Saturday, February 11, 2017

Started a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Slow going for a while in Wyoming.  The wind was still blowing strong.

But not as hard as it was yesterday...

That happened on the same road I was on today.

The snow makes the mountains of Wyoming look so different.

Stopped for the night at the Little America Truck Stop in Little America, Wyoming. I can drive tomorrow, so I will.  I'll take Monday off since there is no more football.

Friday, February 10, 2017

Had another late start today.  Had to wait for the Kansas City curfew.  Couple of interesting things today.  Here is one of them on I-29 in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Going north on I-29 there were several hundred thousand birds flying south.  There were flying in groups of several hundred in loose "V" shaped formation.   I have never seen that many birds flying together like that before.  It went on like that for a good 20 miles (32 km).  Really amazing thing to see.  I tried to get photos of them for you but, unfortunately,  they didn't come out.

Beautiful day temperatures in the 70s (20s C) in the middle of February in Nebraska!!  On I-80 in Nebraska could see the smoke for a good 10 miles before I got to it.  On the way two state troopers went flying past me.  On the other side of an overpass was a grass fire.  The fire department had one truck there working on it.  The troopers got there just before I did.  I was very lucky because I got through there before they closed the Interstate.

Stopped for the night at the Flying J truck stop in North Platte, Nebraska.

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Not much in the weather department from last night.  Got a slight dusting of snow.  No big deal.  The weather weasels were wrong again.  Left this morning and drove all day.  Nothing exciting again.  Stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Boonville, Missouri.

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Drove the rest of the way down to Belle, West Virginia.  Was there as they opened and loaded a Caterpillar 329 Excavator that is going to Pleasant Grove, California.

I needed two escort cars in West Virginia.

After leaving Caterpillar I had to stop and scale.  Unfortunately, I guessed wrong on the weight.  Had to move the machine.  So I moved the machine.  Scaled again.  Still not right.  Moved it again.  Scaled again.  This time it was just right. 

Finished chaining it back down and we left again.  When we got to Kentucky, they dropped off and I was on my own.  Had to stop early because of the Louisville, KY curfew.  Stopped at the Flying J truck stop in Waddy, KY.  Will be starting late in the morning too.  Louisville curfew is over at 9 am.  The weather is supposed to be bad tonight.  Thunderstorms, hale, then later changing to snow.  We already had the thunderstorms, but no hale fortunately.  They say that we won't get much snow. Don't think it will hold me up in the morning.

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

My pole car arrived this morning right on time.  Left at sunrise and drove into York, PA.

We were fine until we got off the Interstate highways.  In York the pole hit some trees, a stop light, a low hanging wire, and a bridge.  Had to wiggle around all of them.  Made it to the mine where I was delivering the machine just fine and without hitting anything.  That's always a good thing.  Unloaded it and left for my next load.  I load tomorrow morning down in Belle, West Virginia.  I stopped for the night at the truck stop in Jane Lew, WV.

Monday, February 6, 2017

Left at sunrise this morning and drove to the Pilot truck stop in Hagerstown, Maryland for the night.  Have to have a pole car in Pennsylvania tomorrow because I am 14'4" high.  He will be meeting me here in the morning.

Sunday, February 5, 2017

Wow!  What a finish!!

Super Bowl LI

Super Bowl

Final/OT - Sunday, February 5, 6:30 PM

NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas

New England Patriots (17-2) 34 Atlanta Falcons (13-6) 28 Box Score

4:22

All times are in Eastern Time