Truck Wash Before a Heavy Rain Storm

Today's Journey Before we get back on the road, I want to get the truck cleaned up. It's really overdue for a good wash. Blue Beacon Truck Wash We'll spend most of the day driving in the rain, but the rain gets really heavy around Indianapolis. Today's Load: General Merchandise Date Recorded: Sunday, November 5, 2017 Today’s Video I hope you enjoy this video; it was recorded in Hi Def, so I recommend watching … [Read more...]

Tunnel Time in Pennsylvania

Today's Journey We're going to get some tunnel time in our journey today! We're starting our day at the Petro Stopping Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania after picking up this long-haul load in Edison, New Jersey yesterday. We'll be heading west on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, then through a sliver of West Virginia and across Ohio to the Indiana State line. This part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike has a series of four tunnels … [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...]