Saturday, March 28, 2020

Left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Had some rain for a while but it cleared and ended up being sunny and very windy.   Still looks weird looking at all the huge casinos bone dry empty.  Not even one car in any of the parking lots.  Missouri sent me all over the place.  I'm still in Missouri!!!!  

The first diversion was 105 miles to bypass 27 miles of I-29.  The second one was not as bad.  86 miles to go around 34 miles of I-35.  Oh well.  Stopped for the night at a truck stop in Camron, Missouri.  The wind really has this truck rockin' tonight.

Friday, March 27, 2020

Last night I got an email that said my truck was due for A Maintenance.  Using the TA/Petro phone app I scheduled a service appointment at a TA I was going to go past about 2 hours away from where I was.  About a half hour before sunrise I left and drove up to the TA in Hillsboro, Texas.  Got the truck serviced and was back on the road.  Wasn't bad going through Ft. Worth.  This Wuhan virus sure is making the roads a lot better.  Stopped for the night at a  small truck stop in Savanna, Oklahoma.

Thursday, March 26, 2020

As soon as my 10 hours was up I left.  Made such good timing that I decided to stop by and see if my load for tomorrow might be ready today.  So I went to the Caterpillar dealer in Austin and checked in.  It wasn't quite ready but they were not that busy so they got it ready for me.  Then had to wait for the paperwork.  It took 4 1/2 hours but it finally made it's way onto my trailer.  A Caterpillar D6T Dozer that is going to Sully, Iowa.

My Texas permit doesn't start until tomorrow, but I left there anyway.  Drove to the Flying J truck stop in Jarrell, Texas for the night.  

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Left a half hour before sunrise this morning and arrived in Doniphan, Nebraska just about opening time.  Unloaded the grader and was out of there by 8:30 AM CDT.  Next load is Friday morning in Austin, Texas.  Started off that way.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. As soon as my 10 hours is up I'll be out of here.

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Left a little before sunrise this morning.  No problems with traffic at all.  Drove up to the Petro truck stop in York, Nebraska for the night.

Monday, March 23, 2020

Yesterday afternoon I went back to the Daily terminal and hooked back up to my trailer.  This morning I drove to the Port in LaPorte, TX and loaded a Caterpillar 140 Motor Grader that it going to Doniphan, Nebraska.

Left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Denton, Texas for the night.