How is this for cool ... I just signed into Blogger and up popped an ad that said: "Buying a semi truck? Click here." That Google is so amazing, no?
We've found a lovely Comfort Inn for Sunday night. This isn't something he would do without me, but it's a welcome gesture. We're at Exit 137 on I-44 and there's a couple of truckstops, hotels and chain restaurants in the immediate area. I've had all the CB sermonizing I can take for one day. Give me an "Amen!"
A good night sleep tonight is a good idea because tomorrow is going to be a little hectic. Our first stop is about 15 miles from here, two skids of storage system parts. It should be a fast unload. Then we're off to Lawton OK, 80 miles away, to a cell phone store. Then 180 miles to a furniture stop, 80 more miles to Guymon OK. Provided Guymon doesn't close too early, we should be OK. The trick is trying to get to Santa Fe NM for 8 a.m. Tuesday morning. It's doable. But it will be tight. From Santa Fe, we go to Carlsbad NM.
Once he's empty, he calls in to dispatch and they find him a backhaul. With luck, they'll find something quickly and we'll be heading home.
Side note on the stop at the Joplin MO Petro: Chrome, baby! You would not believe what kinds of things you can buy in chrome! From a hitch cover representing the business part of a bull to a little switch cover for your dash, it's all there. This Petro is next to the "Chrome Shop Mafia" place ... Four States something or other. These are the guys that do that "Trick My Truck" show on quasi-reality TV. Other cool idea: 3- or 4-wrung ladders that weld to the side of a flatbed trailer. Flatbed drivers have to tarp and secure their loads and these make climbing up and down a lot easier.
It's still hotter than Hades. 95F in the shade.
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