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