200304 MN DOT
I PASSED Shortly after 8 AM, I get a call to come in to the clinic and get my blood pressure checked again and pick up my DOT card. When I get there things are a little confused, a failure to communicate. When checking my BP on our machine I have been legal every day for the last three weeks. We get...
200303 MN DOT
Received a phone call that the 2nd Dr had signed off on me, left a message with the original Dr.... but I'm not going to assume this is a done deal until I leave the DMV. Load board is up to 70. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
200302 MN DOT
Made sure I was to my appointment on time. I was going to have to drive in rush hour traffic so I didn't know what to expect. Got there any hour before the appointment. No rolling of the eyes by the staff, they just stuck to the facts. They said they should be able to keep it to an hour instead of t...
200228 MN DOT
It's been less than two weeks since I delivered my last unit but it seems like forever. Last summer we were mostly off from April thru Nov, only driving about one day a week. TODAY. I waited until about 10 AM to call the clinic to see what I could do about my appointment. I had to leave a message to...
200227 MN DOT
51 on the loadboard by the end of the day. I try not to look at it right now. Went to my appointment today and they didn't seem to think this was a big issue, but they also didn't want to sign off. Everyone wants to push it off to someone else. So now I get to do a driving test... March 30. That was...
200226 MN DOT
Don't expect things to move fast, at least not always. Called first thing this AM and left a message for the Dr. Sometime after noon the Dr them self called back. They were not backing down, they said they had sent out an 'urgent' email to see if ANYONE was available. 2nd choice would be to see some...
200225 MN DOT
Appointment this AM. Blood pressure was OK at home but up when I got there. Came down enough to pass... but the Dr saw that I had been to a specialist after I had problems with my eye last summer and wouldn't give me a DOT card until I have a follow up appointment. They didn't put any restrictions o...
200224 MN DOT
Still home. Blood pressure has stayed down with the new medication so I went back in this AM and passed at the clinic. As long as I was there, I had them call and get me a DOT appointment for tomorrow / Tuesday. But looking at our notes, it takes a day after we pass for my other company to 'see' it....
200220 MN DOT
FAILED AGAIN Blood pressure that is. Checked it in the AM at home and I was fine on the first take. Got to the clinic for my eye check up and that all went OK. Right eye is failing a little faster than the left, left didn't change at all from last year. And the issue that I had last year with my eye...
200219 MN DOT
Back to DOT write ups. I posted a few details about my last years DOT about a year ago and maybe a few details about my wife's DOT in July - Aug last year. My wife has been on blood pressure meds for years and when it came to the DOT that was not an issue. Always right where it should be. But she we...
200218 CA-IL
1 bus dropped in Granite City/St Louis, IL.... spending the night at HOME. Long / short day. Bacon, good bacon. Still the thin stuff but it had flavor. And yogurt was one of those 'fruit on the bottom' kinds. It would turn out having to hold me until evening. A lot more snow than was forecast. Scrap...
200217 CA-IL
1 bus dropped in Granite City/St Louis, IL.... spending the night in Charles City, IA. Another rough night, but I know I slept because of all the weird dreams I had. Too much coughing to get my blood pressure reading down.:( Got up an hour before I planned on leaving, BB was still sleeping. Only had...
200216 CA-IL
1 bus going to St Louis, IL.... spending the night in Edwardsville, IL. No reason to get out of bed early so we didn't. Finally decided to go down and eat breakfast before they closed it. 100 miles to go to the rental car. I had looked at aerial photo's and street view. Good thing I did. The street...
200215 CA-IL
1 bus going to St Louis, IL.... spending the night in Rolla, MO. Woke up not feeling 100%, it hasn't gotten any better. Been checking my blood pressure in the AM for most of a couple weeks. This is the 1st time I have had to do the test three times to get it in the range it needs to be. Could have s...
200214 CA-IL
1 bus going to St Louis, IL.... spending the night in Elk City, OK. Good bed, good nights sleep last night. No good yogurt so breakfast was just eggs and sausage. This AM we had about 10 miles of rush hour traffic before we were heading against it. Traffic has never been an issue so we continue to s...
200213 CA-IL
1 bus going to St Louis, IL.... spending the night in Albuquerque, NM. Good breakfast, real eggs. I parked behind one of our buses that was heading to Miami-Dade, they were still there when we left. I did know anyone kept a slower pace than we did. I'm guessing this was the same one we saw at the mo...
200212 CA-IL
1 bus going to St Louis, IL.... spending the night in Kingman, AZ. Other bus was gone by the time we went down for breakfast. Good news, we can now get our AZ permits from our permit company and have them in hand before we get to the scale. But they don't have them to us before we leave this AM so w...
200211 CA-IL
1 bus going to St Louis, IL.... spending the night in Santa Nella, CA. Late night will write more later. Delivery is M-F, we will get there Saturday and Monday MAYBE a holiday for them. Should know tomorrow. >>> posted later <<< When we went down for breakfast I saw that one of our...
