Busy days and lots going on down the road.....

July 20th to July 30th

Heading to Troutdale, OR to our terminal there to drop this trailer. 

Next load: 

Pickup: Troutdale, OR

Deliver: Billings, MT

Commodity: Paper products. Cups plates towels etc...

Did a Drop&Hook at swift yard in Troutdale, OR. Got our load to Billings, MT. 

Doesn't deliver till tomorrow so stopped in Benton City for the night. Getting ready to head out in a few.

Next load:

Pickup: Billings, MT

Deliver: Grandview, WA

Commodity: Walmart goods

Arrived at final destination, Walmart DC in Grandview, WA. 

Arrived at final destination in Billings, MT. 07/20/12

Delivered in Grandview, WA at 03:15.
Headed to our pickup location in Spokane and then on to Santa Fe, NM.
While Larrys doing that, I'm off to bed...zzz — at Petro Truck Stop Spokane,Wa.

 July 21 at 3:40am in Grandview, WA · 

Next load:
Pickup: Spokane, WA
Deliver: Santa Fe, NM — at Walmart DC 7021 - Grandview, WA.

 July 21 at 9:57am in Spokane, WA ·

July 22 near Durango, CO

Had a wonderful Sunday morning meeting in Durango, CO.   After that, the folks that have the meeting invited us for lunch along with one of the friends and sister worker. Great time great time!!  Now headed to Albuquerque, NM instead of Santa Fe to drop our trailer in our yard.

July 22 near Durango, CO,  Guess another forest fire......
In Durango, CO this time.

Next load

Pickup: Albuquerque, NM

Deliver: Plainfield, IN

Commodity: JC Penny load

July 23 at 3:04am

July 23, 

Still gotta little ways to go

 — at I-40 East.

Mt Vernon, MO! 

July 23 at 9:47am in Mount Vernon, MO

I'm noticing, there's a quite a few Mt Vernon's around the country.

Time to swap and I'm going to bed.

 — at Travel Centers of America Mt.Vernon, Missouri.

Lock'n loaded for Puyallup, WA.
July 24 near Brownsburg, IN

Arrived at customer location.

Next load:
Pickup: Plainfield, IN
Deliver: Puyallup&Renton, WA

Commodity: Dick's Sporting Goods merchandises

 July 23 at 6:37pm near Plainfield, IN ·

Thursday, July 28th

Rawlings, WY - Huntington, OR... 660mi.
Average fuel milage for last nights trip was a record, GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) at 47,000lbs and getting 9 MPG average.
Somebody's getting better MPG then some of these gas sucking SUVs!

Arrived at final destination.  7/27
No word on next load yet.

 — at Dick's Sporting Goods - Renton Wa.

Next load: Pickup: Tacoma, WA

Deliver: Billings, MT

Commodity: Super Value Store goods 

Friday at 3:31pm near Kent, WA

Delivered at customers. 

Off to pickup next load, only one problem.....
At this time we have no idea where the destination is.
Never had a load where we got dispatched and ordered to go pickup the load but don't know where it's going. This'll be interesting for the next few sec, min, h.....

Next Load:

Pickup: Worland, WY 

(got to Worland, WY but this one canceled!! 

On to a rescue mission in Casper, WY)  

New Pick up: Casper, WY

Deliver: Sidney, Nebraska

Commodity: Sporting goods.

July 29th morning

From July 14 to present ..... many miles along the Highway!!

July 14  1:09 am Leesburg, FL

Got loaded in Auburndale, FL this morning. 
Found out this load doesn't deliver for another 3days. Distance from Auburndale, FL to Bessemer, AL is 580mi...
Ummmmm..... Hello planners.....

Well there gonna make us drop the trailer in Atlanta, GA at our yard so hopefully we will keep moving after this. Dont know what's after this yet.

Louisiana/Mississippi state line on I-20... 07/14/12

July 14 10:14 am  Decatur, GA

Drop&Hook in Atlanta, GA. 



Next load:
Pickup: McCalla, AL


Deliver: Tolleson, AZ


*Dropping trailer at Swift yard in Albuquerque, NM

Louisiana/Mississippi state line on I-20... 07/14/12

Sunrise behind me.

Hop step and jump....
Food shower and bed!!!

July 15  6:08 am El Paso, TX

A little break to open my eyes up. 30 miles east of El Paso, TX. Few miles from Mexican boarder. I'm able to see some lights of Mexico from the freeway. Wish it was in the daylight.

July 16^th 4:53 am   Tucson, AZ

Swapped drivers at Sweetwater, TX last night, drove all the way in to Tucson, AZ this morning. Had a great Sunday morning meeting in Vail, AZ.

 Now we're headed to Phoenix yard to drop this trailer and go pickup our next load this morning. 



Next load: 
Pickup: Phoenix, AZ


Deliver: Fremont, CA



  

Commodity: Amazon goods

July 16^th 4:54 am   Tucson, AZ 

Welcome to the Grand Canyon state

July 16   2:01 pm Phoenix, AZ

Schedule change and we don't get our load till 04:00 tomorrow morning. We shall get some decent sleep tonight and head out to CA in the morning. — at Swift Terminal.

July 16, 8*35 pm Phoenix, AZ

04:00 appointment...... Turns out trailer not ready yet. — at Amazon.com.

85miles to Fremont, CA
Scratching my eyes.... Here we go!

July 17^th  12:01 pm in Los Banos, CA

85 miles to Fremont, CA
  Scratching my eyes.... Here we go! — at Petro Truck Stop.

Arrived at final destination in Fremont, CA.
Just waiting to get a dock door to get unloaded.

This is our load!!
Fremont load. Thank goodness I'm not unloading this.

Guy next to me, even worse... 8500 pieces 

July 17^th  2:13 pm

Next load:
Pickup: Oakland, CA


Deliver: Seattle, WA



Commodity: FedEx freight

Arrived at shipper, FedEx terminal in Oakland, CA.
Our scheduled departure time is 04:00 PST.
So we're gonna be sitting here for few hours.

July 17^th Tuesday  4:20 pm Oakland, CA

Arrived at shipper, FedEx terminal in Oakland, CA. 
Our scheduled departure time is 04:00 PST so we're gonna be sitting here for few hours.

FedEx load delivered. 

Tomorrow morning...



Next load: 
Pickup: Seattle, WA


Deliver: Toledo, OR



Commodity: Scrap paper — at Swift Sumner, WA 3:25 pm 

Scrap paper

Thursday 19, Seattle, WA  1:16 am

Heading to Troutdale, OR to our terminal there to drop this trailer. 



Next load: 
Pickup: Troutdale, OR


Deliver: Billings, MT



Commodity: ?

July 19  9:00 am

Did a Drop&Hook at swift yard in Troutdale, OR. Got our load to Billings, MT. 
Doesn't deliver till tomorrow so stopped in Benton City for the night. 
Getting ready to head out in a few.

Few shots of the Columbia from the WA side.

Few shots of the Columbia from the WA side.

Few shots of the Columbia from the WA side.