I left Earle, Arkansas last night at 9 PM and drove the rest of the way to Amarillo, Texas, and delivered the wheel loader. Then I went to Thermo King in Amarillo to get my APU fixed. I checked in there and waited. After a couple hours, he brought it in to work on. He fixed it and I left. Next stop, Wal Mart to refill a prescription. After that, I went over to my favorite place to eat, The Big Texan, to park for the night and to get dinner. They have their Christmas decorations up already. Here is a panoramic photo of the place.
A few more inside.
Two people went for the challenge tonight!!! In case you don't know about the challenge, it is if you can eat a 72-ounce steak, baked potato, dinner salad, 3 shrimp, and a dinner roll in one hour the meal is free. If you fail, it costs $72. Here are the two meals (minus the shrimp and dinner rolls - they weren't ready yet).
Here is what I ordered. The first course...
When that was done...
It was cooked to perfection and tasted great!!!!! When that was finished I checked to see how the guys were doing with the challenge...
I don't think they will make it. Only had 23 minutes left and a lot of food to still devour. I waddled back to my truck. Over 700 miles, unloading, getting the truck fixed, plus a few errands. Long day with no sleep. Exhaustion is setting in big time!! Time to make up for that!! Good night.
Left at 1 AM this morning. Once again, the Interstate was shut down from an overturned semi-truck that blocked all the lanes. I was able to get around it by diverting down to Athens, GA. Lost about a half-hour but saved several hours by going around the mess. I was almost in Alabama when the road started to open. The rest of the drive was uneventful. Drove through a weather front in Mississippi. Was finished before noon today after driving 649 miles. Stopped at the TA truck stop in Earle, Arkansas. I'll be able to start real early tonight so I'm going to bed now and the phone is off! Oh, I almost forgot...my APU crapped out AGAIN! I'll worry about that later.
Left early this morning to go in and deliver. Got stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic from a wreck. Took 20 minutes to go one mile. After I got through that mess, I went to my first stop. Had to get the radiator shrink-wrapped.
Left at midnight. No problems until Atlanta. Got to Atlanta right at rush hour. Big wreck on the south bound beltway, all lanes blocked. Traffic was backed up for a long way on the beltway, both directions and on I-75 trying to get to the beltway. I ended up staying on I-75 going through the middle of Atlanta. Made better time doing that. Still had more bumper to bumper in downtown Atlanta, but nothing like what was happening on the beltway. Drove 657 miles today and stopped at Grady's Truckstop in Metter, Georgia for the night. Ran out of hours. Good thing I didn't have to go any farther. About 5 miles ahead a log truck rolled over scattering all the logs all over the Interstaste. All lanes blocked. Glad I'm staying here until tomorrow morning. That mess should be all cleared up by then.
Haven't put one of these up here in a while. Something like this happens just about every day, but this is a good one!!
Notice my speed and he hits the breaks right in front of me.
Left a half-hour before sunrise this morning and drove into Indianapolis and delivered the excavator. Next load was up in Lafayette, Indiana. Drove up there and loaded a Caterpillar Radiator and two parts boxes that are going to Garden City, Georgia.
Left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Seymour, Indiana. As soon as my 10 hours are up, I'm back on the road. Going to sleep now. Good night.
