About This Site

This blog is primarily intended to keep our family and friends up-to-date on where we are and where we’re going as we drive around the country as long-haul truckers. But it’s also a chance to share some observations about life on the road and life in general.

The title is a reference to one of the things we find so attractive about driving a truck (which weighs 40 tons – 80,000 pounds – when fully loaded); it allows us to travel all over this great country of ours, see the sights, and get paid while we're doing it!

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Back and Forth

Tamara and Lori headed out from home last night about 10 o'clock going to the Dole facility in Yuma. Their route took them out I-10 to Indio where they had a choice of going down either 111 or 86 to get to I-8. Since Lori was driving, Tamara let her choose. Since she had never driven down 86, Lori decided to head that way.

Well, God was obviously behind that decision since, unbeknownst to Lori and Tamara, a train derailment and poisonous gas leak had closed Highway 111. There are no coincidences!

Their scheduled pickup time was 5:00 a.m. (which they made) but they weren't loaded and out until after noon. A quick stop at Wal-mart for supplies and then it was on the road headed for the Freightliner dealer in Eloy, AZ. That's because the air conditioner on the truck has been acting up; it will work for awhile and then it won't. When it's not working, the interior of the truck gets way too warm and stuffy. Even Lori thought it was getting too warm for comfort. Hopefully, they can identify the problem and get it fixed without too much delay. Then it's onto Bessemer City, NC for a Thursday delivery.

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