Wednesday, October 21, 2026

 I left Ashland, Virginia, at 1 AM EDT this morning.  Drove straight up to North Syracuse, New York.  Saw a great shooting star over Washington, D.C., as I was driving through.  Saw another one over Scranton, PA, but it wasn't as good.  Delivered the wheel loader.  My next load is back at the Port in Baltimore.  I started off in that direction.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Scranton, PA, with less than 30 minutes left on my clock for today.  649 miles today.

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

 I left Baltimore at about 3 AM and drove down to Clayton, North Carolina. Once again, the battery was dead, and it needed a jump-start to get it off my trailer.  After that saga was over, I reloaded with a Caterpillar 930 Wheel Loader and Bucket that is going up to North Syracuse, New York.

I left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Ashland, Virginia, for my 10 hours.

Monday, October 19, 2026

 This morning, my truck went into the shop for routine oil change maintenance.  When they finished, I went to the Port of Baltimore in Maryland.  Loaded a Caterpillar 914 Wheel Loader after getting a jump start.  The battery was totally dead!!  It was going to Clayton, North Carolina.

I left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Baltimore, MD, for the night.

Sunday, October 18, 2026

 BOY, was I wrong!!!!!

Last night (still Saturday), when my 10 hours were up, I left.  That was about 7 PM EDT.  Drove to the "home office" in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  Stopped and got the truck washed along the way.  When I got there, I unloaded the truck off my trailer, then settled in for the rest of the weekend.  Was all done before midnight.  

Saturday, October 17, 2026

 I left Jacksonville last night at 8:30 PM EDT.  Drove all night.  Rain started in mid-North Carolina.  Continued to Ashland, Virginia, where I stopped for my 10 hours.  612 miles today.

Time for some SEC football!!!  Unfortunately, the Gators are going to get obliterated today.  They are playing the number seven-ranked Texas in Texas!  It is going to be very ugly!!

Thursday, October 15, 2026

 When I left this morning, the trailer had an air leak, a big one.  The truck's air compressor was able to maintain good air pressure, so I drove to the TA truck stop in Robertsdale, Alabama, to get it fixed.  The leveling valve was bad, and they replaced it.  Then I continued on to the Port in Mobile, Alabama.  Dropped the trailer there for the other driver.  Then I drove, bobtail, back to Jacksonville, Florida.  550 miles today. I'm tired!!

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

 There was a flatbed trailer here in the Jacksonville yard that needed to go to Mobile, Alabama, for a load.  Another driver was on his way, but the load had to be loaded before he could get to Jacksonville and then drive to Mobile.  So I took the trailer over to Mobile, and he drove straight to Mobile so he could load in time.  I left with the trailer and drove to the Pilot truck stop in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, for the night.  I'll drop off the trailer at the Port of Mobile in the morning and then bobtail back to Jacksonville.

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

 Watched the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch visible this morning from the Daily terminal in Jacksonville, Florida.  Could see it beautifully.  As usual, the photos don't do it justice.

If you look closely, you can see the boosters that separated from the rocket.  One of them is the little white dot just to the right of the jellyfish cloud.  The other is below it, but much more difficult to see.