Friday, July 20, 2012

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 16th 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 16th 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 17th  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 17th  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 17th 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.

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