Saturday, October 6, 2012

Got on the road just before sun up.  The fall colors are in full bloom, so to speak, in Illinois.  Most of the corn is in but a lot of soy bean still in the fields.  Cold front that I drove through yesterday really dropped the temperatures.  Low this morning was 28 degrees.  Slept great last night.  Drove up to the TA truck stop in Albert Lea, Minnesota for the rest of the weekend.  Looks like the colors are past peek here.

But now IT'S FOOTBALL TIME!!!!!

THE SWAMP

Seating capacity 90,716

(4) LSU 6

(5-1, 1-1 SEC)

(10) Florida 14

(5-0, 4-0 SEC)

Friday, October 5, 2012

Left Dodge City, Alabama just before sun up.  Had rain for the second half of the day.  Stopped for the night at a small truck stop in Morton, Illinois.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

I checked in with Security at 2 am local time and then went to bed.  I was totally shocked when they called me at 7 am local time to go in to load.  Once in, I sat in line with 4 other trucks for another 2 1/2 hours before they started to load.  Even so, it was still a lot better than last time!!  Loaded a smaller hub this time.  It is going to Minnesota.

Then the damn tarps!!

Was on the road by noon.  Drove up to a Kangaroo convenience store in Pelham, Alabama and sat there until 6 pm local time until the Birmingham curfew was over. Then drove for another hour and ran out of daylight.  Stopped at the Petro truck stop in Dodge City, Alabama for the night.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

I'm back on the road again after having a tooth pulled and a lot of "discomfort".  It is the start of replacing that tooth with an implant.  Still a bit sore but I'll manage.  Drove out to Pensacola, FL so I can load another wind energy hub tomorrow.  Hope they are faster than last time, but I doubt it.