211222 MN-MN
3 tankers to Lake Elmo MN (staged)... spending the night at home No calls for work Tuesday, but before 8 AM this morning dispatch calls us about doing local/metro trips today. Short notice so we say we can be there by 10 AM. 9 AM would have been better, I forgot how long each trip takes and how earl...
211220 MN-MN
1 truck to Bloomington MN (towed)... spending the night at home We got to the office about 9 AM, I was expecting to see the bus crew but no one else was in the office except our safety man interviewing yet another new driver. My paperwork is laying on the counter so I grab it and talk to no one. We...
211218 MN
Today didn't go quite as planned. It was supposed to be a day to relax. Pretty much when I got up I realized our furnace was blowing cold air. Usually when I stand in front of the sink and the furnace fan is blowing my feet get so hot I have to move them. Today it was cold air. But the house temp wa...
211217 MN-MN
1 truck in New Brighton, 1 truck in Bloomington both to Lake Elmo MN (delivered)... spending the night at home 9 AM this morning we get a call from the local dispatch about two local trucks. One will not be ready until mid-afternoon so that leaves us time to get our planned items done first. One of...
211215 MT-MN
1 Pickup to Shakopee MN (delivered)... spending the night at home 16 days on the road and we made it home tonight... None of the good bacon sausage this AM, just the usual kind. We were done and ready to go at 8 AM. No frost on the windows this AM, 51 degrees and fog. Lots of fog, visibility was dow...
211214 MT-MN
1 Pickup to Shakopee MN (delivered)... spending the night at Albert Lea MN (This truck has no heat) Later last night a dog in the room next to us started barking. We let it go for a while and then finally called the front desk. When the dog hadn't quieted down in a half hour we asked to be moved. Wh...
211213 MT-MN
1 Pickup to Shakopee MN... spending the night at Bismarck ND This place has make to order eggs in the AM, but you need to check in at the front desk first. We ordered ours, with sausage or hash browns. As we were waiting another couple walked up to place their order, the cook asked them for their ca...
211212 MT-MN
1 Pickup to Shakopee MN (Monday)... spending the night at Billings MT Breakfast - I stuck with eggs and sausage, passed on the yogurt. Left out at 8 AM local. Weather forecast was for snow by the time we got to Dubois. They were correct. Traffic slowed to 20 mph below the speed limit, that was prett...
211211 CA-UT
1 Bus to Salt Lake City UT (delivered)... spending the night at Idaho Falls ID Breakfast... was supposed to be ready at 5:30 and it still wasn't at 6 AM so we took our first trip of stuff to the bus and got it started. At 10 degrees it can warm up for a bit before we head out. Breakfast was sausage...
211210 CA-UT
1 Bus to Salt Lake City UT... spending the night at Elko NV Breakfast - Was a bag lunch. We had to fill out a check off list last night and then pick up our pre-made bags in the AM. I was wondering how easy it was going to be to get out of the lot as we didn't park in our usual place. Not a problem,...
211209 CA-UT
1 Bus to Salt Lake City UT... spending the night at Livermore CA Breakfast ? (it's been a long day) eggs and sausage. We left out of the Las Vegas hotel at 7:30 local. We didn't think of looking to see the prices of a non-Choice hotel. Some of them have pretty cheap rates online but we don't know wh...
211208 CA-UT
1 Bus to Salt Lake City UT (delivered)... spending the night at Las Vegas NV Bang, bang, bang... sometime during the night I hear three shots ring out. A pause and then a single shot. Then two more. But I realize I do not hear any sirens or screams. I hear a few more, then my heater shuts off and wi...
211207 CA-UT
1 Bus to Salt Lake City UT... spending the night at Wendover UT will deliver in the AM and head back to CA. Up before the alarm. Lots of food for breakfast but it was going fast. A lot of construction crews here and they pile it on. The semi that was in our spot last night was blocked in this AM, bu...
211206 CA-UT
2 RV's to Davis CA (delivered) 1 Bus to Salt Lake City UT... spending the night at Rocklin CA Breakfast (no bacon) Eggs, sausage, yogurt and water (disgusted as juice) At 8:30 local we check out. 1st stop is at a Velero in Davis for dealer fuel. We each had a range of under 40 miles so our low fuel...
211205 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis CA... spending the night at Rocklin CA No alarm No leftovers for breakfast. Eggs, bacon and yogurt. Had to ask for bacon as there was an area with just crumbles. Good bacon. This place also has signs that say 'limit 1 or 2 items.' Not sure if that helps. At noon we ordered online fro...
211204 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis CA... spending the night at Rocklin CA I still had the other half of my reuben hot stack to eat for breakfast. Too bad, as they had omelettes and bacon. But my sandwich was still good, hot. It didn't taste so good cold. 20 degrees this AM, a little frost on the windows. If we had got...
211203 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis CA... spending the night at Elko NV Last night before we went to bed the heat quit working in our room, so I called the front desk and they said they would contact maintenance. An hour later maintenance hadn't shown up and the heat started working again. And was fine the rest of the...
211202 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis CA... spending the night at Rock Springs WY CHOKE Choke choke. Both of us woke up sometime after 10 PM to the very strong smell of cigarette smoke. I remember smelling my pillow to see if that was where it was coming from. This AM when I mentioned it to the front desk, they said they...
211201 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis CA... spending the night at Sidney NE Leftovers for breakfast and then yogurt and juice from the hotel. Headed out at 7:30, it looked like the lot had been mostly full last night. There must have been a light rain overnight and it left a dry spot each place a car had been parked. A l...
211130 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis CA... spending the night at Ankeny IA We have six days to get to CA so we are in no hurry today. No alarm... breakfast... was at our house:) We got going a little after 8 AM, we had done the math and we could get to Omaha by leaving at 8:30. 1st stop - Burnsville for a clinic visit....
211129 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis CA (Tuesday)... spending the night at home Lots of trips on the load board and the weekend to think about it. Doing 2 no-tow Davis trips is our best pay. We had looked at other trips and thought about seeing if dispatch could come up with more money some older ones but they decided t...