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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TexasMike, post: 383383, member: 13898&quot;]==Day 7==</p><p>We got going today at about 4:00 pm today and the trip down to Houston was pretty uneventful. Dinner at the Flying J around 10pm and now we are sitting here at a truck parking lot across from the receiver and our appointment is at 9:00 am. </p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully tomorrow we&#039;ll get a load of of here heading back to Ft. Worth quickly so we can get back at a decent time.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>==Day 8==</p><p>Well, after sleeping in that hole in the wall truck stop in La Porte last night, we got up at about 7:30am to head over to the receiver.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>After driving up and down the street like three times we finally figured out that they gave us the wrong address and finally found it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>P&amp;G Cold Storage is just like any other icebox except that this one seemed even colder than others, it was -28 degrees on the dock... talk about excessive electric bill... ugh!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>After unloading, we put in our MT call and proceeded to leave, we got a block down the street and the Qualcomm went off and we had a load ... yea! no dead head back to Ft. Worth.&nbsp; But now we have to turn around, our pickup is back where we dropped off ... lol.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t happen much but this was a blessing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>After getting back we drop the trailer for them to load and head out for breakfast at the same truck stop we spent the night at.&nbsp; It is only a half mile away and wasn&#039;t to bad.&nbsp; Will have to remember that truck stop if I have to come back down there again.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We got back to the shipper and the trailer was ready for us, I signed it out, hooked up and hit the road.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The trip back to Ft. Worth was <i>very</i> uneventful except for the traffic coming out of Houston.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We got back to the yard and T-Called the load and headed home about 6:00pm.&nbsp; And we&#039;ll get back at it on Wednesday after 48 hours off.&nbsp; That is assuming that Tom is able to take care of his mom in that time.&nbsp; I&#039;d really hate to have to get another trainer, he is just too cool.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Granted, I do <i>everything</i>, but then again that is the way it should be.&nbsp; He&#039;s evaluating me and helping me get to know the company, I won&#039;t learn anything if he does it all.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For the 1st week of running I ran 2,157 miles.&nbsp; I probably could have broke 3,000 if we hadn&#039;t been laid over in Denver for 48 hours.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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