Woke up to a cool low 60's morning at a rest area near Highland, IL which is just east of St. Louis about 0700. Took my time getting ready, had an always wonderful chat on the phone with my lovely wife, and then drove about an hour to Effingham, IL. There I stopped at a T/A Travel Center for 3 eggs, bacon, hash, wheat toast, and of course sweet tea!
I needed to get some laundry done too, but I didn't feel like it yet. Plus I wanted to hurry and deliver this load even though it wasn't due back until 6 PM. But the sooner I get back, the sooner I can get another load. As I said before, I only get paid for driving not sitting around waiting.
After breakfast, I continued east towards my destination. While in route I received a pre-assigned load message. I check the message and it picks up just a few blocks from my delivery point and it doesn't pick up until tomorrow morning! So now I have no need to hurry anymore.
About another 2 hours down the road, I stop in Clayton, IN at another T/A truck stop to have a slow leak fixed on one of the trailers tires. They were able to get me in and out in about 10 minutes so it still wasn't long enough to get laundry done also. Therefore I just continued on another 30 minutes to my destination.
I dropped the loaded trailer and picked up an empty. Then I headed a few blocks over to tomorrows pickup location and dropped the empty there. Now I can bobtail around much easier. That's driving the truck without a trailer hooked to it.
Looking on Googles maps, I found a laundry mat about a mile away. Once laundry was done, it's now dinner time. And I like eating while bobtailing because I have a better selection of restaurants to choose from! Tonight it was the buffet at a Golden Corral! So much better than most truck stops.
After that, back to the shipper where I'll be sleeping there overnight in their parking lot. I was going to go for a geocaching / bike ride but now I'm too full! My load won't be ready until 10:00 AM, so maybe in the morning. Plus it will be cooler and afterwards I can hook up to my trailer stopping at the first truck stop for a shower!
In tomorrows post I should have some cool pics to show you. There's a place I've always wanted to stop at along I-70 but never had the time. But on this next trip I got the time.
See ya on the highways and byways.
I needed to get some laundry done too, but I didn't feel like it yet. Plus I wanted to hurry and deliver this load even though it wasn't due back until 6 PM. But the sooner I get back, the sooner I can get another load. As I said before, I only get paid for driving not sitting around waiting.
After breakfast, I continued east towards my destination. While in route I received a pre-assigned load message. I check the message and it picks up just a few blocks from my delivery point and it doesn't pick up until tomorrow morning! So now I have no need to hurry anymore.
About another 2 hours down the road, I stop in Clayton, IN at another T/A truck stop to have a slow leak fixed on one of the trailers tires. They were able to get me in and out in about 10 minutes so it still wasn't long enough to get laundry done also. Therefore I just continued on another 30 minutes to my destination.
I dropped the loaded trailer and picked up an empty. Then I headed a few blocks over to tomorrows pickup location and dropped the empty there. Now I can bobtail around much easier. That's driving the truck without a trailer hooked to it.
Looking on Googles maps, I found a laundry mat about a mile away. Once laundry was done, it's now dinner time. And I like eating while bobtailing because I have a better selection of restaurants to choose from! Tonight it was the buffet at a Golden Corral! So much better than most truck stops.
After that, back to the shipper where I'll be sleeping there overnight in their parking lot. I was going to go for a geocaching / bike ride but now I'm too full! My load won't be ready until 10:00 AM, so maybe in the morning. Plus it will be cooler and afterwards I can hook up to my trailer stopping at the first truck stop for a shower!
In tomorrows post I should have some cool pics to show you. There's a place I've always wanted to stop at along I-70 but never had the time. But on this next trip I got the time.
See ya on the highways and byways.
