Saturday, October 28, 2023

 I was going to leave this morning to time it so that I got to Georgia a half hour after sunrise, BUT there was a multi-vehicle wreck in Chattanooga that totally shut down I-24.  Instead of leaving, I went back to bed.  Woke up an hour later and saw that the Interstate was open again so I left.  After getting through Monteagle, Tennessee I saw that the Interstate in Chattanooga was again shut down.  This time a semi rolled over blocking the Interstate.  I stopped at the Love's truck stop in Jasper, TN to wait it out. I'd rather sit in there than on the Interstate.  

Looks like I'm here for the night.  At 2 pm this is what Chattanooga looked like, a parking lot!!

Hope they get that mess cleaned up by tomorrow morning.

Friday, October 27, 2023

 I left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Nothing interesting at all today.  Stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Oak Grove, Kentucky.

Thursday, October 26, 2023

 Arrived at the Caterpillar dealer in Eau Claire just before they opened.  Delivered the wheel loader.  Then drove down to the John Deere plant in Dubuque, Iowa, and loaded a John Deere 750 Dozer with a blade that is going to Lutz, Florida.

Left there and drove to the Daily Yard in Bettendorf, Iowa for the night. Lots of great autumn color up here.

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

 I left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Great autumn colors all day (yesterday too).  Did pretty good until I-90/94 in Wisconsin a few miles before I-90 splits off.  Long construction zone down to one lane.  Big traffic back up there.  Then towards the end of the one-lane part, two semi trucks got tangled up and crashed.  One was a flatbed and the other a regular semi-trailer.  What a mess!!!  They were well into the clean-up phase of the wreck when I passed by. It took over 45 minutes just to get to it.

I was hoping to deliver today but that changed things.  I'll deliver in the morning instead.  Stopped for the night, after driving 540 miles, at a truck stop in Tomah, Wisconsin.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

 Left a half hour after sunrise this morning.  Had some bumper-to-bumper traffic in Atlanta.  Drove 541 miles today and stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.

Monday, October 23, 2023

 I left a half hour before sunrise this morning and drove the rest of the way to Ocala and delivered the wheel loader.  My next load was back up in Pooler, Georgia.  Drove there and loaded a Caterpillar 950 GC Wheel Loader that is going to Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Left there and drove to the Pilot truck stop in Jackson, Georgia for the night.