Our walk today.....

Now this lake looks pretty but look closer, the true color is off to the left.

This pipe appeared to be coming from the Super 8..........

And the water is the same color as the lake........hmmmm

Pretty little cabin to rent......until

Until you look at the inside!

OMG.....I am on a 34 Hour Restart!!!

I have only worked 3 days total in two weeks and I have ZERO hours at midnight!  And go figure, this customer watch load, of course; has a LARGE window.......so I will be leaving at 5 AM on the 4th.  We arrived at the TA after dark so I don't have a clue what we will see or do tomorrow but I am crossing my fingers that I can interview some hillbillies tomorrow!  Love ya Mom......and thanks for the idea!

We will be running the truck all night, my first time in weeks as it will get in the 20's.  The good news.....the storm that hit our drop off today will be all melted by the time we get there.  That being said, I will update tomorrow along with pictures.

Gads.......talk about a strange two weeks!  I get to sleep in already!

Stopped for the night outside of Shreveport, Louisiana

I finally got a load yesterday, an empty trailer to take 800 miles from El Paso to Shreveport, Louisiana.  It has been so long since I drove that I pushed myself and we are just 99 miles from our drop and we will be there two hours early.  It felt good to be back behind a MOVING wheel!  Besides, after all that walking.....I could do some more as we were both stiff from sitting so much today.

It appears we will be picking up giant rolls of paper (one per pallet) and heading to Indiana.  That is all I know at the moment.  We are leaving the southern warm temps and heading north......gads, Gonja might regret that he started shedding again.

My first "dang nab it" in 2012!  My new stove that I have only used twice.....died!  We stopped at the TA to swap out for a new one and guess what truckers, this one had to shut itself off via overheating because the thermostat is broken!  I got a hot meal but it was a tricky.......and glad this unit has an over heat over ride.  We will be swapping again at the next TA or Petro we drive by.  The third time is a charm! 

I will be contacting Lori tomorrow about down pay for my two days of breakdown and two days of NOTHING.  Let's hope she does me right!

Oh by the way!  Vern called me, my instructor from driving school.  He is a little behind on my blog but must have read about my last little bit of depression and called me.  Of course, by this time I was feeling just fine but it was sweet knowing that he and others at the school still think and worry about me.  You guys are AWESOME!  I was also informed that I might have a teaching job waiting for me if I get another year of driving under my belt as it appears someone might be ready to retire by then.  Game on!  Even if I have to take his lovely wife out behind the shop so we can see things "eye to eye"  LOL!  Hugs to both of you and thank you for being you!  I want the job........I think I would be good at it too!

That being said.........let's see if I can make it to 2013 first!  Sweet dreams.......see you in the morning.