A bunch of useless crap
Published on January 24, 2007 By MasonM In Blogging
Well I finally got a call from dispatch about a load. I am to pick up a couple of truck chassis tomorrow morning in an Oregon town by the probably very truthful name of Boring. It's just a little bit East of Portland.

I've moved my rig South and am now at a truck stop between Tacoma, WA and Portland, OR about 57 miles from the OR line. As I can't pick up the load until 9:00am Pacific time, I'm close enough for now. It'll take me a couple of hours to reach the pick up location which means I can sleep until 8:00 am Central time tomorrow (if I want, but probably won't) and still make it there with time to spare.

Ah well, at least I have different scenery to look at now. Lots of hills and tall pines, but no rugged mountains in view from here. I'll spend the rest of the day and the evening surfing the net and working on my knitting. No pesky taverns to lure me away from the truck tonight.

It should be a boring evening as well as a Boring morning tomorrow.

Comments
on Jan 24, 2007
Sounds so very Boring...but, not always a bad thing, I suppose...least ya got knitting and the net to keep you occupied. As for me, I have calculus and finishing the book, "The Rings of Saturn"...which is a...not so fun book to read.

~Zoo
on Jan 24, 2007
Sounds so very Boring...but, not always a bad thing, I suppose...least ya got knitting and the net to keep you occupied.


Yep. I bought a bag of Jelly Belly jelly beans, popped in a DVD, and started in on knitting. There are worse ways to pass the time. (Like calculus and The Rings of Saturn)
on Jan 24, 2007
I thought Boring and Oregon were synonymous? But what do I know? I have only been there twice.
on Jan 24, 2007
I thought Boring and Oregon were synonymous?


Perhaps they felt the need to label the epicenter of the boredom?
on Jan 24, 2007
See my house by the main gate on the way past down I-5? {waves}
on Jan 24, 2007
See my house by the main gate on the way past down I-5? {waves}

I thought about you as I drove past the base. I'm way down in Toledo tonight.
on Jan 24, 2007
I dunno why the title "Boring Article" attracted my attention above all the others, but it did.

But all that traveling doesn't sound boring at all. Whenever I go on long road trips, I love it so much. I think a lot about those truck drivers out there, and I think it would be a blast to be out on the road like that.

But it's dangerous, I know. It sure looks fun from a distance though.
on Jan 25, 2007
I dunno why the title "Boring Article" attracted my attention above all the others, but it did.


Thanks,the title did it's job.

But it's dangerous, I know. It sure looks fun from a distance though.


It has it's ups and downs but I enjoy being a paid tourist.