Have had a pleasant evening with Allene and Elaine. Ate Chinese and it was really good. Met my protein quota for the month, probably, but was really good! Came over to the house, going to watch a movie or 2 then I'm crashing in the truck. She has to play tomorrow, I always forget that, so I'll be in Carlsbad sometime tomorrow evening. :)
Not sure what these flowers are but I like them. And Allene has always like the natural look for the yard! ;)
Got unloaded yesterday afternoon around 2pm,and neat delivery...to the Folsom HS football field. They are re-working the field and track, and the base is this chipped/ground up tire rubber. They were "sewing" on the turf when I got there. The field is going to be blue with red end zones. Oh, for the days of grass, dirt and mud!! Then had lunch and waited for an hour or so for Erin to find a load. She came up with one from Stockton, Ca to Carlsbad, NM. Was a tight run but made it to the loadout factory before 5pm their time! And what a load! Have 6-7 10" pipes 50' long, a bundle about 35' long and a small pallet of parts.....totalling about 6,000 pounds! Gotta love it! 1,300 miles and don't have to be there until Monday morning! Slow peaceful run. Made it to just south of Fresno last nite and called it quits for the day. Pulled off for a WallyWorld and found an old truckstop here that has been torn down, but the parking lot still here...so had a good nite's sleep. And where I loaded out from I saw in real life what I have only seen pics of....a Chevy Corvair Lakewood station Wagon! And it is all there, would love to be able to restore one like it! Just got off phone with Allene, going to take her & Elaine out for dinner tomorrow evening when she is done with students
Got to my drop about 10:30 last night. And slept very well!! Gentleman here was afraid I would be upset b/c he had unloaded 2 others ahead of me....I got to sleep, so I had no problem with it! :) So now here I sit, waiting to see if Erin can find something for me. Trying to get thru Gadsden or a couple of days this weekend.
Well, headed for MS with 5 coils of galvanized steel on board. And hopefully I won't be hauling them again....they are rough on the tarps. I'll be there sometime tomorrow night.
I stopped at Buford, WY today....Don, the old owner, is back! The Trading Post will be open next week again. Can't wait to get back by & say hi. Have really missed having it open to stop at.
I'm in NE, not sure where I'm stopping for the night. I'll post this then. :)
Just had to show you a family that came out for their morning walk! They had been in the bushes right in front of the truck. They had stayed in there hidden while I had Abbie out running all around them without making a peep! Very cute!
I forget that I'm an hour ahead of here! So I am early at Thermoking to get my APU serviced. Time for another cup of coffee!..
My little fridge does a good job and has improved my eating habits by leaps and bounds!!
And almost forgot, you can see the curtain running around the front of the cab...this closes me in, so the whole cabin is home at night. And the driver seat swivels, so quite often I turn it around and use it as an easy chair for TV and relaxing.I really do wish that there was someplace I could get my weekly food stuffs as cheaply as I do at Wally - but alas, I'm stuck with this blasted place. Barely can get in and this one (Boise, ID) has up signs of "No Overnight Parking" for trucks AND RV's! They are idiots!
Anyway ' got my weekly fixof salad, avocados. and Water. So much for my Ozarka water - Ozarka, Arrowhead, Ice Mountain,etc..........they are ALL owned by Nistle Waters!! I give up!
Time to put stuff up. Have a Great Day! :)
Dropped in Albuquerque this morning, loading out of Deming tomorrow. Onions for Ohio! I looked over the little motorhome last nite and am getting it. Mechanically it is good, aesthetically it needs a little love. But overall it is in high side fair to low side good condition. I'll be making another post tonight making an"report" on it and get pics up for you to see. Rest Area break! More to come.....
In the middle of another 34hr reset...in southern Missouri this time. I deliver in Jackson, TN in the morning, then turn and run back to W Memphis, AR to load out for Greensboro, NC. Supposed to be in NM Tuesday morning...that is not going to happen. But should be able to get there by Tuesday afternoon, late.
Have been working on the inside of the truck last night and today...between cat naps! LOL I'm about 90% done with the cabin...just a few things to get put up or thrown away and then some light cleaning and my mobile apartment will be pretty well setup! :) I've been going thru stuff that I have not used in 4 months and it went in the circular file box! And I finally went thru my clothes and got rid of all my old stuff (have bought new shorts and shirts...don't look ragged any more!). So all my clothes are either hanging or in one small tub, most of my food stuffs have homes now, electronics either in a case or cabinet, tools put away in tool box under dinette seats. Just have stuff in one dinette seat to find homes for and a small amount in passenger seat! Can almost see the whole floor!!! It will get cleaned this evening and the throw rug will be taped in place and it will look like an actual living area!! My bed linens get folded and put on the top bunk, along with pillows, and figured out how to get the top bunk raised up about 70% of the way up so that I now have head room all day! Just drop it down at night and set up bed and ready for sleep! Takes about 45 seconds to make my bed and 30 seconds to put it up in the mornings! :D
You can tell when shipping is down a bit....the rest area I have been camped out in is a brand new one on the southern end of I-55 in MO (they closed down 2 on N bound and 2 on S bound) and they have only been opened a few monthsl Last night the truck parking area never got much over 1/2 full! So it was peaceful and the view is not bad.
I think I'll listen to the end of the race and work on the cabin for a while and when I get done later I'll get back on here and post a few pics of my "cleaned up, set up mobile Japanese Efficiency Apartment!!
I shall return!! ;)
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Well, haven't posted in a while, but I'm out of the oilfields and back Over The Road. And it feels good back out here. I'll be posting here at least 3 or 4 times a week. Right now I'm in Salt Lake City, UT taking a 34 hour restart.
The truck I have is a 2013 Volvo vn780. Only 90,000 miles (still smells new!) Will be going back thru the yard in a day or so & taking my tubs out. Have enough storage in here I don't need them &half the stuff I don't use. So I'll be sleeping on top bunk and the dinette will stay set up. Just my little rolling Japanese efficiency apartment! Lol
Having a weekend with the kids. Funny, had to come back east to go & have Mexican food with them! LOL
Well, been sitting for the past 3 days letting my shoulder hopefully get back into working condition. Pulled it somehow/someway a few days ago & almost reached the point that I couldn't shift. Feels a lot better today. See how it is doing in the morning.
This has been a windy spring day here. Been gusting to 40+mph, calling for 50+ by this evening. Don't know if it will show, but half the sky on the horizon is yellow/brown from the dust today.
But it is in the mid-seventies and clear skies! Nice comfortable weather.
And I know I'm getting older...sitting here watching March Madness. ... I never watch b'ball, but I am learning to enjoy watching the college games!
Oh, and if you get a chance to see the new Die Hard movie-go see it! It is quite good. Watched it yesterday-yes, I went to a theater-and it was very good!
You know it's time to wash when you pull on your last clean shirt to go to dinner! Lol
