3/6/11
Good morning from just west of Wichita, Kansas. It was a long day and eleven hours of driving yesterday. When you calculate the miles and what I am getting paid as a trainee….BWis making a killing off of me! I won’t go into details but I think I made more working in the potato fields of Idaho back in the mid 70’s. Of course, you didn’t have to train a spud picker!
Our load is due in Kansas City by 6:30 PM. Currently, it looks like we might get three hours to possibly run, shower and wash a load of laundry before delivery. I am down to the last of…….the unmentionables and I DO need a SHOWER. Now I know why some truckers look and smell as they do. I am sorry boys but the gas station bathroom soap would certainly give you another day….it has covered my….natural womanly scent, for now ;)
Will try and update as soon as l can……my drive time will be starting shortly!
3/7/11
Good morning from just outside Cherryvale, Kansas, on our way to Springfield, MO, to pick up a load of items Mass Pro Outfitter. It is a valuable load and we are not allowed to stop until we reach the drop off location, which is only 200 miles. I would love to get my hands or at least my eyes on what is in this trailer but it will be securely locked up!
I had another long day of driving yesterday and we reached stage one of my training! Maria can drive more and has only to observe 15 hours of my driving over the next 11 days. She had been observing me for 5 hours a day for the past three days. She will be reaching her 70 hour week at 1 PM today and will be off the clock for the following 34 hours….NOT! With BW, your daily hours fluctuate and when you are not driving, you are on line 1, whether for a restroom break or sitting at a loading dock. Let me show you our Log:
1 Off Duty, 2 Sleeper, 3 Driving, and 4 On Duty
So Maria will never reach her 60 hours of on duty/driving in order to reach those 34 hours off the clock as I was doing most of the driving. At midnight, she will be driving a new 11-hour shift. This is why she finds it hard find time to get out and run.
We are hoping to find a place for a light breakfast and coffee before we hit our pickup. Looks like we are here!
Let me tell you a little about Cherry Valley, KS. Did you know that Vivian Vance was born here? Also, 10 miles away in Indendance, they filmed “Little House on the Prairie.” Now google “bloody benders”……there were monsters in this town that put it on the map besides the railroad!
The boys shared the history of Cherryvale.
Now Vivian could have rode her bike on this old brick road......or it could of led to the "bloody benders!"
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