We picked up the load for Lancaster, Ca about 6hrs early and no change in delivery so we had some extra time. That was nice. We stopped about 4 hrs the first nite enroute in our drop yard in Pocahontas, Ill, then about 6hrs 2nd nite in Santa Rosa, NM. We also stopped occasionally at a rest area, or truck stop to eat. We THOUGHT we had some extra time at California when we got pre-planned to pick up at Lancaster and go to Salt Lake to relay it with another team headed back to Hazelton,Pa. Well, in typical ruin your plans fashion, we got notified Friday morning to change destination to Chino, Ca. Great, now we get to go into L
os Angeles at 6pm Fri evening, THEN back out to Lancaster for our scheduled pick up. Do you know what it is like getting out of Los Angeles on a Friday nite? UGH, sloooooow.
We got back to pick up at 10pm instead of the planned 6pm. We had a scheduled delivery time in Salt Lake of 3:30pm Sat afternoon. We ran as far as we could, then shut down for a couple of hrs sleep in Parowan, Ut. Made it to the Salt Lake Conway yard for our relay about noon Sat. The relay team was waiting on us, so they got a few extra hrs.
Now we are off from noon Sat till Tues morn. We have a scheduled pick up of 10am to start our dedicated run.
This will be nice for us I think. We will cook up some stuff to take with us, take some burgers, braats, etc and a little portable grill I think. We will have 10hrs or so at Gary, In and can cook our meal there. We emptied the truck of stuff we don't use alot or need during our week out, so it makes room for some stuff we'd like to have.
I really was hoping to get some riding in during our extra time off here this weekend, but NOOOOOO, Mother nature decided to throw some white anti-motorcycling crap at us. (snow), so maybe next weekend. It's kinda nice to know we'll be around to do that sometimes.
Well, thats the update, we are home for a few days getting ready to start the dedicated run on Tues morn. We'll let you know how it goes!
Till next time, keep it safe out there!
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We were stuck in Beaver due to weather on Monday as well
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