Friday, August 14, 2009

Eastbound and Down

Woke up this morning at the rest area around 6:30 AM central time there in East Texas. I had to wait until 7:15 to drive in order to reset my daily clock, so I looked up online and sure enough there was a geocache there that I had not yet found. By the time I found it in the woods, signed the log and returned, it was time to go.

I drove just 40 miles down the road to my exit and there was a truck stop there so I stopped in for a quick shower. From there I headed down Hwy 146 to Baytown, TX. About an hour later they had me unloaded and I was headed to my next load.




Just a few miles down and across the water is La Porte, TX where Dow Chemical and my next load is coming from. Another hour later and I'm loaded up and good to go. Back up to the truck stop where I showered to roll across the CAT Scales and have the truck weighed. Another heavy load, 44,000 lbs of those small plastic BB's. I also grabbed a bite for lunch there at McDonald's since I already had to stop.

Now it's off to Georgia. I ran into a 10 mile traffic jam from about 4 miles west of Baton Rouge, LA all the way to I-12 eastbound. I finally decided to park for the night here at a Flying J near Gulfport, MS.

That's it for today. See ya on the road...