The ramblings of a rookie

After delays at the shipper this morning, and a pretty big slowdown on i84 near newburgh, ny that lost like 45 minutes, i made it to the TA in maybrook NY. Seems okay so far. Waaay too many reserved spots though, id say a solid 50% or more are empty reserves at the moment

 

Gps said there was an accident.. But it looked to just be idiots merging at the road work by the bridge combined with 5oclock traffic when i got through it. So i dont know. Nobody on the cb knew either

 

I love sitting in the drivers seating at the country pride. Theres always some billy bigriggin senior super trucker there talking about outrunning the cops through donner pass in a snow storm with 100k on, then stopping to talk #### to the cop. Love it lmao. Maybe some day I'll be that kind of cool lol

 

Ernie pyle service plaza in Howe, IN for the night. The flatness is mind blowing to me. I absolutely love it.

 

Ive always wanted to see the flat part of the country. Ive always been drawn to it. Its so strange looking around and seeing that the only hills are man made for overpasses and such. It is awe inspiring to me

 

I always enjoy the talkers but man... This guy was apparently all that. The exanple i gave was an actual story. Along with getting a load from sacramento that he didnt like, so he assaulted his dispatcher in person with a cheater pipe and refused the load and quit.

But the donner pass story was supposedly that load from sacramento.

He learned to drive truck out west in utah for a mega. But he also started his trucking career hauling logs in vermont.

Everybody was just sharing eye rolls while this dude babbled. I had to get up and go before i couldnt contain my laughter