Today's Journey Our Route Today (click on image for a larger version in a new Tab or Window) We didn't make it as far as I wanted to yesterday, but the Dodge City, Alabama Petro was a good place to stop for the night. We'll continue north on Interstate Highway 65 through Alabama, Tennessee (where we'll run into some heavy traffic and a crazy detour) and Kentucky. The video ends as we're crossing the JFK Memorial Bridge over … [Read more...]
Driving the Back Roads of Southwestern Alabama
Today's Journey Route to Shipper (click on image for a larger version in a new Tab or Window) We're spending over 90% of the day in rural southwestern Alabama. We're headed to a paper mill near Perdue Hill, Alabama for a load of pulp wood that needs to get to Green Bay, Wisconsin. After getting loaded, I'll show you a different type of scale procedure that we sometimes have to do. Once we leave the shipper, we've got … [Read more...]
Starting the Day with Some Choppers, a Harvester, and a Space Rocket
Today's Journey We start the day with some interesting activity at the rest area we parked at last night. Conneaut, Ohio to Pennsacola, Florida Route (click on image for a larger version in a new Tab or Window) Once we get going, we follow Interstate 65 south through Birmingham and Montgomery before turning off and heading into Florida just north of Pensacola. We'll make our delivery in Pensacola and then head back into … [Read more...]