Monthly Archives: January 2012

Vacation is over

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Craig

Since they cannot figure out what is wrong with our truck after three days, our fleet manager has found us a new truck and we are being reseated.  They are getting us a rental car now and we need to … Continue reading →

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Breakdown in Florida

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Well we will be spending another day in sunny Florida. Our truck is having an issue with the regen system. For those of you that have followed us since the beginning. The regen system has been the reason for MOST … Continue reading →

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TOTALLY sweating our way through the south…..

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Okay when Craig wrote the earlier blog we were sitting in a restaurant with air conditioning. Can I tell you how hot it is at 6:40 pm. The temp in the  bunk just says an H. Which means it is … Continue reading →

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Sweatin’ our way through the South

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Craig

Well, not really sweating, but not really comfortable either. The air conditioning on the truck is out again. We could have put it in the shop at Freightliner in Colton California but we had the hours to make it across … Continue reading →

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A bump in the road

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Craig

Well, we had a bit of a scare this last week.  We had a load of kitchen cabinets that picked up in Indiana and had three deliveries in the Bay Area. Sacramento, Fresno and Union City.  The problem with this load … Continue reading →

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Nice people out here.

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Anne Leonard

We are back up and running. We have way too much time on this load but it let me get the truck all nice and clean before we pick another load up tonight. This afternoon it will be laundry time … Continue reading →

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4th day into the New Year.

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Anne Leonard

I am going to try to blog more consistently this year but it makes it hard when we are still in breakdown mode. Getting a little antsy to hit the road. We thought we would get out yesterday but the … Continue reading →

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Happy 2012

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Anne Leonard

I realized since I got my early Christmas presant (my tablet) I haven’t posted much. We have had a fantastic couple weeks. Spending time with friends and family has just been so awesome. I hope everyone had a safe and … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago Today

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Craig

It is hard to believe that a year ago today we got on a Greyhound bus to Dallas Texas for orientation at US Xpress. We quickly realized that we would never travel by bus again but so began the adventure. … Continue reading →

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