Saturday, February 19, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
We're Going To Jersey Shore, Bitch!
The title is from the show, Jersey Shore, for those of you who don't watch mind numbing crap (like me, ha). Moving on.
We've been on the West Coast for a while, and it's been fun. I loved Cali, even though the stupid flu took over my body for a week. Then we got to be home for two days. Then we got sent to Oregon, tooled around there for a few days, went to Washington twice, then back to Utah. Unfortunately we didn't go to the part of Washington where my friend lives :( I was sad. We only got to be home for two hours, then were off to Pennsylvania! A 2000 plus mile load, which is awesome.
BUT. After driving through the Wyoming blizzard (Wyoming sucks by the way) (with whiteouts, wind, and us almost having to pull over), almost freezing to death in Nebraska (our heater in the back shit out on us again during the night, it was about -3 degrees out), skipping across Iowa, and freezing our asses off in Minooka Illinois (where even running the truck couldn't keep up with the -12 outside) we had to switch trailers with a team driving truck so they could make the PA load on time. When we picked it up, it was late. NOT OUR FAULT because we were under a load already and they knew that. Grr. Dumb, I tell you.
Anyways. This trailer we took was heading back to SLC. And it has been hard to pick our groove up when we're going home all the time. It makes it hard to leave everything behind. Argh. Anyways.
Here comes the weekend. Different dispatch. We are almost to Wyoming, only ten hours away from SLC, and they have us drop our trailer (which is yogurt, so, relax, it wont go bad :)) in a place called Ogallala, Nebraska (I swear I'm not jerking your chain, that's the actual name! Tee hee) and pick up a meat trailer that's supposed to be in New Jersey by Valentine's Day. How romantic, right? And it says the samples in the trailer have E Coli, so my guess is they are sending it to New Jersey to be tested. Or they're gonna poison the cast of Jersey Shore, I'm not sure. Hee.
It's been awesome, experiencing hell freezing over. Our record is -16, yippee! And now for some reason a warm front is taking over. Seriously? You know it's too cold out when your heater even says "fuck this, I quit!" Am I right? But now it's a balmy 32 out, yay.
We are still going strong, haven't wanted to kill each other yet, and he hasn't threatened to leave me stranded at a Pilot somewhere random. It's awesome. We live in this tiny truck, and hardly fight. Probably because it's just us against the rest of the... er... country. :)
Keep warm!
Big Red Truck
We've been on the West Coast for a while, and it's been fun. I loved Cali, even though the stupid flu took over my body for a week. Then we got to be home for two days. Then we got sent to Oregon, tooled around there for a few days, went to Washington twice, then back to Utah. Unfortunately we didn't go to the part of Washington where my friend lives :( I was sad. We only got to be home for two hours, then were off to Pennsylvania! A 2000 plus mile load, which is awesome.
BUT. After driving through the Wyoming blizzard (Wyoming sucks by the way) (with whiteouts, wind, and us almost having to pull over), almost freezing to death in Nebraska (our heater in the back shit out on us again during the night, it was about -3 degrees out), skipping across Iowa, and freezing our asses off in Minooka Illinois (where even running the truck couldn't keep up with the -12 outside) we had to switch trailers with a team driving truck so they could make the PA load on time. When we picked it up, it was late. NOT OUR FAULT because we were under a load already and they knew that. Grr. Dumb, I tell you.
Anyways. This trailer we took was heading back to SLC. And it has been hard to pick our groove up when we're going home all the time. It makes it hard to leave everything behind. Argh. Anyways.
Here comes the weekend. Different dispatch. We are almost to Wyoming, only ten hours away from SLC, and they have us drop our trailer (which is yogurt, so, relax, it wont go bad :)) in a place called Ogallala, Nebraska (I swear I'm not jerking your chain, that's the actual name! Tee hee) and pick up a meat trailer that's supposed to be in New Jersey by Valentine's Day. How romantic, right? And it says the samples in the trailer have E Coli, so my guess is they are sending it to New Jersey to be tested. Or they're gonna poison the cast of Jersey Shore, I'm not sure. Hee.
It's been awesome, experiencing hell freezing over. Our record is -16, yippee! And now for some reason a warm front is taking over. Seriously? You know it's too cold out when your heater even says "fuck this, I quit!" Am I right? But now it's a balmy 32 out, yay.
