Today's Journey After making the delivery in Bethel, Pennsylvania we’ve got to head to Edison, New Jersey for our next load, which we’ll be taking cross-country to San Bernardino, California. Bethel, Pennsylvania to Edison, New Jersey Deadhead Route(click on image for a larger version in a new Tab or Window) This deadhead is about two hours and we'll just manage to arrive in time for our 1:00 pm appointment. Once we get … [Read more...]
There’s Never Enough Truck Parking
Today's Journey Getting caught up in Chicago-Land traffic in the rain yesterday really slowed us down. We got as far as we needed to by the end of the day, but we got shut down really late. This means we're getting a late start today and we'll get to our delivery really late tonight. This forces me to deal with the ever present issue of there not being enough truck parking. This map shows the entire route for this load … [Read more...]
Chicago-Land During Rush Hour in the Rain
Today's Journey After picking up this load in Eagan last night, we drove about 140 miles to the Flying J Travel Center in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Today we'll finish up the drive through Wisconsin and Illinois, but we'll run into rain and rush-hour traffic while driving through Chicago-Land! This is really going to slow us down and lead to a later than expected shut down. This map shows the entire route for this load … [Read more...]