DATELINE: WEST MEMPHIS, AR, 8:00 p.m. CDT
Miles Today: 564
Whooo-eee, another long day today. I logged my full 11 hours of driving (although there are some short rest stops in there along the way), and boy am I bushed now. I'll be heading off to sleep once I get y'all caught up with today's story.
As you recall from yesterday's update, I'm on my way to the Dallas area with my current load. Well, let's make that I WAS on my way to Dallas with my FORMER load. I got a message from dispatch when I was on my way across western TN that I was to meet up with another driver at a truck stop en route and swap loads. (Why? I don't know. We never know why dispatch does the things they do.) Actually, this was part of a 3-way swap, and all I know (and care about) is I'll be taking my new load to Des Moines, IA, also due for a Friday morning delivery. That increases my total miles (woo-hoo!) during this trip, plus this new load caries a bonus of 3 cents per mile that I haul it. (WOO-HOO!) Well, at least for the miles that officially go on the books, that is, which in this case will be 590.
Anyway, the swap (my part of it, at least) went off without a hitch, and I finished my day by driving the rest of the way here to West Memphis. And now I've told you about it, so my day is done. Like I stated earlier, I am tired, even though I did get a good night's sleep last night. It was a very pleasant night weather-wise in the Dayton area, and I slept with my sleeper berth's windows open and the engine off. But I'm still a bit short on sleep from my time at home (go figure!), so I'm still playing catch-up.
Thanks once again for looking in. Do please drop me a line, and keep on truckin'.
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So what hazardous materials are you hauling that rates the extra 3 cents per mile? Just watch those potholes, okay?
So, how did you like HPatDH? I started reading around 5:00 or so Saturday afternoon, and finished it early in the afternoon on Sunday, after very little sleep, but some breaks to do some other things, like fire up and monitor my smoker while smoking a beef brisket.
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