REady, SET, Go

As of 9:30 this morning, Lori's hours-of-service "reset" after 34 hours off-duty so she was able to start driving again. She may not hit the road for a few more hours, however, since her next pickup (45,000 pounds of butchered pork) won't be ready to go until later this evening.

Her delivery location in Milwaukee was directly across the street from Harley-Davidson's headquarters. It was interesting (but not surprising) to see how many Harley motorcycles were in the employee lot. The local newspaper did have some bad news for Harley Friday morning; 750 employees laid off. There's no doubt the economy is in a significant slump. While it will certainly impact the trucking industry, Prime may avoid much of the impact since most of its business is food-related and people still eat even during a bad economy.

Lori's plan to take in a baseball game during her break didn't work out since the Cubs were the only team in town and they played Friday afternoon, too early for Lori to make the game. Actually, that was fine as it gave Lori some time to do laundry, clean up the truck cab, and just unwind with some reading and relaxing.

Once the pork gets loaded, it's off to Fort Mill, South Carolina (just across the border from Charlotte, North Carolina). It's a 2-day trip, so Lori will overnight somewhere in Kentucky and hopefully get to attend a church service at a truck stop along the way.