Home Time is Over

I'm days behind.

My last post was in Oswego I think. I got empty there and went back to Weedsport to wait for a load. I finally got one. It was for the next day, picking up in Fulton NY and delivering to the yard in Richfield WI. I needed to hustle because I was due home on Thursday night.

I drove all the way to one of the last travel plazas in Ohio and spent the night there. On Thursday I pushed on through Indiana and across the Chicago Skyway and then through Chicago into Wisconsin. After I dropped in Richfield I had another load right away to get me home. It picked up in West Allis WI going to Tampa FL but I was dropping it in Cartersville GA. So, back through Chicago I went again and settled for the night after I got some way into Indiana on I65 south. Thursday I drove it through and spent Friday through Monday at home.

This morning I sent my 'ready for dispatch' message ad around 1100 I got a load picking up in East Point GA going to Ft Worth TX. It delivers at 0600 on Thursday so I don't have to rush. I'm shut down now in Mississippi about 60 miles east of Jackson.

It is interesting that, while many states are closing rest areas to cut costs, Mississippi is expanding theirs. They also have 24/7 armed security. I really do appreciate that.