I spent today running through SD and MT. SD went pretty well but about half way across MT I had a very close call. I was on a downhill grade and suddenly saw smoke about a quarter of a mile ahead of me. A big rig swung over to the right shoulder and then quickly back across the highway, rolling over and crashing in the median with the trailer laying across the highway totally blocking the left lane and partially blocking the right one. I'm hauling a wide load which is not exactly light. I ...

I'm currently sitting at the yard while my truck is being serviced. I'll be spending the night here and then tomorrow morning I'll be loading for Washington state. I'll be hauling an oversized load, snow removal equipment, to the port in Seattle and then a crane part up to the northern part of Washington. It's been a few months since I've been out that way so it'll make for a nice change of scenery. I don't mind running the Northwest too much, it's pretty scenery and for the most part good...

I parked at this truckstop in Fond du Lac, WI late yesterday afternoon. After grabbing a bite to eat I decided to stretch my legs and go find a couple of cold ones. My GPS indicated a bar about a mile away so I started walking in that direction. The trusty GPS lead me right to the place. It was called Rumors, and the sign on the building read "Rumors Adult Day Care". I thought that was pretty amusing so I went on inside. It was a typical little neighborhood tavern, wasn't very busy, and se...

Last night I went into the truckstop and was amazed to find that Stevie Nicks happened to be there. Wow. I managed to get to talk with her for a bit and she invited me to join her for dinner. We had some great conversation over not so great food. About the time we had finished eating, one of her songs, Sorcer, began playing over the sound system. I commented that it must be kind of strange to be in a place and hear yourself singing in the background. It was about that time that the alarm ...

This morning I headed over to DeLand, FL to pick up a damaged generator and two skids of axles that' are going back to the factory in WI. It's one that's mounted on a trailer and someone tried to go around a curve too fast with it and flipped it over. It isn't pretty. When i got there I told the guy that he needed to load the generator onto the top deck (front one), and the axles on the back deck because I'm also picking up a Mack truck. He kept whining about how he didn't know how he woul...

Dispatch called me a little while ago. I'll be leaving out in the morning. I have to pick up a partial in DeLand, FL and then they said I'd probably be heading for the Tallahassee area to pick up a truck. Time to get back to the old grind once again. Oh well, gotta make a buck one way or the other I suppose.

I am almost finished knitting my first hat. I was working on it last night when the yarn snapped right in the loop of a purl stitch on the needle as I went to purl it. Ack! This has never happened to me before so I wasn't sure of exactly what to do about it. As it was a stitch already on the needle the ends of the yarn weren't very long at all. I had to carefully tie them off into a knot which was not an easy task with those two very short little pieces. I did finally manage it and slipped...

I just got a call that my youngest brother's daughter just had her baby, a little girl, around 2:00 this morning. It was a bit of a surprise as she wasn't due until the 13th so it's a few days early. It's her first baby and the labor went pretty well, less than four hours. Girl, 4 lbs 15oz (tiny baby)

I'm working on knitting my first hat, a matching one for the Irish Hiking Scarf I finished a couple of days ago. So far it's going pretty well. I'll post a pic when it actually looks like something.

The back and hip have been bothering me a lot after 6 weeks on the road. This afternoon it was really annoying me so I decided that I needed to be laying down to try and ease things a bit. I tried the couch but that just wasn't nearly firm enough and made it worse. I tried the bed but that still wasn't good enough, so I tried the living room floor. Ahhhhhhhh. That did the trick. I laid on the carpet with a pillow under my knees for a little while, stretching my back as far as possible. I s...

After what seems like forever I finally finished the Irish Hiking Scarf tonight. I think it came out ok for my first cabling attempt. Now I just have to start on the hat.

I am finally home again after several weeks of being on the road. When I got home the sky was looking pretty ugly so I immediately walked over to the C-store and bought some brews to put in the fridge. I then called and ordered a pizza as I need to make a grocery run tomorrow. About 5 minutes after the pizza arrived it started raining. Pouring would be an apt adjective. I don't care. I am comfortably in my recliner with some hot pizza and cold brews. It can rain all night for all I care, I...

This morning I delivered the two big generators to a water treatment plant in a small GA town. The road leading to it was a narrow two lane road and the driveway was short with an electric gate. There was a deep ditch on each side of the narrow drive. There was no way possible for me to turn into this drive without running my trailer wheels into the ditch. I hooked the turn as wide as I could so that only the wheels on the left side would go into the ditch while the right ones remained on ...

It's such a beautiful day here in Atlanta. Sunshine, not too cool, not too hot, and a nice breeze blowing. After eating breakfast in the truckstop I had a seat on one of the benches outside near the entrance and enjoyed some fine outdoor knitting. It's nice to be able to sit outside and enjoy the nice weather and fresh air while knitting. Knitting outside is such an enjoyable experience and is a great way to pass the time. Naturally I had several comments and conversations while sitting a...

I spent a little time in the bar next to the hotel in which I am staying. I took my backpack with me and worked on my knitting while there. It fostered some amusing comments. Hey, I'm not knocking it, you're bigger than I am. That looks like good therapy but I'm not big enough to do that in public. Cool, whatcha makin? Do all truckers do that? Everyone I talked with tonight commented on my knitting and more than a couple of them indicated in a round about way that they were respec...