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!

Saturday, April 5, 2008

High in the Middle and Round on Both Ends

In case you couldn't tell from the title, Lori is headed for O-hi-o. She made her drop at Wal-mart early this morning and then headed for a nearby truck stop (along with several other trucks from Prime) to sleep while she waited for her next load assignment.

Her driver communications unit (known as the Qualcomm after its manufacturer) announced her next load late this afternoon; pickup at Mt Crawford, VA at 9:30 Sunday morning and head to Ohio for drop offs in Lima, Delphos, and North Canton throughout the day Monday. She's headed for a rest area about five miles away from her pickup location for a full night's sleep. Hopefully, that will help her get over the "frog" that has developed in her throat. It's been a bit cool and very humid this last week, which has given her a case of the sniffles.

Once she completes this load, she'll have 2400 miles for the week since leaving Springfield last Tuesday, which will mean a larger than "minimum" paycheck. (Any miles over 2000 in a week earns her an extra 30 cents/mile over the minimum.)

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