Miles Today: 505
Just another uneventful day of driving up through and out of Texas. I only drove 8-3/4 hours today 'cuz I'm in no rush to get to my delivery. That's scheduled for late Tuesday morning, and I only have another 500 or so miles to go to get there. So tomorrow I'll get close (probably stop in the Nashville, TN area) before heading to the company on Tuesday. That is unless, of course, I find out that an early delivery would be OK. In that case I'll just head straight there tomorrow.
For today, though, I've stopped for the night at the TA here in southwest AR, one of my favorite stops, even though it doesn't have a Popeye's Chicken stand. It does have a Taco Bell Express, and I've patronized that stand a few times previously, but tonight I just heated up an entree from my larder in my lunchbox oven.
Like I stated up top, 'twas an uneventful day, but it still sure is nice riving the new truck. And it's very nice being able to cruise at up around 70 MPH, since this vehicle doesn't have a 63-MPH governor on it. I will have to monitor the mileage, and if it's not quite up to company goals, I'll back off on the speed to the 65-MPH range. But for now, since I'm running low-ish on my 70 hours, I'll make tracks to this delivery as quickly as I can.
By the way, a few more features on this new truck that I didn't mention a couple days ago:
- Power windows (the old truck had hand cranks)
- Power mirrors (only the passenger-side one on the old truck was powered)
- A CD player (alas, no cassette player, so I can't finish the book I was listening to in my old truck when I got to West Memphis for the trade-in)
So 'tis late once more and time for bed. I'm blogging late tonight 'cuz I hit the poker tables to work on my supplemental income. I won't bore you with the details, but it was another night of mixed results and I came out a whopping 30 cents ahead. (Please don't tell the IRS, OK?) Thanks for taking a read today, and keep on truckin'.
1 comment:
I just think it's funny that you "only" drove 8-3/4 hours today, so it's a short workday. Most people would be moaning if they worked that long. Your work week maxes out at 70 hours. I wonder how many of your readers typically deal with 70-hour work weeks? (Even Mrs. RT usually tops out at 65 or so.)
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