My new adventure with PTL

I seem to be spending a lot of time on the East Coast...New Jersey, Philly, Pit, to name three destinations. I've been here twice in the past 5 days and I've discovered something else I don't like.

Making the trip through the hills of West Virginia and Western Maryland with a 40,000+ pound load. Creeping up those hills at maybe 25 mph.

It's a great way to shoot a well-planned schedule in the foot. I'm at a Pilot on I70 and wasn't planning on being here. My original plan was to refuel at the Love's 65 miles away on I81, which is the company fuel solution, then continue for another hour to a travel center or rest area closer to Philly and make my delivery early tomorrow.

But that was before, when I had 2 hours leeway built in, all of which disappeared somewhere in those hills. So now I have to recompute and reconsider the effect of Monday morning commuter traffic in the Philly area. And get up much earlier than I wanted.

But it's still fun watching a Werner driver try to back into a parking space in a large, fairly open truck stop!

 

1-800-CALL-FORD.

 

I wish I didn't have to. When I signed up, they asked us where we didn't want to go. Unfortunately, the line stopped at the 5 NYC Boroughs. North Jersey? On the list. On a recent run, I could have thrown a rock and hit NYC, even with a bad throwing arm, but because I was in Jersey, it counted.

 

1900?!? I'm sitting here in a pretty large Pilot at 5:35 watching drivers eye the last few very wicked pissah spots, as they would say in Bah-sten.

 

I believe I will do the same...or less, being the risk averse person I am.

 

I sure see a lot of them in this neck of the woods.