Good morning from Freighliner in Denver!

Let's start with what happened last night!

Bedded down for the night in Denver….

It was a long day but a lovely day as I mentioned before, the drive from Utah into Colorado on I-70 is just beautiful!  I even caught myself taking pictures of the same scenery I took on the last trip because it is so beautiful!  J

I did….almost…..get a speeding ticket!  I was just spacing off singing to my music just before I climbed the top of the mountain that takes me into Denver.  I saw a speed sign stating that “trucks 35 mph” just before I peaked the top and sure, I can do that, once I reach that top.  Bad idea!  As soon as I reached the top and started downshifting, there was the Highway Patrol and there was nothing I could do but wait…….and the lights went flashing!

I just happened to get pulled over by a veteran and his greenhorn…….oh gads, I am done for!  He stated I was doing 51 in a 35…….I might have been when I hit the top but I had downshifted to 7 when I passed him at 35 miles per hour.  I gave him everything he needed and sat.  I certainly did not need this on my record, especially now when checking out my options.

He finally returned to my truck and asked me if I wanted a ticket and of course, I stated NO!  So instead, I got a Level 3 Inspections and a verbal warning to watch my speed.  THANK YOU OFFICER!  It would have been $140 ticket and 3 points on my CDL record……ewwww

Now the truck is giving me some “fault 1” warning and it will be back in the shop here in Denver in the morning………..and I was 6 hours ahead of myself too!  (Not from speeding of course!)

Now that you are caught up, we are at the shop as the truck gave a "fault 1" error (whatever that is) and here I sit waiting for repairs with only 9.5 hrs on my clock with only 2 hrs added at midnight so I might be doing a 34 hr restart 9 hours from our current position.  I will certainly look over the map real well to decide where I might be stranded.  Not sure what they are going to do with this load that was due originally this morning.  That being said, woke up breathing and without a speeding ticket......enjoy your Monday!