New Trailer

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Jun 082011
 
New Trailer

Drivers Side, originally uploaded by Adventures In Trucking. Here it is. I made a Flikr set and will be adding more pictures of the trailer and the equipment we have. Nothing like a stack of new pads! Most of the equipment is in the boxes below to make room for the trade show crates we’re loading in Orlando on Thursday or Friday and then heading to Vegas for Monday. We have a team load in Reno on Tuesday to Iowa then to Chicago for another team load to Phoenix. A couple of quick runs then back to Vegas to take [...More...]

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Las Vegas, NV

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Jun 082011
 

Las Vegas, NV

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Sarah Palin on ABC

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Jun 082011
 

Sarah Palin shines even with Charlie Gibson’s inane questioning. For one, she’s going for VICE President. Has Gibson or anyone asked Obama about how self confident he is about running for PRESIDENT with no experience and no foreign policy experience. Unlike Obama’s stuttering and taking too long to think of an answer, Sarah Palin is a great speaker that answers the questions quick and extremely well, even though Gibson tried and tried to trip her up with foreign policy questions and asking the same Israel and Pakistan question over and over. She did great! I don’t even think Obama or [...More...]

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Facebook

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Jun 082011
 
Facebook

It’s a  little addicting with all of the application possibilities. I’m not sure how much gets back to the people that have listed me as a friend, but all the updates and changes will settle down soon. You can add all of your other social networks to Facebook. I can add this blog so updates will show on my Facebook page. Updates on our Flickr pictures and Youtube videos. I can even add Del.icio.us and Stumble bookmarks and many more. That’s a lot of stuff being shared and it fills up your page with everything your doing. That might be [...More...]

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Louisville, KY

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Jun 082011
 

Louisville, KY

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Elk Mountain Pass by Cindy

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Jun 082011
 

I was driving for my second time through Elk Mountain Pass in Wyoming yesterday.  The first time was before Thanksgiving and several trucks were turned over in the ditch.  This time I didn’t see any but the left lane was very icy.  Most trucks were going 40-50 miles an hour which I did only after I found out first hand by passing another truck just how slippery the left lane was.  Yes, my heart jumped into my throat as I said in a frighten tone,  HONEY, HONEY, WAYNE!! He quickly but calmly came to my side and said "ease off [...More...]

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Going to Chicago

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Jun 082011
 

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...]

 Posted by Wayne at 9:18 pm

Aviation Nation

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Jun 082011
 

Was the title for the Airshow at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas. We got there early and stood in line for an hour for a short bus ride to the base. This airshow is HUGE! I’m sure I was the only one at the airshow taking pictures of trucks. But this was pretty cool. The big screen on a trailer. The screen would show the planes (of course) and would switch to pictures inside the cockpit of the various performers. They also had a Predator flying above the show being controlled from 50 miles away taking pictures of the airshow [...More...]

 Posted by Wayne at 9:18 pm

Violence against Women in the Trucking Industry

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Jun 082011
 
Violence against Women in the Trucking Industry

The twitter tag I created for the website “REAL Women in Trucking” and companion Facebook fan page called “Real Women Truckers” is @WomenTruckers and this is the bio: “Violence against Women in the trucking industry is being covered up. Are you part of the problem or part of the solution? Demand the ATA MAN UP, show leadership” It has close to 3000 followers and I have been using it for about 2 years to talk about this issue and other violence against women issues such as domestic violence, child abuse, human trafficking and other human rights/social justice issues. My personal [...More...]

 Posted by Wayne at 9:18 pm

Back to the Daily Grind

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Jun 082011
 

This load of household from Anchorage to Arizona is over. Back to the normal daily grind of trucking in the Lower 48. It’s refreshing to have your decisions confirmed. Like the decision to leave Graebel. The Albuquerque move coordinator really screwed up. Expected everyone else to do her job for her. I arrived in Fort Defiance in the middle of the Navajo Nation on the Arizona New Mexico border, a crew of three and a small truck drive 150 miles one way and no one at Graebel has talked to the person that’s moving. Long story short, I get more [...More...]

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