I delivered the load in Charlotte, NC that I picked up in Red Boiling Springs, TN on Tuesday morning. Had a nice drive through the Smoky Mountain Gorge on I-40 on Labor Day. They tried to give me a load to Connecticut but it had to be picked up in Kingsport, TN by 9am. It was already 430am and it was a 205 mile trip up there from Charlotte. I told them I could not make that with a 61 mph truck. Plus since I needed to be home on Monday, going to the northeast was a bad move 5 days before.
The load they gave me was 20 miles away in Gastonia, NC and it delivered this morning in Manteno, IL. They gave me a load out of Elwood, IL going to Olathe, KS which I deliver Friday morning. That is getting me closer to home and not the opposite direction. Got more pictures to download from the past week and try to get that on this weekend. Should be home by Monday for 4 days.
About Me
- Travis
- I am married 32 1/2 years and live in E. Texas. We have one son and 3 grandchildren. Although I have BS degree and have tried management several times, I have found I am more comfortable just driving a truck. You keep your record clean and drive safely you will always have a job. When lost management jobs, I was always able to get one driving. I have always loved writing, haven't done enough of it to increase my vocabulary over the years, but no time like the present to start. Thanks to Eric and Jamie's living in China and getting me hooked on blogs, I have decided to write my own. I am a long haul truck driver and I travel 48 states. I have done this off and on most of my working career, getting my commercial license in 1972 just to pull uncle's dozer around town. If anyone follows this maybe they will get some idea what I am going through. What any truck driver goes through and what he gives up in his life. It is very lonely and not for everyone.
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