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!

Friday, October 17, 2008

Motor City salad

You've heard of America's breadbasket. Well, today we're in America's lettuce bowl - California's Central Coast and Central Valley.

First, we're picking up lettuce in Lompoc, CA, which is on the coast just north of Santa Barbara and west of Santa Ynez, CA. You may know the area as the location of President Reagan's ranch and the Danish town of Solvang.

Driving through the area we've seen fields of lettuce, peppers, and artichokes. The fields sit on a large flat plain between the ocean and the coastal hills.

After we pick up the lettuce, we're going to Arvin (just south of Bakersfield) to pick up fresh carrots. From there, it's onto Detroit by early Monday morning.

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