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!

Monday, August 4, 2008

Surprise - Part II

While it wasn't as much of a surprise as last time, but Lori got to spend Monday night at home, too.

The load she picked up at Inland Cold Storage in Riverside on Sunday didn't get loaded until early Monday morning. The late start meant she couldn't get it to its destination in Illinois on time Wednesday morning. So, she met up with a team in Las Vegas and swapped trailers; they took her load going to Illinois and she took their trailer headed for the 99 Cents Only Stores distribution center in Commerce, CA.

Since it doesn't deliver until Tuesday morning, Lori parked the trailer at Prime's "drop yard" in Ontario and Mike picked her up on his way home from work. He'll drop her off in the morning on his way into work and she'll finish up the trip to Commerce.

Not sure where she's going next but her "home counter" is set so that she'll be back in So Cal by next Wednesday so she can celebrate Mike's "retirement" from local government on Thursday. On Friday, they'll both be on the truck and on their way to Prime's headquarters in Springfield, MO so Mike can start his truck driving career.

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