Labor day weekend

Finally got to see my baby bro and his wonderful little family...of 7! Lol. We really had a great time and looking forward to many more similar visits. All the kids got to get in the big rig and little Quinn kept asking Uncle Matt, "What's that? What's that?" pointing at different things like the qualcomm, gear shift, cupboard...he's only 3 after all! And quite the little car thief! He got tired of waiting for mom one day and took the family suburban for a joy ride! He takes after his Aunt Kari!

Skimming Niagra Falls

We are going to be abt 15 miles from the Falls and can't go because of time and money! That's been like my number one thing for years! Matt promises when we get more established out here we will take the time to go and do it up right.

Pennsylvania

We left Denver headed for a multiple drop in Omaha and Chicago. Fairly uneventful except that we drove right by Harpo Studios where Oprah films her shows. From there we came to PA...missed my brother in Ohio and dear friend in Pittsburgh due to time constraints. It's more difficult since I'm training. Should have more time to stop once I actually get my CDL. Now we are on our way to Mass. Never been there before. Should be interesting.
Oh yeah! So last night I drove in all of my favorite conditions (note the sarcasm) over the mountain, in the dark, in the rain AND thru massive construction! I 'bout peed my pants! I felt like I'd run a marathon when it was over.

Denver

We made it out of Arkansas and went back to the original scene of the crime, Dallas/Ft. Worth. From there we have brought a load to Denver. I drove just over 4 hours today: it is the most I've done at one sitting which doesn't seem like a lot but the big rig really wears me out. I always need a nap after! Of course, being tossed around like a rag doll when one is trying to sleep can be counterproductive. Matt's asleep now and I'm sitting here trying not to be bored. Oh, I have things I could do but I really want to go for a walk and I hate going alone in a new town. Excuses, excuses.

Stuck again!!

We are stuck in West Memphis, Arkansas due to a clerical error, Matt got his driver's license taken and we have to go to court on Thursday to get it back. We had to post over 500.00 bond or he would have gone to jail...crazy!
So we brought the onions from New Mexico to Mississippi. That night the generator that runs the AC went out so we we going to just idle the truck but the engine kept shutting itself off about every 20 minutes or so. Nasty heat wave, y'know...over 100 degrees every days and low 90's at night so we had to have air. Matt and I took turns staying up to keep the engine going. Our delivery appointment was at 7am. We got in the door and they unloaded but rejected 20 of the 50 pound bags of white onions because they said "low quality"...they looked fine to us but whatever. We called around and found a local food bank to donate them to. Went to our next pick up of Tyson chicken (frozen) that was supposed to be a double drop in Illinois and Ohio. They didn't have the load ready like they were supposed to so we were 4 hours late leaving which left it really tight. We got to the weigh station here in West Memphis and got pulled in for overweight. It was a light load and we were running late so we didn't check it before we left but they loaded it all in the front so the drive tires were over. When they pulled Matt's license they said it was suspended because of a speeding ticket from 1999! This was like, 2am so nothing could be done until the court opened up. We got it all straightened out this morning; the DMV lady said, "Oh, sorry, we didn't update our records correctly" and she fixed it immediately. So here we are in a hotel hanging out....showers good!!!!

Matt says I'm not allowed to say "ADVENTURE" anymore!!