OH -> IN -> IL -> MO

DATELINE: WENTZVILLE, MO, 8:30 p.m. CST

Miles Today: 487

Another short report tonight, as it's been a long day after too short a night of sleep, and I gotta' get up and rolling early tomorrow. So right to it.

Up this morning in Vandalia, OH a little after 6:00 EST and on the road by 6:45. Got to my delivery just to the southwest of Indianapolis by 9:45. Thankfully, the weather was warm enough down where I was that we just had rain (quite heavy for a while) instead of the ice and show reported up to the north. So driving was not treacherous at all. It was a fairly quick live unload, and my next assignment came in fairly quickly afterwards.

My next pickup was in Lebanon, IN, just northwest of Indy. That one was a drop-and-hook, but took an hour nonetheless. And now I'm on my way with the load to it's destination in Harrisonville, MO, which is a tad south of Kansas City. Delivery time is set for 9:00 a.m., so I gotta get up and boogie-ing as soon as I've had 10 hours of break tonight.

Let's see, I parked here (the TA in this town, a little bit west of St. Louis) at 6:45 p.m., so I'll be rolling at 4:45. (Both times CST.) I still have over 200 miles to go, so we'll see if I make it on time or not. This one's gonna' be a drop and hook, so I don't think it'll be too terrible if I'm a few minutes behind schedule. Besides, this was one of those runs with little "wiggle room" in the schedule, most of which was eaten up by rush-hour traffic on the bypass around St. Louis.

OK, I've had my dinner (Popeye's Chicken), brushed my teeth, Facebooked, talked with Mrs. R.T. on the phone, and blogged, so I guess it's time to hit the sack. Thanks for your interest today. Keep them comments and questions coming, and keep on truckin'.