Saturday, July 30, 2011

Totally uneventful morning on the road.  Beautiful weather, sunny and clear in the 80s.  Drove up to a small truck stop in Shrewsbury, MA for the rest of the weekend.  Got here before noon today.  Deliver about 45 miles from here Monday morning.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Drove into Jersey City and delivered the brick this morning.  Didn't have a load yet so I went back out to the TA truck stop in Bloomsbury, NJ and waited.  Finally got a load in Lansdale, PA.  Went there and loaded a few boxes of treated metal that are going to Billerica, MA. 

Was out of hours so I went back to the TA in Bloomsbury, NJ for the night.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

The rain that I drove out of yesterday caught up with me today. Started off in the rain this morning.  Fortunately it didn't last long.  Nice drive all day. Hit and miss rain most of the day. Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Columbia, NJ. That is on I-80 at exit 4 next to the Delaware Water Gap. Deliver these bricks in the morning in Jersey City, NJ to a place right next to Liberty State Park. That is the New Jersey place to board the ferry to get to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Got an early start this morning.  Drove most of the morning in rain and thunderstorms.  Stopped at Peterbilt in Madison, WI and had my windshield wiper arms replaced. I can see much better now.  Also had an almost broken air line replaced.  Glad I found that before it blew.  I'd have been stuck if it did. Shortly after I got back on the road the rain stopped and the sun came out (of course)  for the rest of the day  Stopped for the night in a rest area on I-80 mile marker 47 in Ohio.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Drove into Hebron, ND this morning and loaded with 45,456 pounds of bricks that are going to Jersey City, NJ.

Really nice day on the road.  Stopped at the TA truck stop in Rodgers, MN and my cousin, Cathy came over.  Had a very nice visit with her.  Then drove to Hudson, Wisconsin to another TA truck stop for the night. Squeezed into the very last place to park - that really wasn't a parking space.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Went over to the pipe yard 12 miles west of Williston, ND and delivered the pipe.  It is really something out here.  Just like the "gold rush" in the old days.  This is the "drilling rush".  There are oil and gas wells all over out here.  They are laying miles and miles of natural gas pipe lines under ground.  There are pipe yards set up all over with hundreds, if not thousands, of sections of 50 foot pipe in there.  There are "man camps" set up all over the place with hundreds of workers living in them.  Its really something.

My next load is tomorrow morning in Hebron, ND.  Drove to a convenience store parking lot off I-94 at exit 84 in Richardton, ND for the night. Weather forcast is for heavy duty thunder storms tonight around midnight. Should be an interesting evening.