Another 2-Day Update

DATELINE: BEAVERDAM, OH

Miles Today: 454

Once again I have to explain my lack of update yesterday. It was one of "those" days. (If you're a regular reader of this site, you know what I mean.) The day started out OK enough, if a bit early (at midnight). I took my time to have something to eat (one of those "Heater Meals" that heats itself up), check my e-mail, and make sure I was awake and ready to go. At 1:30 I went on-duty, fueled up my truck, found the trailer I was to haul, and got on the road at about 1:45. (Remember I was starting from USA Truck's Roanoke, VA terminal.) I made it to the customer site in Winchester, VA in plenty of time (before 6:00), backed into the dock successfully (if just a wee bit off from straight) and everything there went just fine. I then headed up he road a bit to a truck stop for some real breakfast and to wait for my next assignment. Still so far, so good. The assignment came...pick up a load in eastern Maryland. Still no problem, except that the pickup would be shortly before my 14 hour window for the day would run out. But OK, I could get there early; it was only about 2-1/2 hours away, and I had 4-1/2 hours left.

When I got to the pickup site is when the fun started. I discovered a couple of flat tires on my trailer. To make this long story short, I picked up up the load (backed into the dock for them to load up the trailer) then headed 25 miles up the highway to a truck stop that my company referred me to to get the tires fixed. The place was a zoo. Several other trucks waiting in line for service, so I wound up there for over 5 hours. Of course, by the time my tires were fixed, the truck stop's parking spots were all full, so I had to hit the road to find another truck stop or rest area with an open spot. I found one at a rest area about 60 more miles away. At least it was in the direction my load needs to go...to Paw Paw, MI. So by the time I hit that rest area, about 9:45 p.m., I was just too tired (no pun intended) to haul out the laptop and write about it. Hence no update yesterday.

As for today, I got up and hit the road before 8:00. Nothing but driving (and eating and fueling) today, so happily no glitches to report. I did stop a little early--5:30 p.m.--in order to get a parking spot at the Flying J truck stop here. That worked out perfectly. I also took the opportunity to get a shower and do some laundry, so I'll need to wrap this up so's I can get to bed. I'll need to get up early in the morning to hit the road around 4:30 to ensure I reach the delivery appointment on time.

Thanks once more for your rapt attention and commenting. Keep those coming, and keep on truckin'