Okay, it’s really another day, the same truck stop. This is probably a new record for waiting for a load. I was empty in northern New Jersey the 16th. over the weekend, then a week, then over the holiday weekend, I’m still here.  There were a few possiblities, but none worth taking. I turned one down that loaded in Manhatten and went to Saint Paul over the weekend, but it wasn’t paying enough to deal with tolls and going downtown. I’ve called on a few and am amazed at the offers people expect you to take a load for.

For the weekend, I dropped the trailer and went to a nearby grocery store for supplies, that was another shock. The week was spent driving to a free truck stop, grocery shopping, on the computer and taking Willie for walks around the parking lot. At least the weather has cooperated and I’ve only had to run the generator a few minutes at a time to keep the battery charged. It’s not that the computer is that much of a drain, but I’ll have the radio on and the refrigerator takes a toll on the batteries after awhile.

Even at this one truck stop I’ve moved three times. Sounds sily, but if I’m going to be someplace, I want the perfect parking place. The first time, a reefer trailer pulls right next to me when there are 50 parking places open, some even pull-throughs, this reefer was running and what was the purpose of that??? Just to piss someone off? I moved to the very end, next to a little open grass area to be away from other trucks. Everyone loved to walk their dogs there which made Willie go nuts every time a dog walked by. Then I moved away from other idling trucks and reefers. The weather is getting a little warm, but with all the windows open and a breeze going through, it’s okay without running the truck or the generator.

There are a couple of possibilities for a loads, one to Vermont and the other to Chicago. Not much else and definitely nothing worth taking a loss for.