Saturday, February 22, 2014

Got started at 2 am local time.  Went across the road and got the truck washed, then fueled up. Hit the road and pushed it hard all day.  

I love Texas!!

Made it all the way down to Barnhart and delivered the crap.  Glad that is done!! Got back on the road heading to the Daily yard in Houston so I can get my trailer back.  Didn't make it.  Ran out of hours about an hour short.  Had to stop at the Flying J truck stop in Brookshire, Texas.  717 miles today. Will be here until Monday morning.  

Friday, February 21, 2014

Left the Flying J early this morning.  Very good day on the road.  Sunny blue sky, light traffic, and great scenery.  All back roads, no interstate highways today.  

Stopped for the night at The Big Texan restaurant in Amarillo, Texas.  I love this place!  The food is always great!!

A long time ago, before I knew I could park here, I had the limo pick me up at the TA truck stop on the other side of  interstate 40.

I ordered the 25 oz. rib eye steak. Here he is preparing it.

Throwing it on the grill.

It arrived at my table.  Doesn't that look good?

Is that a steak or what?!!!!?

Damn that was good!!  Now I'm going to bed very early so I can get started real early tomorrow and hopefully get there to deliver this crap. Good night, fat and happy!!

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Last night a cold front came through.  Got VERY windy and a dusting of snow.  

Finally this morning they loaded my trailer.  Got a bunch of miscellaneous oil rig parts. About froze outside securing the crap on my trailer.  It was really cold and still windy.  This stuff is going to another oil drilling rig job site in Barnhart, Texas.

Nice day on the road.  Went down through Sturgis, SD.  Went past all the great places to go when the motorcycle rally is in full swing.  Full Throttle Saloon, Broken Spoke, and of course, the world famous Buffalo Chip.  Then went down through the city of Sturgis.  I even remembered the parking lot that had a tent set up in it to do oil changes and minor bike repairs during the rally.  I had my oil changed there.  Also ran into a friend from Florida there.  It was all so empty now.  Kinda sad to see it all so empty. Great memories though!!!

Stopped for the night at a small Flying J Truck Stop in Hermosa, SD.

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

This morning I went over to get loaded.  Was there at 6:15 am local time.  I was 4th in line this morning.  After they loaded over 18 trucks ahead of me today, at 7 pm local time they said that I would have to get loaded tomorrow.  And they don't even care that I have been here all day.  To say that I am really pissed off would be a huge understatement!! 

Monday, February 17, 2014

Drove up to Williston, ND.  Nice warm up today.  Sunny and up to 40 today!! Back to the low 20's tonight.  With the warm up comes very wet and dirty roads.  Here is what my truck looked like when I parked in parked at a truck stop in Williston, ND.

I'll be here until Wednesday morning.  Load a few miles from here.

Sunday, February 16, 2014

A dull day in Dickinson.  After looking at my paperwork for my next load, I saw that it was not in Dickinson.  It is up in Williston, ND.  That is about 130 miles north from here.  Back in 2011 I delivered a load of pipe up there.  I'll head that way tomorrow morning sometime.  In the meantime, here is a time lapse video I shot for you from here.  It is COLD and WINDY up here!!!  Only in the teens and had a bit of snow too.