Saturday, May 18, 2024

 I left at about 12:30 AM EDT.  Good day on the road.  Nothing interesting.  Drove 579 miles today to the Flying J truck stop in Ruther Glen, Virginia.  Got here before 11:00 AM.  There is a Golden Corral restaurant here.  I ate so much for lunch that it hurt!!!   I'll be here until early Monday morning.

Thursday, May 17, 2024

 I left this morning timing it so that I would arrive at the staging/check-in area in Orlando a little after 5 AM EDT.  We couldn't go in before 5.  Glad I went early.  About 50 trucks were checking in to get loaded.  Fortunately, I was one of the first.  After a while, I was called to go in.  From the staging area, I drove over to the Orange County Convention Center, West Wing.  When I got to the OCC there was another staging area.  From there I was led to the convention center.  The guy I was following dropped off at the entrance to the building.  Another guy took over from there.  I followed him inside the OCC and he took me to where I was loading.  See the video below.

They placed a big box that is going to York, Pennsylvania on my trailer.

Then the fun began.  It had to be fully tarped.

By the time I finished, there were about a dozen other trucks in there loading.  I was able to maneuver my way out.  I always wanted to drive inside the convention center.  I can check off another item on my bucket list.  I left there and drove back to the TA truck stop in Brunswick, Georgia for my 10 hours.

Phone is off.  Going to sleep.  Good night.

Thursday, May 16, 2024

 I left at about 1:45 AM EDT and drove the rest of the way to Savannah, GA, and delivered the stuff.  My next load is in Orlando, Florida.  I started off the way but ran out of hours.  Stopped at the TA truck stop in Brunswick, GA for the night.  597 miles today.

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

 I left at 3 AM CDT and drove to Lafayette, Indiana.  I made a good decision not to drive through Chicago until today.  I had no traffic issues at all.  I was very early for my loading appointment so I waited hoping that they would load me early.  I got lucky!!  Was loaded with 6 boxes of generator parts and out of there by 10:30 AM EDT.  They are going to Savannah, Georgia.

Left there and drove to a truck stop in London, Kentucky for my 10 hours. I'll start again at about 1:40 AM EDT.

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

 When my 10 hours were up, I left.  I was going to stop at the Petro in Albert Lea, Minnesota, and get fuel.  As I was going around on the exit ramp There was a fresh kill deer carcass in the road.  I was unable to go around it so I ran over it.  I must have been the second one to hit it because the truck that initially hit and killed it was on the side of the road where the ramp merges into the travel lane.  When I stopped at the fuel pumps I checked my truck. There was no damage but I had deer guts all over the left side, undercarriage, and trailer. Yuk!!  I didn't feel like dealing with Chicago traffic today so I stopped at the Flying J truck stop in South Beloit, Illinois.  

Monday, May 13, 2024

 I left at 3 AM CDT and drove the rest of the way to Rapid City, SD, and delivered the bucket.  While there I found an air leak in the trailer.  

Fortunately, they were able to repair it for me right there.

My next load is way back in Lafayette, Indiana.  I started off in that direction.  Ellsworth Air Force Base is in Rapid City.  Could see the B1-B Bombers flying around.  Very cool!!!

Internet Photo

Internet Photo

On the way back across South Dakota I saw quite a few Pronghorn Elk and Prairie Dogs.

Internet Photo

Internet Photo

Stopped for my 10 hours at the Love's truck stop in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  627 miles today.

Sunday, May 12, 2024

 I got up early this morning and did laundry.  Then went to Walmart.  Stopped by the Corn Palace on the way.  

Here is where I spent my time last month...