WS drivers whats your 20

Flying-J in Ogden, UT, headed toward Othello, WA. Any good places to sightsee between here and there that y'all know about?

 

I am sitting at the Pilot in Tumwater, WA waiting to pickup the Home Depot load bound for Gillette, WY. I have been running up and down I5 between Santa Fe Springs and the Seattle area for a while and am kind of enjoying it. I am getting to know where I have good AT&T service so I can grade papers and contact my 200 students. I definitely stay a way from any runs from Missoula through Idaho because cell service is too undependable and DOT cops relentless; however, the scenery is spectacular.

 

Lakewood, WA. Headed back to Helena in the morning. Going to take a 34 in Missoula starting tomorrow afternoon. A much needed rest at my new 2nd home. Finally a nice drive up here without a terror grip on the steering wheel on the 90 in the snow.

 

i got some 800 stop run through texas and nm. cant leave until i get my truck looked at. with these light loads the temperatures dont get too nuts but its running way hotter than it should be. im hoping its not much more than a thermostat or waterpump or something. but i have no idea.

also killed my antenna nailing a tree. it was really low, and i knew it. some little staples truck parked in a horrible spot and the only way around him was through it. i waited like 10 minutes, blowing the horn so at the very least an annoyed person at one of the office buildings would find the driver and send him out, cars started lining up so i decided i would do a little trimming. there was a couple thick branches in the mix right where the mirror was though hahaha.
i only listen to the radio when im in denver though, so i just switched them. even though my cb doesnt work either.

 

wasn't a tanker after all. heard all kinds of storiesfrom tanker to hazmat, but the tanker one persisted.. but when i passed the site this morning, there was the reminents of a van sitting on the shoulder. was at the bottom of a hill, so evidently he over heated the brakes.

i sisn't hear of any injuries, so that's good

 

In Walcott, IA



American Trucker

 

At Sapp Bros in Sidney, NE(cleanest truck stop I've ever been too) after 11hrs 670 mile run from Boonvill, MO...On to SLC terminal tomorrow, 540 miles away...Finally 3 nice relaxing looong days of driving outside of cities...

 

Newberry SC waiting till MONDAY to deliver... Can't wait to get back WEST!

 

oh come on you know you love the east coast!




American Trucker

 

Missoula, MT. Woo Hoo!!! My home away from home. Going to get in a 34 on the way to Helena on Monday. Odd that there is no rain or snow. Just doesn't feel right.