Got a loong run!

We got our load about 3pm today. We were given several choices of places to go, so we picked the longest, 2017mi to Chester, New York. When we get there I will be 115mi short of my 7500mi required for the training period. When we get a load out of that area, I'll be done. 7500mi in 15 days isn't to bad! We will have to get a load back somewhere, and get to a terminal to get a truck for us. That could be West Memphis, Taylor, Michigan (Detroit area), Lancaster, Tx (Dallas area), back here to Laredo, or Joplin. Either way, I will need to get it to Joplin to get our stuff and have an inverter put in it by maintenance so we will have power for microwave, etc.That will take a day or 2.
We decided to wait here until 3am before leaving. Drivers are allowed to drive 11hrs per day up to 70hrs in any 8 day period. Each day kicks off the oldest day in that 8 day window. If you drive alot, you run out of hours towards the end of the week and next week if you keep going. If you stay down for 34hrs, you can reset the clock back to zero, and start all over on the 70hrs, so thats what we will do. Our 34hrs here is up at 3am, so thats when we will leave. If we go as planned, we'll arrive in NY on Tues afternoon, and our load is required to be delivered at 7am Wed morn. Maybe they will take it early if we're there.
Kim is also down for the weekend in Leland, NC. Her trainer got her a hotel room for the weekend, and he stays in the truck at nite. I think they deliver their load Monday morning, then to Yulee, Florida.
I ran into a couple of guys from our class at Crowder here at the terminal today. Kinda nice to see a familiar face, and compare notes.
Weather down here in S Texas is surprisingly cold and wet. I thought we were headed south for warm weather, it was warmer when we were up in Seattle!!!
An interesting sidenote to our load; it's 30,000lbs of rubber balloons!!!