D.C. & L. Trucking: 12/31/17

Saturday, January 6, 2018

Left this morning and drove the rest of the way down to La Grange, Georgia. Will spend the rest of the weekend here at the Pilot truck stop. Had breakfast at McDonald s. Here is the fountain out front. Yup, it is still cold down south!!

Friday, January 5, 2018

Went back over to the Port first thing this morning and pick up my trailer. Was out of there and on the road a little after 8 am.

I-95 road conditions and traffic were just fine this morning. There was a lot of evidence of yesterdays "festivities". Several cars that had spun out on the ice were still left off in the ditch along side the road and up near the tree line. They all were up side down or on their side. Saw a U-Haul truck that had a car on a trailer. They were both on their side over by the trees. Saw an overturned semi truck too. Could see were the people that got stuck in traffic when it was at a stand still yesterday had made snowmen along side the road. There were a lot of them. I made the right decision yesterday by waiting until today.

I made it up to West Columbia, South Carolina and delivered the excavator. Next load is Monday in La Grange, Georgia. Headed that way. Decided to stop a little early to avoid the Atlanta Friday rush hour traffic. I'll go the rest of the way in the morning when there isn't as much traffic - hopefully.

Thursday, January 4, 2018

The Port did not open until 1 pm this afternoon. I was there at 1 to load. I loaded a Caterpillar 323FL Excavator that is going to West Columbia, South Carolina. On my way over found out that there was a 7 semi-truck crash in the north bound side of I-95 at mile marker 29 in South Carolina. Traffic was backed up into Georgia and the Interstate was closed.

After I got the excavator secured to the trailer I left the trailer there for the night. I'll go back first thing in the morning and get it. Hopefully the Interstate will be back open again. I bobtailed back to the TA truck stop in Richmond Hill, GA for the night.

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Wednesday, January 3, 2017

Well the weather was just as bad as they predicted. Started off early this morning with rain, then freezing rain. After a while it turned to snow. It snowed hard! For lunch I went into the restaurant here at the TA and sat at a table, a dirty table. All the open ones were dirty. Sat there for ten minutes and no one came over to me so I left. Checked out the other restaurants in the area. McDonalds, Arby's, Taco Bell, and KFC. All closed. The only ones open were the restaurant in the TA, Waffle House, and Wendy's. I went to Wendy's. They had only 2 people in there working. I stood in line for an hour before placing my food order. Then waited another half hour to get it. They closed while I was in there. Here is what it looked like outside:

Here is what the roads looked like:

Doesn't look like much but in the south, where this doesn't happen, it's a big deal. Tell me more about "global warming". Idiots!!

Here is a palm tree in the snow:

At about 3 this afternoon the snow had stopped. At about 5:30 I went into the TA to try to eat at the restaurant again. This time it was closed. The only one open was the Waffle House. I went there and had dinner. The place was packed and standing room only. They had a limited menu and the staff there had been working since 6 am. They were exhausted. While I was eating, they too closed. I got there just in time!!! Tomorrow should be a lot better. Hope they open the Port so I can load.

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Well it is time to go back to work. This morning I took the truck in for routine maintenance. It was due. This afternoon I got my next load. It is tomorrow up at the Port in Savannah, Georgia. I left and drove up to the TA truck stop just south of Savannah in Richmond Hill. BUT the weather is supposed to get bad here tonight and tomorrow. They are saying that we could get several inches of snow after we get freezing rain. The big problem with that is that this is Georgia!!! There is absolutely no snow removal equipment here. No sanders, no plows, NOTHING. Everything is shutting down tonight. The Port is closing indefinitely - so I can't load. It will be a total mess here. I'm parked here in the truck stop and not moving until its over. Great way to start off the new year.