We are still going strong, haven't wanted to kill each other yet, and he hasn't threatened to leave me stranded at a Pilot somewhere random. It's awesome. We live in this tiny truck, and hardly fight. Probably because it's just us against the rest of the... er... country. :)
Keep warm!
Big Red Truck
Friday, January 14, 2011
Hello All!
Well.
We finally made it home! And it was great seeing everyone but honestly, the time went by way too fast. We had so much shit to do and not enough time to do it.
Such is a truckers life I suppose.
So we hit the road again yesterday. I must say, I love it. I love to see new things. It feels less stressful out here, honestly. Out here it's just work. eat. sleep. play occasionally. When we go back home we stress about forgetting things. Not having enough time to spend with everyone. Worrying about getting things done in a short amount of time. It sucks.
This first load back is to Red Bluff, California. We get to take I-80 west most of the way there, then I-5 the rest of the way. So far it's been pretty warm, Nevada is mostly desert so it's nice. We stayed the night in Wendover because they gave us plenty of time to do this load, there's a place next to the Chevron that's a trucker's lounge, and we got a free shower this morning :)
On the down side, I have the flu now. It's super awesome. Ugh.
Kitty was sulking yesterday when we put him in the truck at first, but now he's his usual self, constantly meowing for food. He's a piggy. A very cute one though.
Well, that's about it for now. Until next time,
Rick, Lola, and Kitty
We finally made it home! And it was great seeing everyone but honestly, the time went by way too fast. We had so much shit to do and not enough time to do it.
Such is a truckers life I suppose.
So we hit the road again yesterday. I must say, I love it. I love to see new things. It feels less stressful out here, honestly. Out here it's just work. eat. sleep. play occasionally. When we go back home we stress about forgetting things. Not having enough time to spend with everyone. Worrying about getting things done in a short amount of time. It sucks.
This first load back is to Red Bluff, California. We get to take I-80 west most of the way there, then I-5 the rest of the way. So far it's been pretty warm, Nevada is mostly desert so it's nice. We stayed the night in Wendover because they gave us plenty of time to do this load, there's a place next to the Chevron that's a trucker's lounge, and we got a free shower this morning :)
On the down side, I have the flu now. It's super awesome. Ugh.
Kitty was sulking yesterday when we put him in the truck at first, but now he's his usual self, constantly meowing for food. He's a piggy. A very cute one though.
Well, that's about it for now. Until next time,
Rick, Lola, and Kitty
Pictures!
Here are some pictures, I hope y'all enjoy them :)
Massillon, Ohio. These are some of the roads we go on!
Awesome clouds in Florida
Tampa I think
Young people love! Me and Jessie on the beach :)
Old people love :) My grandparents in Gatorland
Going up I-70 in Colorado, trying to get home. It likes to blizzard every time we try to go home!
Trying to steal my chair, the turd
Kitty being scared, his first time in the truck
Sunset somewhere on the East Side
Cemetary in Pennsylvania
Kitty watching the road in front of us. In Maryland on the little island across the Chesapeake Bay
Rich people's marina and condo's
Maryland also
Maryland Marina
More of the Chesapeake Bay
Sunrise in Maryland, this is the Chesapeake Bay bridge.
Sunrise in somewhere, I think Ohio still.
I think this is one of the big cities in Ohio. Don't remember which one though :-/
Kitty being cute on the bed
Kitty on the dash, his fave spot
Massillon, Ohio. These are some of the roads we go on!
Awesome clouds in Florida
Tampa I think
Young people love! Me and Jessie on the beach :)
Old people love :) My grandparents in Gatorland
Going up I-70 in Colorado, trying to get home. It likes to blizzard every time we try to go home!
Trying to steal my chair, the turd
Kitty being scared, his first time in the truck
Sunset somewhere on the East Side
Cemetary in Pennsylvania
Kitty watching the road in front of us. In Maryland on the little island across the Chesapeake Bay
Rich people's marina and condo's
Maryland also
Maryland Marina
More of the Chesapeake Bay
Sunrise in Maryland, this is the Chesapeake Bay bridge.
Sunrise in somewhere, I think Ohio still.
I think this is one of the big cities in Ohio. Don't remember which one though :-/
Kitty being cute on the bed
Kitty on the dash, his fave spot
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