Friday, April 8, 2022

 Left before sunrise this morning.  Had no problems with traffic getting to Georgetown, TX to deliver.  On the way, I was 3 miles from the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, TX.  For those of you that don't know what that is or can't remember, CLICK HERE for more information on it.  Delivered the wheel loader.  Next load was in Galveston, TX.  Started off that way.  Very quickly I got into heavy traffic.  Then bumper to bumper near Austin.  After I got out of that I continued toward Galveston. Traffic stayed very heavy.  Several areas of bumper-to-bumper traffic from construction.  It soon became evident that I was not going to make it to Galveston in time to load.  Then came the big backup.  8 miles of stop-and-go traffic caused by a wreck.  Took forever to get through that.  Instead of going to Galveston, I headed for the Daily yard in Houston.  Hit Houston in the middle of rush hour.  LOTS of bumper-to-bumper traffic all the way through Houston.  I thought I'd never get through there!!  But I made it to the yard and will be here until Monday morning.

Thursday, April 7, 2022

 Left a half-hour before sunrise this morning.  No problems through Alabama, Mississippi, or Louisiana.  The wind really picked up this afternoon in western Louisiana and east Texas.  The truck was really buffeted a lot.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Kilgore, Texas.

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

 Left real early this morning and drove to the Port of Savannah, Georgia.  Loaded a Caterpillar 950M Wheel Loader that is going to Georgetown, Texas.

I made really good time in there and was out and on the road before 9 AM.  Had about 10 miles of bumper-to-bumper traffic south of Atlanta.  After I got through that mess, I had no other problems today.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Lincoln, Alabama.  That is right next to the Talladega Superspeedway.

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

 Was at the Port of Savannah when they opened this morning.  Delivered the wheel loader.  After that drove to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville.  Had a little work done on my trailer.  Ran a bunch of personal errands.  My next load is back at the Port of Savannah tomorrow morning.  I'll leave here early in the morning to go up there.

Monday, April 4, 2022

 Left at sunrise this morning and drove to Hope Mills and delivered the dump truck.  My next load was back in Clayton, NC.  I drove there and loaded a Caterpillar 926M Wheel loader with bucket and forks.  It is going to the Port in Savannah, Georgia. From there it is going on an ocean cruise to Bremerhaven, Germany.

Left there and headed for Savannah.  On the way passed a really cool truck fire.  Got to see a couple tires explode.  That always looks cool. The fire dept. or cops had not got there yet.  

Couldn't make it to the Port before their quittin' time (union hours) so I stopped at the Pilot truck stop in Hardeeville, South Carolina for the night.

Sunday, April 3, 2022

 I thought I'd share with you my dining experience from last night.  I went across the parking lot to a restaurant called Sadler Milestone Restaurant. 

I ordered the ribeye steak dinner which normally comes with one side and salad bar. They didn't have the salad bar that night so I was given the choice of a second side. I ordered the $15.00 (approximately) ribeye steak cooked medium, baked potato, and corn. This is what I got. 

The steak (if you really want to call it that) was WAY overcooked. The potato had the consistency of rubber. Never did get the corn. Totally inedible!!! I sent it back. I decided to order something from the breakfast menu instead. I thought that it is pretty hard to screw up breakfast. I was wrong. So I ordered three pancakes, for $5.00. It took a very long time for my order to be brought to me. This is what I got. 

I ate those, but they were small and not good!!!! Then when I went to pay my bill the server charged me $21+ !!!!! When I refused, she removed the ribeye meal from my bill. 

Needless to say, I will NEVER EVER eat there again.