200210 CA
Waiting on work... spending the night in Santa Nella, CA. Added some pictures this AM. Am going to try to post one picture for every trip. To see the pictures from prior trips, you will need to change the date to a different range. Right now there are a total of 12 pictures posted. Not sure what dat...
200209 CA
Waiting on work... spending the night in Morgan Hill, CA. We are going to bed at Mt time, waking up at central time and living in Pacific time. We were both awake early and were on our computers long before it was time to go down and eat. Headed down as soon as they started serving at 7 AM and were...
200208 CA
Waiting on work... spending the night in Bakersfield, CA. We didn't think of anything else to do so we decided to drive... on our day off. Breakfast was the usual, we didn't have to rush to get anywhere so we weren't down when they opened. Nothing else to do today so we decided to go take pictures a...
200207 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis, CA... now delivered.... spending the night in Livermore, CA. Noisy heater in an otherwise great room. Didn't get as good or as much sleep as we should have. No free breakfast here. We have to head down to Mel's Diner. Home of American Graffiti. Food is good. BB just ordered 1 egg, t...
200206 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis, CA... spending the night in Verdi, just west of Reno. Ate too much last night, should have just gone with what BB got off the senior menu. So this AM I was going to just have yogurt. But I saw there was bacon and cheese omelettes before I remembered so I had those plus yogurt. And t...
200205 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis, CA... spending the night in Up at 5:30, 'Black Ice and No Unnecessary Travel' here to Laramie. Then closed completely for the next 60 miles beyond that. Plan now is to delivery by spring:) We hope if the sun is out today that we can get to Laramie this afternoon. There we will likel...
200204 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis, CA... spending the night in Cheyenne, WY. Bacon... and cheese omelettes so I passed on the yogurt. Rolling at 7 AM today, it is just getting light out and we should be able to make in to Laramie in daylight hours. Not much new for sights since 10 days ago. 1st stop at the rest area...
200203 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis, CA... spending the night in Lincoln, NE. If you want to know where we WILL be, just look at our last trip. I plan on making almost the exact same stops.:) Breakfast was the usual, then it took us an extra few minutes to scrape off our windows. Lots of frost. Got to the lot about 8 A...
200202 CA-TX
1 Bus to Austin, TX, delivered, heading home Home for four hours. 2 RV's to Davis, CA... spending the night in Albert Lea, MN. Breakfast, the basics. No sausage, but biscuits and gravy. Fruit was past it's prime so BB had a rare cup of juice instead. This place is one of those that, to me, is a Supe...
200201 CA-TX
1 Bus to Austin, TX, delivered, heading home... spending the night in Osceola, IA. Two kinds of sausage this AM, one tasted like maybe a turkey sausage? I didn't ask. 1st stop - Less than a half hour down the road we stop for fuel. Fuel was cheapest a few miles out of route, $1.84. But we had planne...
200131 CA-TX
1 Bus to Austin, TX, delivered... spending the night in Fort Worth, TX. Did not leave out at 5 AM, got up at 5 AM. Breakfast was good, eggs had cheese and peppers in them. Couldn't get the juice machine to work, staff had to do it for me. Only issue with the hotel was the water in the tub was runnin...
200130 CA-TX
1 Bus to Austin, TX... spending the night in Sonora, TX. Still making good time. Breakfast is served in the same area we ate last night. Sign says $9 or show your room key. We've seen a few of these that are open to the public. Not sure if they ever get any takers. Real, thick, bacon. I only had one...
200129 CA-TX
1 Bus to Austin, TX... spending the night in Deming, NM. Finally back to current. Juice machine wasn't working this AM so I had a little milk, very little. Other stuff was good. All the other truckers were gone by the time we left at 6:15. At this place breakfast started at 5, wish more places did....
200128 CA-TX
1 Bus to Austin, TX... spending the night in Blythe, CA. Trying to get delivered by Friday, on limited hours. Every minute counts, so far so good. Still writing these up a day after the fact. Breakfast was the basic. We were up and ready to go so we didn't wait until our planned time. Almost still d...
200127 IA-NV
2 RV's to Carson City, NV, delivered 1 Bus to Austin, TX... spending the night in Santa Nella, CA. It is now a day and a half later, and breakfast is a blur as likely are other things. I had enough fuel to make it... if my range didn't change. Not likely. The range seems to go down faster than the m...
200126 IA-NV
2 RV's to Carson City, NV... spending the night in Fernley, NV, just east of Reno. Because of our permit, we can not enter NV until 9 AM Pacific so we can sleep in a little longer. BB uses some of that time to use the fitness room. I walked to Arbeys last night plus went down for cookies three times...
200125 IA-NV
2 RV's to Carson City, NV... spending the night in Lake Point / Tooele, UT. By the end of the day, all is good. I didn't hear any kids last night, BB was up sometime during the night and heard someone but that was it. Did make it a little crowded this AM in the breakfast area but the staff did seem...
200124 IA-NV
2 RV's to Carson City, NV... spending the night in Laramie, WY. At some of the motels they slide the bill under the door so it makes for a faster check-out. This AM we had two bills, one for our room and one for the room above us. We paid less:) Bacon was included in today's breakfast. We were both...
