Part of being a trucker is occasionally eating a full meal at a truck stop. Some are good and most are not. Tonight I had a decent meal at the Brintle Truck Stop in Mount Airy, NC. And now I’m sitting here watching football and drinking a glass of tea. I sure wish their WiFi made it all the way out to my truck in the parking lot.
Archive for November, 2007
Tonight I’m sitting here in Hammond, LA at the Pilot. I got here early and got the last parking spot which seems to be a theme in my life. I had planned to go up Meridian, MS, but with I-10 shut down and wrecks and backups all along the alternate route I decided to call it a night early. I figured by the time I got to Meridian there wouldn’t be any parking anyway.
So the plan is to get up early and get going the last 320 miles to the customer and see if they’ll take this load early.
Greetings from Luling, TX. I am on my way to Vance, AL to drop off some car parts. My appointment is for Tuesday morning, but I’m going to go up there on Monday morning and see if they will let me deliver early. If not I guess I’ll sit in a truckstop all day Monday. Anyway, I stopped here in Luling tonight because it was raining and I’m in no particular hurry. I got the last parking spot at this truck stop at about 6:30pm. It’s pretty small, but nice. It’s thundering and lightening here and I’m just glad to be off the road.
I had a chance to get a run up into New York which would have given me 1900 miles, but I decided against it. My feeling is that I’d rather have safe runs than long runs. The one to New York would have been tight on time and with winter approaching, a general lack of parking in the Northeast, and my total lack of experience, I decided this run to Alabama would be better for my nerves and the motoring public.
I was listening to a conversation on the CB radio today about fuel prices. The price of diesel is about $3.50 give or take. I guess that’s what you get when you elect an oil tycoon to be your President. Moral of the story, think before you vote.
