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Life is a journey... I'm enjoying the ride!July 24 I'm still here...We recently had a load that took us up to Green Bay, Wisconsin. We ended up staying a couple nights with Tim's little sister Leslie, Taylor and her husband Paul. We had a wonderful relaxing visit with them. They have a beautiful house that sits at the end of a culdasack . Since then we've been up to Vermont for the first time, that was fun...lots of old Colonial homes. From there we had a load that took us to California and then back up to Illinois. We delivered there this morning and have a short load that is taking us to Indiana. From there we are heading up to Cincinnati Ohio for Jeanette's son Kenny's wedding. Yesterday In Texas as Cooper and I were out for a walk I came upon a snake that was about 4 feet long and about 2 inches in diameter. Oh yea...I probable would have stepped right on it if it hadn't lifted it's head out of the grass and stuck it's tongue out at me. Let's just say I didn't waste too much time leaving the scene. I did glance back to notice it was not a rattlesnake...but it is the biggest snake I have seen out in the wild. "People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be." Abraham Lincoln July 06 Go west young man....On this particular load we started out in North Carolina, we deadheaded to Missouri where we picked up a preloaded trailer. Since the load is not to deliver until Tuesday in Washington we have been able to relax and take our time. So instead of driving 4 to 5 hundred miles each we have been shutting down after 600 miles period. We are now in South Dakota. It is nice to revisit a state that we have not been to in a long while. You again can appreciate what it has to offer. The area around the Badlands and the Black Hills National Forest is a place I want to come back and explore. I would love to see Mount Rushmore. There is an abundance of things to do and historical things to check out.
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." Gandhi
June 23 Rejuvenated...Last week we were in Tooele, Utah with a load that took us to Hawthorne, Nevada. Talk about driving through the desert...sheesh. From there we deadheaded to California to pick up a load in Moorpark, but someone on the customer end messed up and that load got canceled. Our company will charge the shipper for not having a load for us and we will get a chunk of that money. So it wasn't a total loss. Plus we parked at a Mall for a day and I did some fun shopping, I found a dress for Kenny's wedding, oh yes and a pair of matching shoes; I enjoyed the day. I drove us into the Salt Lake City area early Saturday morning. We arrived at the customer around 5am. We ended up having to safe haven the load for the weekend since there was no one there to offload. Tim decided to get us a room at the Hilton near the airport, where we laid by the pool and relaxed. It was very nice and refreshing. This morning we headed back to the customer to get offloaded, which didn't take them long at all. But as of yet we have no load assignment... "You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it." Charles Buxton American writer June 08 Yep I'm back...It's hard to know where to begin, it's been a long time. And there has been a lot that has happened. I am pretty sure that I don't want to get into it all. I will say that my parents are doing much better. My dad is holding his own undergoing chemotherapy. He keeps a positive attitude. I am happy to report my mom has a spring in her step again. She has been having fun planting a garden and working in her yard. Dad is getting out of the house by working in his shed and helping mom with the garden. I do miss them, but it was time for me to get back to work. It was a blessing that I was able to take the time off, it wasn't always easy, I would say mostly good, but the challenges we did face have made us closer through God's loving grace. I do not regret one moment. With that said I will say it is good to be back out on the road and to be with my Timmy. I was worried about how Cooper would do, since he was out of the truck for so long. But he seems to be enjoying the ride, right from the co-pilot seat. Since I've been back out we have been to Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Missouri, Illinois, down to Texas and then back to Illinois where we are now. We will be heading back to Kentucky tomorrow. The weather has been mostly hot and humid. We did hit some pretty strong winds in Arkansas and Missouri. On a side note, Tim informed me today that since we started driving in May 2006 that I have logged 135,000 miles....sheesh...pretty crazy I know. whodaknew? "I don't know the secret to success, but the secret to failure is trying to please everyone." Bill Cosby March 08 March 8th~Well, it’s been a while since I’ve been on here. There has been a lot going on since I last wrote. We had a very nice Christmas and New Years. We spent January in Coos Bay. We had the opportunity to visit lots friends and just kick back and relax. Tim did some fabrication on the truck using the service of Tom Hull’s high school students. It was a fun and rewarding experience for him.
We were to get back on the road in February, but my dad was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. So we decided I needed to stay and help my parents until things got settled with dad. He is now on chemo and holding his own. However while I have been here; which has been about 3 weeks, I have noticed that my mom has gone down hill in regards to her health. So with my insistence we have run many tests on mom and some have not come out with good results i.e. liver and kidney functions. More tests and procedures are going to be run next week to determine what is causing the problem.
Tim is back on the road, running solo. They are keeping him busy he has already been up to Canada and back into Tennessee and Kentucky. Cooper stayed back with me. He helps lower my stress level and alleviate the worries of the day.
Keeps us in your thoughts and prayers! December 22 Dec. 21st~On the way through Oregon yesterday we got stuck in Baker City and then La Grande, Oregon. First due to a wreck and then there was a chain law on I- 84 and since we were hauling an explosive load we can not chain. Soooo we sat for about 4 hours, then finally the chain law was lifted and I drove us over the pass. It wasn’t too bad at that time. We arrived in Washington at the consignee late last night; we finalized the load this morning. We then went and had breakfast with two other couples. Jan and Ken from R&R and Ike and Toni from another company. Always good times to be had.
We are now on our way to Albany. We are going to meet up with Jarod somewhere on 101 and I am going to ride down with him. We are going to take about a month off for the holidays and get some things done in Coos Bay. So this will be my last entry until after the first of the year!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! God Bless December 19 Dec. 19th~We picked up our load last night in Oklahoma. We are now heading up to Washington State. The weather has been pretty good. Although in Wyoming the other night there was about a 5 mile stretch of black ice. There are still hand grip marks on the steering wheel. Yup I was driving. |
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Anyway we ended up in California for 2 nights before we got a load from China Lake, CA back to Utah near Salt Lake City. In China Lake which is north of LA, that particular load had to have tarps. Which isn't so bad but the temperature out was 110 degrees...ouch! Tim wouldn't let me help, he ended up with a couple of blisters because the tarps were so hot.
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