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...My Life as 'Drive away' driver
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Same trip as yesterday. This time there is seven plus the shuttle driver going up. As soon as we get on the freeway there is a back up, the traffic signs had been warning of it when I came to work. Turns out a truck had crashed in the oncoming lane before 7 in the morning, over two hours later it is still there. Traffic website said 1 person was injured. When we went past, the cab housing was loaded on one truck, the wheels on another, the box in the ditch and no sign of the engine or related parts. Quite ride again. It seems it is quieter the more people in the van. We stopped at Culver's in Alex again for break. This time I got wild rice soup ... and cheese curds. Should have skipped the cheese curds. Two or three are good ... a whole order of cheese just sits in my system. We were running about 45 minutes later than yesterday by the time we got there so someone was standing there with our paperwork. No wait for us. I kind of waited of one of the newer guys to make sure he got out of there without issues. Then let him lead. I was running at or under 55 so he left me. He had said he was going to stop an hour down the road for coffee but I didn't see him when I passed. Instead he was at the truck-stop I said I was going to eat at so we ate together. The truckstop in Rothsay is changing from a Tesoro to ... Arco? I still wasn't hungry so I just had more soup. Tomato this time. Came to under $5, I didn't look at the receipt or I would have paid cash. Later before we got to the fueling station a couple of 'check engine' lights came on. They were yellow so I didn't stop until I was to the station. Once I got to the pump, I shut off the battery to do a computer re-set. It took about a half hour to fuel tonight. Got in over 100 gallons of CNG. Ended up calling the after-hours dispatch who gave me the OK to continue. Made it to the lot about an hour later that last night. Lot is getting full ... of cars. Lots of drivers out. No work Wednesday, I have a dentist appointment. The down sides of working over the road and having appointments. I end up taking a lot more days off than just the date of the appointment. |
