Saturday, October 4, 2014

Florida 10
Tennessee 9

Friday, October 3, 2014

Hit the road as soon as my 10 hours was up.  Passed a fatal crash going through Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  A car, a mini van, and a semi truck. The south bound side was shut down.  

Went in to Birmingham, AL and delivered.  Don't have another load yet so I headed back to the Petro truck stop in Bucksville, AL.  Birmingham was a mess!!  Passed a five car crash on my side of the interstate.  Traffic was four lanes down to one right as rush hour was starting.  Made it passed that mess only to come up to another just past the first one.  Two cars in that one.  Four lanes down to two.  Made it passed that one and came across another.  This time it was on the other side.  Two cars.  Screwed up traffic over there.  Finally got out of there and down to the truck stop.  Will be here for the rest of the weekend.  Go Gators!!!

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Left this morning and drove up to a quary just south of Realitos, Texas and loaded some parts taken off a Caterpillar 773G Dump Truck. They are going up to Birmingham, Alabama.

Left there and drove for a little while.  Hit Houston right at rush hour and, of course, had a lot of bumper to bumper traffic.  Went past the Lakewood Church, the home base for Joel Osteen.

Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Baytown, TX.  Under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch here until 3 am local time.

Tuesday, October 1, 2014

Drove the rest of the way to Progreso, TX and delivered the excavator.  Progreso in on the USA / Mexico border about 30 miles from Brownsville.  Where I delivered was only two miles from the border.  Next load is tomorrow up in Realitos, TX.  Drove to a small truck stop in Falfurrias, TX for the night.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Left Hammond, LA this morning at sunrise.  My computer decided to act up again so when I got to Baytown, Texas I stopped at the TA truck stop, dropped my trailer and high tailed it over to Best Buy and got a replacement.  Then back on the road.  Stopped for the night at a small truck stop in Refugio, Texas.

Monday, September 29, 2014

Went over to Peachtree City, GA this morning and loaded a Sany SY215C Excavator that is going down to Progreso, Texas.

Got on the road and drove down to the Petro truck stop in Hammond, Louisiana for the night.

Sunday, September 28, 2014

This morning I had routine maintenance done on my truck.  While I was waiting for them to finish another driver came in to have his truck worked on.  He had a female Capuchin monkey with him.  The staff gave him some popcorn, which she promptly devoured.  She climbed all over everyone, including me.  She was so cute and friendly.

When the service department was finished I went to Wal-Mart and restocked some stuff.  Then settled in for a great afternoon of football on TV.