2 1/2 days in Laredo. It rained earlier today and it never got that hot. I had a missing log message, then put on safety hold for it. Turned out wrong driver! Code was one digit off. Then I got a message I was missing one page. I strolled into the Pilot, sent it off. Got a shower there. Good thing too! I had 2 on my card, one had expired. Still have one on my "J" account. It was cool enough that I cooked outside on my propane camp stove. Spaghetti and turkey Italian sausage. I have enough left overs for 2-3 more meals. Time to get the heck out of here! Fresh groceries are getting low. Where's Wally World????
I have been negligent on keeping up here. I did have lots of time recently to update. My hard drive on my laptop got corrupted. Fixed it for a few days and it puked again. I am home right now.
Getting loaded in Port Neches TX heading to Ashville NC. Was here earlier today and the load I was suppossed to get was going East of Ft. Wayne IN. It cancelled. Hot and muggy! I delivered in Dayton 70 miles away at Sams DC. Load of soup from Paris TX. I couldn't find the place last night so it would be easy to find for the AM delivery. GPS told me when I was bumped to the dock I was 15 miles from where I needed to be. I stopped to ask directions last night and local guy told me it was ok to park in the lot of the grocery store I was at. Another 18 wheeler backed in and dropped his trailer. When I got up and did my pretrip there was a big sign on the fence "NO 18 WHEELER PARKING VIOLATORS WILL BE TOWED" Saw a pickup slam into a straight truck when he was merging onto I 540 in Arkansas. The driver never stopped, didn't realize the pickup hit him!
Been having some decent runs. Picked a load of stuff for retread manufacturing up in Port Neches TX and hauled it to Asheboro NC. 1065 paid loaded miles. Got a preplan for a load out of Maltomeal to KC MO 1000 mi before I unloaded. I had enough hours to do it and would have to start running day to day or do a reset. When I gave my Ecall I got the preplan pulled off me. Then they sent me another one, same shipper less miles. I was pissed. Especially when I saw it didn't deliver until tomorrow. I picked it up Friday. Then I realized it was Portland TN! Close to home! I got a reset, and spending time with my sweetie and her family and the mutts! Went downtown Nashville into lower Broadway with my sister in law and her hubby and did some ##### tonkin and ate at the spaghetti factory. Today is the 6th hometime is set for the 16th.
Lot lizzards are getting to be a pain in the butt. The TA in Little Rock is a pest hole for those crack head women. One knocked on my door and I just ignored her. I saw one at 8am walking around in her high heals and hot pants with a sequined halter top on. I had another one knock on my door twice at the TA outside Ashville NC Friday night. I wonder if a "beware of dog" sign would work?
Haha! I almost stayed there Sat nite. Ended up stopping early at the rest area about 25 miles west. Rolled in yesterday morning for fuel stop and then boogied.
I had a load of parts for Chrysler I picked up in Smyrna TN after delivering the load I got in NC on Friday. Stayed in North Baltimore OH at the Petro. Nice place! Must have been 40 or more places to park at 10:30 at night! Bought a digital cooker for $24.95 usually $38-44. Hope to cook some chicke and rice in it soon. I am sitting in the terminal in Gary. Picked a short run up in Temperance MI and Tcalled it here. Got a 37 mile run to deliver tomorrow. I originally declined it. Then saw it was a live unload. Live unload = not having to chase all over Chicagoland fo 4hrs looking for an empty! Sent a message to my DM that I would take it if they could back it up with a good run. So far nothing. Time to sleep, gotta fight Chicago traffic in the morning.
Hey rug where in the Chi are you going to be maybe we can meet up? I am currently running local intermodal so I am all over the city.
Hodgkins at the Miller/Coors distributor. Going to Cicero whenever I get unloaded and heading to Front Royal VA
