I hate going east. It seems you’re already late before you get started. Since I was loaded late in Vegas, I missed the closing time in Denver and had to unload this morning. Drove 700 miles to Iowa. All legally, thanks to 75 mph speed limits in Colorado and Nebraska! I’ll deliver in Minneapolis then haul buns to Chicago for early Friday for two drops. Cindy sounds pretty excited about starting school. It won’t be the same on the road without her. This week is busy and it’s paying okay, but it’s not great for all the LTL and extra [...More...]
Jun 082011
Jun 082011
I’m still home after 15 days. A little more than I expected, but when the truck was in for some minor repairs, I was called and told I needed a new clutch. At least it’s under warranty but it wasn’t going to be shipped for 5 days because of some back-orders. I paid for overnight so when it is shipped there won’t be any delay. Hopefully, the clutch comes in today and I can get back on the road Monday or Tuesday. After taking this much time off, it’s going to be hard to go back to work. Cindy goes [...More...]
Jun 082011
He’s got to wear that for five days. Originally uploaded by Adventures In Trucking So much for my last post about how one Vet said he might have a liver shunt. After all of my research we went and got a second opinion. The new Vet wasn’t concerned at all. He said the one reading from the blood test that was high, wasn’t high enough and another reading wasn’t high at all. We took him in at 7am and we were told he would be ready to pick up at 3:30. When Cindy got a call around noon it was [...More...]
During a moment of anxiety. Originally uploaded by Adventures In Trucking Holy Cow! Is it hot and humid in Houston! We woke up this morning and took Willie for walk and it was like walking through a steam room. Everything we’ve read says Willie’s separation anxiety doesn’t get better with time. Our load that was going to keep us moving, canceled. We are probably here for at least the weekend. Whatever his problem is may not be from separation, since he goes nuts even when one of us is sitting right next to him. Then he started going nuts when [...More...]
Jun 082011
It’s great being home right now. Fall and Winter are the best times to be in Vegas. The days and even the nights have been great. Cindy has been working hard at school and we’re looking at upgrading our little portable printer to a laserjet because of all the printing she has been doing. The University of Phoenix has most of their text books online and it’s easier to read on paper instead of the screen all the time. What we’re saving on textbooks we’ll spend on a decent printer. We just got back from taking Willie to his first [...More...]
Jun 082011
At last, I’m on my way back to Vegas, sort of. Not really the route I wanted, but it added some more money to the trip. Instead of straight from Atlanta to Vegas like it started out to be, it was changed from Atlanta, to Vegas, to Reno. Then I picked up an LTL on top of this truckload for Denver. I’m sitting in Denver now waiting for Monday morning to unload three giant hula-hoops for some kind of Magnetic company. There are three 10ft diameter, hard plastic rings. I’m sure there’s something more special than that, but that’s all [...More...]
Jun 082011
I hit a little snag while delivering fixtures to Macy’s in Salem, OR. The bottom line is, I’m spending the night at the mall. I’d prefer a mall over a truck stop any day. No trucks, quiet, decent food court, nice bathrooms and stores close by. I took Willie for a walk and we into the mall as Rat Patrol Pest Inspectors! He runs back and forth through the mall so fast he’s only a blur. If the floor wasn’t so slick he would have been able to go around the corners without sliding and wiping out. I may have [...More...]
Jun 082011
Here’s more Willie. You would think we would have more pictures of the little squirt, because he’s so cute, he’s always attracting attention from everyone. I’ve got a few videos of him, but they came out so dark and unfocused, it might be me or the cheap video camera. Plus I wanted to figure out how to put captions under the pictures, so this might change a few times. Until I remembered about Flickr. Most of our pictures end up there anyway and looks like the automatic posting works from flickr. I never thought they looked that great but at [...More...]
Jun 082011
A little boring as we are staying in the truck for a few days while waiting for our freight that we delivered to Texas A&M on Wednesday morning. We will be returning it to California after we reload on Saturday. Since trucking has been slow we are not looking for a hotel to park the truck. We will stay in the truck and take lots of walks with Willie. We found a Mexican Restaurant next door and we had some strawberry margaritas and dinner. I wish we would have brought the TV and some DVD’s but books, word puzzles and [...More...]
Jun 082011
The Gaudette Monster Truck sitting in center field. Originally uploaded by Adventures In Trucking After visiting family, it’s always nice to get back into our own routine. We might have a load tomorrow and we may not. But our home truck is back from the shop and ready to get back to work. We had a blast with the kids at the BMX races in Isanti, there were older kids and really older kids racing. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was a lot of fun. Willie was a handful with a house full of kids, another dog [...More...]