Awful Nashville Traffic Still Doesn’t Ruin Today’s Drive

Today's Journey Our Route Today (click on image for a larger version in a new Tab or Window) We didn't make it as far as I wanted to yesterday, but the Dodge City, Alabama Petro was a good place to stop for the night. We'll continue north on Interstate Highway 65 through Alabama, Tennessee (where we'll run into some heavy traffic and a crazy detour) and Kentucky. The video ends as we're crossing the JFK Memorial Bridge over … [Read more...]

780 Miles to Pensacola, Florida; 2 Days to Get There

We're starting our day at the Flying J Travel Center in Jeffersonville, Ohio, but as usual, I forgot where I am in the morning. Today's drive is pretty uneventful with nice weather all day. We'll cruise through Cincinatti and across the Ohio river into Kentucky. We'll skirt Louisville on the I-265 bypass to connect with I-65 south of Louisville. We do run into some heavy traffic in and around Nashville, as always. Cities and Towns … [Read more...]

Roll that Beautiful Bean Footage – Hauling Beans from TN to York, PA

After delivering toilets in Greenville, South Carolina last night, we had to deadhead 134 miles to Dandridge, Tennessee for the next load. We drove 124 miles before parking at a Walmart in Newport, Tennessee for the night. The next morning we covered the remaining 10 miles to Bush's Baked Beans facility near Dandridge. The bulk of this video shows a drop and hook operation at a shipper. Drop and hook operations are typically … [Read more...]