Archives for March 2019

Chicago-Land During Rush Hour in the Rain

Today's Journey After picking up this load in Eagan last night, we drove about 140 miles to the Flying J Travel Center in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Today we'll finish up the drive through Wisconsin and Illinois, but we'll run into rain and rush-hour traffic while driving through Chicago-Land! This is really going to slow us down and lead to a later than expected shut down. This map shows the entire route for this load … [Read more...]

Lunch With My Girls in Minnesota

Today's Journey Deadhead Route From Rogers to Eagan(click on image for a larger version in a new Tab or Window) We were able to work things out so that I was able to visit and have lunch with my daughter and grand-daughter today. After lunch, we drove across the Minneapolis - St. Paul metro to Eagan to pick up our next load at a drop yard before heading east towards Bethel, Pennsylvania Today's Load: General … [Read more...]

Driving Fun in Chicago-Land After Fixing a Light on My Trailer

Today's Journey Before hitting the road, I've got to fix a problem with a light on my trailer. Our next driving challenge is to get through Chicago-Land. It’s slow going sometimes, but, we’ll get it done so we can get through Wisconsin and into Minnesota to make our delivery. The map below shows the route for the load we picked up in Pittston showing where we’re stopping each night: Pittston, Pennsylvania to Rogers, … [Read more...]