I fell behind. Shocker.
2/1: Ft. Collins CO to Oklahoma City OK
2/3: Oklahoma City OK to Laredo TX
Monday, February 4, 2013
2/4: Laredo TX to Oklahoma City OK
Monday, January 28, 2013
Saturday, January 26, 2013
1/26: Northfield MN to Olney IL
I know, huge ice storm tomorrow. But delivery isn't until Monday, so I will be safely parked Sunday! Good, I needed a 34 hour restart (and time to wash laundry)!
Friday, January 25, 2013
Sunday, January 20, 2013
1/21: Chehalis WA - Jackson WI
Effectively Seattle to Milwaukee.
A very nice 2K mile run! Through arguably the coldest part of the country in the coldest part of winter, yippee. Can you feel my excitement there? Currently routed via I-90, maybe it will be a couple degrees warmer than I-94? Much as I'd like to stop in Minneapolis, A: I won't have time and B: I won't want to get out of my warm truck! Maybe next week ya'll will have your January thaw, and I can swing through then?
I am looking forward to getting out of the West Coast fog though. That's one of the fun parts of this gig - I can enjoy the weather, or I can know I'll be leaving it soon! Pity I couldn't take that run back to down Tracy, CA though - too heavy for my particular truck.
A very nice 2K mile run! Through arguably the coldest part of the country in the coldest part of winter, yippee. Can you feel my excitement there? Currently routed via I-90, maybe it will be a couple degrees warmer than I-94? Much as I'd like to stop in Minneapolis, A: I won't have time and B: I won't want to get out of my warm truck! Maybe next week ya'll will have your January thaw, and I can swing through then?
I am looking forward to getting out of the West Coast fog though. That's one of the fun parts of this gig - I can enjoy the weather, or I can know I'll be leaving it soon! Pity I couldn't take that run back to down Tracy, CA though - too heavy for my particular truck.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
2013 update
New year, new life? Something like that.
For those I haven't talked to, I am driving long-distance truck now and LOVING it! Let's see, I get to live in a tiny house (sleeper cab), wander around the country staring at the landscape, I don't have to deal with coworkers, I get lots of alone/introvert time, and they PAY me for this?!
It truly is a lifestyle, and I can see where most people would not be happy wandering around, little control over their next destination, far from friends and family, living in a space the size of a reach-in closet with no real kitchen and shared truck-stop bathrooms. But then I am so unlike most people! [grin]
So far I've been all across the I-10 corridor, large parts of I-40, and just recently doing some runs up into Washington/Idaho. I'll admit, I've grown out of winter and would prefer to stay south, but my larger need is to simply keep moving.
I've had some requests to keep people posted on my whereabouts (mostly to make sure I'm still in one piece I suspect), so I'm going to try to post my trips. We'll see how well I do, I make no promises! After all, I thought I was going to go back to writing last summer, and that didn't happen!
Safe journeys!
For those I haven't talked to, I am driving long-distance truck now and LOVING it! Let's see, I get to live in a tiny house (sleeper cab), wander around the country staring at the landscape, I don't have to deal with coworkers, I get lots of alone/introvert time, and they PAY me for this?!
It truly is a lifestyle, and I can see where most people would not be happy wandering around, little control over their next destination, far from friends and family, living in a space the size of a reach-in closet with no real kitchen and shared truck-stop bathrooms. But then I am so unlike most people! [grin]
So far I've been all across the I-10 corridor, large parts of I-40, and just recently doing some runs up into Washington/Idaho. I'll admit, I've grown out of winter and would prefer to stay south, but my larger need is to simply keep moving.
I've had some requests to keep people posted on my whereabouts (mostly to make sure I'm still in one piece I suspect), so I'm going to try to post my trips. We'll see how well I do, I make no promises! After all, I thought I was going to go back to writing last summer, and that didn't happen!
Safe journeys!
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