Monday, July 26, 2010

Delivered this morning in Stockton, CA.  Spending the night at the Flying J in Ripon, CA.  Load tomorrow morning in Fremont, CA going to Blue Springs, Mississippi.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Drove to Lodi, California this morning.  Deliver just down the road in Stockton tomorrow morning.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Drove 697 miles today to Battle Mountain, Nevada.  Spending the night here in the Flying J.

On the way went past the Olympic ski jump.  It is east of Salt Lake City and very visible from I-80.

Stopped at the rest area in front of the Bonneville Salt Flats.  That is about 120 miles west of Salt Lake City on I-80.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Pretty uneventful day. Drove 722 miles to Laramie, Wyoming.  Spending the night here at the Petro.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Delivered this morning is St. Louis, MO then went to Madison, IL and picked up my next load.

44,810 pounds of galvanized steel rolls going to Stockton, California.  Delivers Monday morning.

Stopped for the night in Oak Grove, MO just outside of Kansas City.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Picked up a load today in Oglesby, IL and took the flat stuff to Morton, IL then drove to Troy, IL for the night.  Deliver the rolls tomorrow morning in St. Louis, MO.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Delivered first thing this morning then went just down the road and had my windshield replaced.  Had a huge crack in the middle of it and 3 rock chips.

After my windshield was done I went to Johnson Creek to a truck stop that's about half way between Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  There is a restaurant there that is pretty good.  Their baked goods are fantastic!!  Took a few photos of some of the stuff they bake. I'll definitely be back here!!

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Am I the only one that sees the stupidity in this??

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Drove up to Oak Creek, Wisconsin.  That is just south of Milwaukee.  Will be here until Monday morning.  Deliver this load in New Berlin, Wisconsin Monday morning.

My new VuCube works great!!!   Glad I got it!!!

Friday, July 16, 2010

Went to Thermo King in Denver and got my APU fixed, minor repair.  They were jerks. Must not be a very good place to work, seemed like they were all unhappy.  Won't go there again!!

Then drove to Des Moines, Iowa and spent the night there.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Spent most of the day getting my new VuCube installed at the Grand Junction Peterbilt shop.  Then drove to Denver.  Drove east on I-70.  My favorite interstate highway.  Had to stop 3 times going up hill to let the truck cool down.  Took a few more photos for you.  If you pay attention you can see in a couple of them that I was parked on the side of the road cooling the engine off when I took the photo.

Cooling off.

Cooling off again just before the Eisenhower Tunnel. Elevation 11,000 feet.

Inside the tunnel. Bet you didn't know that!  :)

Going down the other side.  12 miles of 5% and 6% grade dropping 4,000 feet.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

After I got my load on and secured I drove up I-15 to I-70. These photos are along I-70 east bound in Utah.

Stopped for the night in Grand Junction, Colorado

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Dropped off my load this morning then went to pick up my next load.  It was only 9 miles away over near Nellis Air Force Base.  They were doing a lot of flying today.  F-15s and F-16s taking off right over my head.  Really cool!!!  Really LOUD too!!!

Las Vegas is building a new waste water treatment facility.  They are running the pipe underground.  72 inch pipe from Nellis AFB and 80 inch pipe from Las Vegas feed the facility.  They hired this company from Wisconsin to tunnel underground and insert the pipes. They used tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to do this. The ones used are smaller versions of the ones you see on TV boring huge tunnels.  Anyway,the job is finished now and all their equipment is being shipped back to Wisconsin. I am taking two shipping containers with hydraulic pumps and equipment for the TBM.  Also taking a huge steel "push ring" back.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Drove up to Las Vegas, NV.  Stayed overnight in The Orleans Hotel & Casino just off the "strip" in Las Vegas.  Great room and very good price.  They have a large truck parking lot too.

Walked down Las Vegas Blvd.  It was 110 degrees.  Had dinner in Caesars Palace at the buffet. then took a taxi back to the hotel.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Drove from San Antonio, TX to Lordsburg, New Mexico today.  736 miles.  Stopped and got my oil changed on the way.  The photo was taken from I-10 west bound in El Paso, Texas looking across the border into Juarez, Mexico.  Juarez is where the drug wars are going on.  Over 2000 murders there last year.  You can see the border fence in the bottom of the photo behind the train cars.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Drove 689 miles today to San Antonio, Texas where I stoped for the night.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Drove down to Tampa and picked up my next load.  It is a load of scaffolding going to Phoenix, AZ where I drop off part of the load and then to Las Vegas, NV.  Stopped for the night about 10 miles into Alabama on I-10.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Drove from Savannah, GA to Ocala, FL and delivered the steel. Now I'll be home until Friday.

Monday, July 6, 2010

Delivered the granite Tuesday then went and picked up a load of steel in a small town next to Charleston.  It is going to Ocala, FL  Drove to Savannah, GA for the night.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Another boring day.  Drove down to Summerville, SC just outside Charleston.  Will be here till Tuesday morning.