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, April 8, 2008

When in Canton...

As expected, Sam's Club is as inflexible with missed appointments as Wal-Mart. Lori couldn't get a new delivery appointment until 11:00 a.m. Wednesday.

It's not all bad news, though. Lori's fleet manager authorized $125 in layover pay for Lori, the downtime will allow Lori to "reset" her 70-hour driving clock, and she had a chance to do some sightseeing. And when you're in Canton, Ohio, the only place to go is the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The truck stop Lori was staying at is about 5.5 miles from the Hall of Fame, so she called Mike to give her directions from Google map and she took off walking. Along the way she stopped at an organic food store to get some cheese and an apple for lunch (which she enjoyed at a local park) and some basil gnocchi to cook for dinner back at the truck, arriving at the Hall of Fame after about 2 hours. She wasn't really interested in going inside without Mike, so she shot a few photos, took a quick nap under a tree, and then headed back to the truck.

She's looking forward to restful night's sleep before heading over to Sam's Club in the morning.

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