200123 IA-NV
2 RV's to Carson City, NV... made it to Lincoln, NE for the night. BB had looked out our window as soon as she got up and saw a truck going really slow and she was thinking... oh, oh, it's bad. Then she realized that the driver was stopping on the side of the road. Today breakfast was open at 6 AM l...
200122 IA-NV
On our way to Carson City, NV with 2 RV's. Made it to Albert Lea tonight... at least a dozen people in the ditch and it took about 50% longer. Plan was to be home to spend time with family on Saturday and then head out. Ended up weather was bad so we almost canceled but didn't. But we wouldn't be ab...
200115 NC-IL
1 trucks from NC to IL... delivered and made it home. Breakfast, better than yesterday. Help was engaged. Last night we had done the math on how much fuel I would need to make delivery. This AM I decided to fuel next door to the motel to save a stop. As I'm fueling, I realize that last night I didn'...
200114 NC-IL
1 trucks from NC to IL... made it to Richmond, KY tonight. Last night before we got to sleep, we heard the train. But that was it, never heard another one so not an issue. When we got down for breakfast, all the hard boiled eggs were gone, we took the last of the egg patties, all the bread was gone,...
200113 IA-FL
2 trucks from IA to FL... delivered and heading home, unless on route work shows up. Two things I let the front desk know about when we checked out. Little bugs on the (inside of the) window and the musty smell. BB was up, sitting in the bathroom with the fan on because the smell was bothering her s...
200112 IA-FL
2 trucks from IA to FL... we are in Palm Bay, FL tonight, about 5 miles from our drop. No work lined up so we didn't try to drop today. We only had 300 miles to go today so we didn't get going until 9 AM local. It's raining again so very brief inspection. A lot more people at breakfast when we are d...
200111 IA-FL
2 trucks from IA to FL... got as far as Tifton, GA tonight, about an hour from the GA-FL line. Setting the alarm for 5 AM sounded too early so we set it for 5:30, but BB was up at 5 AM anyway. I was half awake and had been a good share of the night. Not sure if that chocolate cookie was to blame? I...
200110 IA-FL
2 trucks from IA to FL... got as far as Nashville, TN tonight Breakfast as usual. We hadn't planned on getting going early this AM, we wanted to wait until after rush hour before we headed through St Louis. We waited until 8:30 which was our plan. Our plan was not for rain, so traffic still seemed t...
200109 IA-FL
2 trucks from IA to FL... got as far as O'Fallon, MO. Alarm went off at 6 AM today. We hadn't contacted the pickup location so it wasn't going to be an early morning. Breakfast was eggs, sausage and yogurt. Juice was orange, the apple juice looked like water and smelled formented. After breakfast th...
200108 IA-FL
IA to FL... but with trucks. There had been two RV's back to Greer on the board over the weekend so I called in Monday AM. And redialed, and redialed and when I got through, I could here someone in the background... giving away one of the Greer, SC runs. No, we didn't want just one, or anything else...
200105 NC-IL
Heading home, made it home. Breakfast wasn't until 7 AM on weekends so we decided to pass and get going at 6:30. Driving in the dark... again. Today I hit a deer with the rental car... the carcass but still, it was dark and I didn't see it in time to swerve. Saw the first parts of it and thought the...
200104 NC-IL
1 Tree truck, dropped in Romeovill, IL... Made it back to Cedar Rapids tonight. Breakfast? Mini omelett, ham, yogurt. Apple juice was water, OJ had a little kick, the pineapple orange was a little flat but OK. Very few cars in this lot in the AM either, quite a few more over at the Waffle House. Whe...
200103 NC-IL
1 Tree truck to Romeoville, IL... Made it to Dayton, OH tonight. We were not up at 6 AM local today. 6 AM central, yes. Breakfast was eggs, sausage and yogurt again. Nothing outdated here. It has been really slow at the motels this week. Half dozen cars max, at 80-100 room motels. Should have asked...
200102 MN-SC
2 RV's, delivered to Greer, SC... got back to Mount Airy, NC, ready to pickup next truck tomorrow AM. Even in the earlier time zone, no alarm clock. Down for breakfast when they open at 6 AM. I was not feeling real hot this AM, in fact the opposite. Usually by the time I wake up I am sweating, today...
200101 MN-SC
2 RV's, heading to Greer, SC... got as far as Lexington, KY tonight. HAPPY NEW YEAR. BB was up before the alarm, we were down for breakfast before 6 AM. One other guest was down eating and started talking to us. He had gone from MI to CO and was on his way back. Yogurt was all expired, juice was ???...
191231 MN-SC
2 RV's, heading to Greer, SC... got as far as Moline, IL tonight. Original plan had been to wait until after 9 AM to get going. Then we did the math and realized if we were going to make delivery on Thursday, we needed to get going earlier. Alarm goes off at 6 AM. I hadn't looked out to see that it...
191230 MN-SC
Zero on the board for the last few days. Finally today they started putting a few out. The 1st few were gone as fast as we could hit re-fresh. Late in the day they put out a few that stayed so we had time to look at them and think about it. We would have had to been on the road this morning if we we...