Tag Archives: dogs in a truck

What a difference a day makes.

Yesterday when I woke up to take the dogs out. It was a whopping 9 degrees and bitterly cold. The day before it was colder than that. We got stuck up in Wayne MI for the weeekend. It snowed the … Continue reading

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Baby It’s Cold Outside

Michigan is a bit nippy this time of year.  86 degrees and sunny in Laredo so I am whining for a load South.  January has pretty much sucked for miles.  We are doing fine but doing about half the miles … Continue reading

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2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 39,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this … Continue reading

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Inside the International ProStar….with video

So, they finally caught up to us and has us stop in our Lexington NC Terminal to get a new truck.  We were pretty frustrated about it because we felt we had just broken in our Freightliner Cascadia at 350,000 … Continue reading

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Definitely not long enough….. but I’ll take it any day.

We made it to Ontario, Ca. A little late but that’s ok. We had Tyler check into the hotel early so he could beat traffic and then he came and picked us up the TA (truck stop in Ontario) We … Continue reading

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Sort of like New Years resolutions.

I have good intentions about writing more often but by the time I finish driving I am usually too tired. I am going to try to write every few days so I can keep the posts short and not forget … Continue reading

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Rollin’

We have been moving since the last post.  Still sitting a bit too much between loads.  I contacted the person in charge of the reefer fleets (love her) and she told us she had been on vacation and she was … Continue reading

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Fun at Home

So, we had a great drive down the California Coast on the 101.  Made me realize how much we need some beach time.  We made it to Baltimore and had extra time until our delivery so Anne’s great friend Katie … Continue reading

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The Miles Are Piling Up

What a great week after a full week that was part time off with family and planned and then a few days in the shop to get the air conditioning fixed….again.  But Anne already talked about that. We came back … Continue reading

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Great Breakdown!

Sometimes the timing is just perfect.  We were very overdue for maintenance on the truck.  We get an oil change and lube every 35,000 miles and we were about 10,000 overdue.  Also had a couple of minor issues with air … Continue reading

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