Flat Tires We're going to talk about flat tires and air pressure issues, but first a quick recap from yesterday. How We Got Here After making the delivery in Loveland, Colorado yesterday afternoon, we headed east about a hundred miles to Akron for our next load. We drove another 88 miles or so south to the Flying J Travel Center in Limon to shut down for the night. Loveland-Akron-Limon Route This map is animated in … [Read more...]
Digging Out My Trailer and Stopping for Fresh Fruit – Sumner, WA to Hermiston, OR
Last night we parked across the street from where we delivered because of the flat tire. Today we're headed up the road a few miles to Sumner to pick up our next load; it's ready to go, we just have to find it in the mass of trailers in the drop yard. After we hook our loaded trailer, we'll head up the hill and over Snoqualmie Pass to eastern Washington where we'll stop at the Thorp Fruit & Antique Mall to pick up some … [Read more...]
Hazy Dayz of Summer Wildfires and Another Flat Tire
Last night we parked in a pullout on California Highway 139 about 14 miles south of Tulelake, California. Today we're driving north into Oregon and Washington with a brief stop at the Pilot Travel Center in Klamath Falls. Shortly after we leave Klamath Falls, you'll notice that it starts to get hazy over Upper Klamath Lake and then along Oregon Highway 58 as we cross the mountains. Later in the video I'll talk a little about the … [Read more...]