Last night while visiting at my brother and sister-in-laws home I watched the show " The Great American Race" I think some of us are in a race of one kind or another. I know with trucking Wayne and I feel that we are racing against time with leaving LA on Friday evening and needing to be in Virginia Monday morning. Stopping is limited to bathroom breaks and sleep. Not much sleep or we would never be on time. Then there’s the directions to the next stop, one person gave us directions not by street names but by the local [...More...]
Jun 082011
On I-40 on the Arizona and New Mexico border there is an exit with a rest area, an Indian trading post and a small truck stop. This cliffs are above the trading post and they put all sorts of animal figures up on the cliff. It was kind of tourist but kind of neat too.These are just some cool clouds, I believe on I-80 in Wyoming. Remember you can click on the pictures to make them full size.
Jun 082011
We arrived in Reno, NV Monday afternoon to pick-up a load Tuesday morning and begin our trip to Atlantic City, NJ. A few things have changed since then and so far all for the good. We are still in Reno waiting for the trailer to finish being loaded so we had some fun last night and went to Downtown Reno for dinner. I requested Pizza since I can’t prepare that meal in the truck and Wayne agreed. After dinner, I put two dollars in a slot machine and won $10 dollars so I took Wayne out for ice cream. We [...More...]
We are currently in Seattle, WA and looking to go south. The mountains were great and I even have some pictures of Wayne putting chains on the truck. In fact the driver ahead of us was also putting his chains on while posing at the same time. Wayne and I had a good laugh as we pulled up BEHIND this driver. Today we will drop all three loads we picked up from Phoenix and Albuquerque and be ready for a new trip. I will put my two cents in to our travel agent (dispatcher) about how I love the sun [...More...]
Here we are in Illinois and then Wisconsin by morning. We had a great Christmas and New Years with friends and family. A special " Thank you" to George Jr. in Henderson, NV for teaching me some helpful tips in playing pool. I have posted a picture of him as he took lessons on driving the truck. Wayne and I left in a rush after a call from the office for our first team load. Then another call for a team the next day. I am ready to slow down for the weekend and drive 300-400 per person a day [...More...]
Jun 082011
Follow this link to see pictures of Cindy’s grandkids while we were visiting in Minnesota over Thanksgiving.
Jun 082011
Click on image for a larger view. I’m not sure how often I’m going to upload a map. I thought I’d see how I could get it to work this time. We should be in LA sometime next week.
Jun 082011
LA with a short stop in Vegas to pick up mail, to Salt Lake City with a final delivery in Muscatine, IA on Tuesday or Wednesday. Then to Minnesota for Thanksgiving weekend. I’m looking forward to meeting the rest of Cindy’s family. I’ve already been warned to come hungry!!!
While we were waiting to get loaded in Van Nuys, CA we took a walk. Not expecting anything but an industrial area around the airport, we ran across The 94th Aero Squadron Headquarters. It was a restaurant made to look like an old french villa from WWI with biplanes and vehicles sitting outside. We went in for a drink and enjoyed the old pictures and memorabilia inside. With big band music playing we sat by the window watching airplanes take off and land while the sun was setting. Van Nuys is a small airport, but it had a lot of [...More...]
Jun 082011
I guess if there’s a good time to have the truck in the shop it would be during Halloween. Now I can see my granddaughter enjoy this Holiday as much as I did when I was young. I can pass out candy to all the little ghosts and goblins that are so excited to say those three little words, “Trick or Treat”