Well...it has been an unbelievable series of events to occur in the last week and a half or so. Lets recap...read on you will be amazed that all of this occurs in this short time frame.

Wisconsin to Vancouver
- Tornado in Wisconsin where I was at
- Kill my battery in Seattle trying not to get hit in parking lot (parking lights left on). Service call.
- Get to Canadian border and they open up the trailer and search my cab (delaying me 4 hours or so)

Vancouver to Oregon
- Get the wrong load loading on the coast in Oregon. Lucky it went to the same town. Found out when I got to the wrong location in Sacramento.

Sacramento back to Oregon
- Kill my battery again trying to conserve fuel as I wait to be dispatched. Service Call.


Deadheaded back to Sacramento area for a load to IL

Sacramento to Chicago Area
- Truck dies on Donner Pass due to coolant temp. Pops the reservoir and all fluid drains out. Service call.

- Overheats like 10 more times after that on the way to chicago...pulled over in time. Just had to wait to cool. No service calls for these.

- Trailer tire blows out and shreds to pieces. Several more hours of wait getting new trailer tire at Truck Stop 15 miles down road.


Meanwhile....supposed to have been back home Friday AM. Its Sunday PM and I deliver tommorow AM around chicago.

Good thing I have a sense of humor. If you see a trucker on the side of the road laughing hysterically like some crazed lunatic then you have undoubtedly run across me in my travels.

Can't believe with all that has happened over a week and a half or so that I ran across free wireless internet at this truck stop at Iowa/Illinois border.

More pics to come soon and updates to the blog format as soon as I get a little time to sit down and seriously hash out a few blips at home.

WB

posted by WanderingBlogger at 7:55 PM