Getting Our California Long-Haul Load from New Jersey

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...]

Lunch With My Girls in Minnesota

Today's Journey Deadhead Route From Rogers to Eagan(click on image for a larger version in a new Tab or Window) We were able to work things out so that I was able to visit and have lunch with my daughter and grand-daughter today. After lunch, we drove across the Minneapolis - St. Paul metro to Eagan to pick up our next load at a drop yard before heading east towards Bethel, Pennsylvania Today's Load: General … [Read more...]