After getting my truck out of the shop on Wednesday I had to haul ass down to IL to deliver a generator, then go and pick up a Bomag roller to fill out my load. I then had to run like hell to deliver the Bomag in Denver on Friday.

After Denver I had to go to Elko, NV to deliver some steel to a mining supply company. That was Saturday. Those guys did me a favor because they aren't normally open on the weekend, but agreed to come in Saturday and unload their steel so I could be on my way to Cali.

Now it's Sunday afternoon and I am sitting about 3 hours or so North of Bakersfield where I have to deliver tomorrow morning. There's only one truckstop in Bakersfield and I know it would be packed full by the time I got there this evening so I parked here.

I'll get up a bit early in the morning and head on down to Bakersfield. The time zone difference works in my favor here as I'll still get there not long after they open up in the morning. That's assuming of course that traffic will allow a decent rate of travel.

I really do hate this state. This is the worst anti-truck state in the country. The weigh stations, which are all over the place here, seem to go out of their way to waste our time and are hell bent on writing as many tickets as they possibly can. I guess the state needs the money.

The truck speed limit here is 55mph while the car limit os 65. Yeah, that's real safe. Having the trucks move that much slower than the cars is not only stupid but it's very unsafe. The cars zig zag around the slower moving trucks, often cutting right in front of us and slamming on the brakes to make their exit. But of course we're the ones who have to be overly regulated, hassled, and ticketed at every opportunity.

Cali drivers are some of the most unsafe in the country. I had several close calls today, all of them after I crossed into this shit hole state. Federal accident statistics prove that 75% of the car/truck accidents in this country are caused by the drivers of the cars, not the big rigs. And yet we're forced to drive at a slower speed which costs us time and money, and we're the ones who are treated like criminals on a daily basis. We're the damn victims of these idiot drivers not the other way around.

It's kind of like arresting the home owner because someone broke into his house and stole all his possessions.

They have a hard time getting me for anything. My log book is precise and legal, I set my cruise control at 54 mph, and thumb my nose at the assholes looking to get some revenue out of me. Fuck them. They want slow trucks I'll give them one. And to hell with how it screws up their traffic. Not my problem.

Yeah, ok, I've been running hard the past few days, I'm tired, my bum hip hurts, and I'm crabby. I think I'll turn in early tonight and get a little extra sleep.