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Some new digs for the truck.

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Anne Leonard

This morning we have been running around looking for a reefer trailer. Luckily our load doesn’t pick up till noon. Hate when this happens but usually it doesn’t take us this long to find one. It did give me some … Continue reading →

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Oooops….That is where I wanted to park

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Craig

So….I had my first accident.  It was just a fender bender and a combination of me being distracted, tired and just bad timing.  We will get back to this later. We had a great week coming out of home time … Continue reading →

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Max and Chocolate

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Anne Leonard

And the chocolate won. Max is my Min Pin who is the love of my life. He is six years old and the only reason I am driving a truck is that he could come with us. While in Snohomish … Continue reading →

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Where the heck did Anne go?

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Anne Leonard

I can’t believe I haven’t made a post in awhile. I hate that. I have the best of intentions and then the next thing I know I am driving or I am sleeping. One of the two and I think … Continue reading →

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Whoops, that hissing sound cannot be good

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Craig

So we had a great time in Charlotte NC.  We dropped in Ashville and headed down to Charlotte where we basically had the day off as our FedEx pickup was not until 3:00 AM the next day.  We dropped our … Continue reading →

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Third Time Is a Charm

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Craig

OK, I will not try to type up a blog post on my tablet ever again.  Two times now I have composed big long posts and since the tablet does not save drafts I have lost them when I lost … 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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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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