Okay, so it hasn't been a bad winter (knock on wood). But here's the thing it's hard not to like the 60's in the south. That's why we're going back to North Carolina. In 5 or 6 months we'll hate it down here because it's too hot! You can just never make some people happy! Santa arrives in 11 days!!!!!!! Hope it snows! LOL
So we get up before dawn, drive over an hour into Baltimore and cant find the delivery site. So we give the customer a call only to realize pickup isnt until Monday! Oopsie! So now we have two days in Baltimore...maybe we will take in a game! LOL
You just gotta love the Florance KY water tower! Just south of Cincinnati you can see it from both ways..haven't seen another like it yet! On our way to North Carolina and have beautiful snow fall in the Appalachian Mountains but alas its dark and no photos to share. While I don't find the idea of driving the truck in the snow very appealing, there is nothing....I mean absolutely nothing like fresh snow clinging to everything in sight ....absolutely beautiful!
Snow in Iowa and now they are calling for snow and rain mix through to Decatur Illinois. Dennis and I are visiting Caterpillar, we just hope we don't get stuck there. We knew the snow would come sooner or later but we were hoping for later! Today is the kind of day you just want to curl up on the couch with a good book but we gotta work if we want to be home to meet up with Santa! Happy Saturday!
Little delay on this blog post, sorry about that!
I saw the most horrid accident on I-30 going into Dallas at three am this morning. I will spare all the gruesome details but it involved two semi trucks one car and near as I can figure three horses. It was the single most gruesome thing I've ever seen. If I were 60 seconds further it would have been me. One horse looked physically ok but scared witless. Safe travels all.....
Well we didn't make it home for the holiday, we wanted to save it for Christmas. So we spent two days at the Hampton Inn in a two bedroom suite, full kitchen, jacuzzi tub and had spaghetti for dinner! Not to worry, the next day I did make the most important part of dinner....pumpkin pie! Yummmmm! Back to work now and on or way west ....we're determined to stay warm! Plus I just love the southern hopsitality!
Been running hard these last two weeks and we both need a break. Walmart, oil change, paperwork....then I will hop online and see whats around...if anything interesting we will see. I only know 60 degrees in Nashville is better than 30 in Minneapolis! It really is amazing how fast you become wimpy!
Pretty big! We passed more cars driving one mile in New York City than 774 miles through Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota! I'd say there are more cows than cars! Beautiful countryside.
Well we knew it would happen sooner or later....ran into a little storm south of Buffalo Wyoming at 4:30 am. So like a smart person I pulled off the highway and took a nap then let my husband drive! Good morning Wyoming!
Watched the sun go down in Kansas and woke up to the Rocky Mountains......pretty awsome! There's snow in them there hills too!
What a beautiful sunset driving west last night! The cows, who were sticking their heads through the fence, wanted me to let everyone know that.....Yes, the grass is greener on the other side of the fence! It was hysterical!
After our trip through New York City we needed fresh air and an absence of sky scrapers! We found a couple of very nice campgrounds in the northeast corner of N. Carolina. The first was Rocky Hock Campgrounds that had a private pond (no fishing license required and Friday night Jamboree's at Dave's Barn). They have all hookups, showers, and laundry. The next night we stayed at Trail's End Campground. Very nice area, shower facilities and full hook ups. Both welcome expediting trucks/vans please see links page for website info. It was a wonderful change from truck stops (which there aren't any of in the northeast corner of the state). Thanks for the hospitality! I got to pick cotton right from the field and Lulu gave me some Sweet Sorghum which I'm anxious to try out on a hot biscuit!
Have you ever wanted to join rush hour traffic from New Jersey to Time Square on a Friday morning? The drive wasn't so bad but try making the delivery parked right on Broadway and Time Square! People..people..everywhere! Like Crocodile Dundee said....they sure mist be a friendly bunch to live together like this!
Here we are....Michiganians delivering Texas Ranger apparel to Dicks Sporting Goods! Bad karma......
These are still the best billboards in the county! Although I saw a billboard with a real live waterfall in Dallas that was pretty cool!
No bake oatmeal cookies made in the sleeper of a 40' straight truck! You can do anything if you set your mind to it! Not sure how they taste yet but they do look good!
(All while watching South Carolina vs Mississippi on the 17")...life's good!
These are some of the funniest billboards on our highways! Haven't eaten there yet but their billboard are hysterical!
Im finally get to learn how to do this. (Dennis) As we travel we take alot of pictures through our droid boinic phone. It takes good pictures. But at night its a pain. So we were going to Alabama. So a called up a ole army buddy. We got together for a few hours. It was great. Talking about the good days and about desert storm. Alot of memories resurfaced. Then we sat for couple of days. Played some modern warfare on xbox 360. With my nephew in nevada and friends at home. Got load offer to Tennessee. Seen a sign for the Jack Daniels plant. 2 people first came to mind my brother Doug and brother in law Justin. Made delivery so we are sitting at pilot at Lebanon. Tennessee . Waiting. Waiting and Waiting ...lol.
The whole fam damly is off to Tonawanda NY! Yes the dog and cat are accompanying us on this trip, we are all doing just fine but its only been 5 hours! Looking forward to seeing the colors change across the country!
I have to say if there is one place I would like to spend more time its the state of Wyoming. I'm not sure what I find so different from the mountains in Wyoming and the mountains in Nevada but besides visiting Yellowstone (one of my top 10) I would like to explore that beautiful state some more!
Looking out at fields of cotton it struck me a litte funny that we eat what comes from the garden but we wear cotton!!!!!!
The Great River touches 10 states and I've already been to 9...the muddy waters feed rivers like the Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Arkansas and about a half dozen others. Its the largest river system in North America. Its amazing to think how much of this country was built because of this river system!
Interesting area I've never noticed before. Oh, well, I've seen them, but never had to drive through them before. It seems to me that if I have to drive through they should make their expectations clear. Do I stop? Keep moving? Use right or left lane? This communication shouldnt happen in the very last second! And really if the weigh station is open could ALL the signs leading to the station say they're open and not the very last one? And while I'm at it....this Prepass thing....is it just me or does everyone have a hard time seeing the little red and green light during the day? Aaannnnd we are the United States...why dont all states have Prepass? And why don’t all truck drivers have it in cab instead of complaining of having to pull over at each station? Really I understand the need and have no problem complying but does it have to be so confusing?
My first trip to Texas was hot and dry. However, if you ask a Texan they'll tell you it felt like fall at 90 some degrees! Dallas area was impressive I must admit...but then its very new! Of course as you can see its very cow friendly!
In the south, specifically South Carolina, they have a tree/shrub called Lagerstroemia or Crape myrtle. They have various colors but the pink ones are spectacular, even in late August. The other thing South Carolina has are very cool fountain beverages. When you go for your 44oz. Coke they have cherry syrup dispensers right there and viola` you have a most excellent cherry coke! Very yummy!
