Friday, June 25, 2010

Picked up my next load in Joliet, IL.  It is a bunch of galvanized metal parts to an airplane hanger.  Taking them down to Los Fresnos, Texas.  That is right next to Brownsville. 

Sprung an air leak so I stopped and had that fixed. Real simple fix. 

Stopped for the night just outside St. Louis in Alorton, IL. Can see the Gateway Arch from here.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Drove up to Bolingbrook, Illinois to the Peterbilt shop to have a couple minor repairs done,  Finished that and spending the night in Bolingbrook. Tomorrow I pick up my next load.  It is in Joliet, IL.  It is going to the Brownsville, Texas area.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Big time weather coming this way. Thunderstorm and Tornado Watch in effect till 9 pm local time. Radar looks nasty. Wind is blowing pretty good & Sky is getting real dark.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Got up real early, about 2:30am local time and got back on the road.  Left in a thunder storm.  Had rain most all the way down to Elwood, IL.  Elwood is south of Chicago.  Drove through Janesville on the way. Delivered a day early in Elwood this afternoon.  Drove into a warehouse to unload.  I like driving a semi inside buildings.  Spending the night in Morris, IL.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Went to a tarp repair shop in Fargo, ND to have the holes in my tarps patched.  Got that done and drove over to Manahga, Minnesota to pick up a load of lumber that was going to Elwood, Illinois.  Got that and drove to Rodgers, MN for the night.  Got there late, around 10pm local time.

Monday, June 21,2010

Delivered my load this afternoon at a plant where they make those huge wind turbine blades.  They were all over the place.  I took a few photos of them. There were hundreds of these blades lined up all around the building. 

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Drove up to Grand Forks, North Dakota this morning.  Staying here until tomorrow morning when I deliver just down the road from here.