy all morning long so there was no getting untarped before I pulled in under the cover. There was a Western Express that went out of line and then a truck getting loaded and a Maverick before me. They were moving extremely slow. I helped the Mav in front of me get all of his tarps off and he in turn helped me. There were a couple of other Mav's that came over to help out as well. The faster they got me done, the quicker they could get in. I got a preplan while I was waiting to pick up at AK Steel in Rockport and go to North Jackson Ohio for a friday at 11:00 Delivery.
Got over to AK and got in pretty quick. The winds were gusting up to about 50 mph but the rain finally stopped. I asked if they wanted me to tarp in or out and they said just tarp out side. I put my canvas on and stuck the excess inside the ends of the coil, thinking it would hold...wrong...It blew off and I could not get it back on or folded so it just got crammed inside my tarp box.
Lucky for me driver from another company helped me hold my steel tarp down so I could pin the corners, or I might still be there. It took awhile, but I finally got it finished and turned out looking ok.
I was hoping to make it up to Jeffersonville Oh, but there was a wreck at the I71/I75 spilt north bound in Ky, so I went south and spent the night at the Flying J in Walton Ky.
Headed out at 0400 and my goal was to make it throgh columbus Ohio before rush hour. It was just starting to snow when I left and by the time I got to Mt Gilead it was like a blizzard......after all it was the first day of winter. I sent my fleet manager a message asking if I was going to dead head home after my delivery.....got a message back saying he did not know yet....I thought great....lol.
Made my delivery an hour early and got to pull into a nice large, warm, dry dock to get un-tarped and unloaded. It was nice.
Sent my mt in and got a dead head move shortly there after. So I made it home in about 2.5 hours and I am relaxing.
I did 2944 miles this week on recap. I will say that I did feel rushed, but I made it and will enjoy the pay!
In case I do not get back on here.....MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 

On This Christmas Eve, I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! To all who post and read, I appreciate you sharing your time and experiences on here! God Bless You All!