Tag Archives: Freightliner

Weeerrrrreeeee Baaaaaacccckkk

Whew…. We have been out of the loop for a long time.  For the last couple of months we agreed to a contract to provide outside services to UPS.  Last year UPS got slammed mostly due to all of the … Continue reading

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A Ralph….I Mean Rough Week

Oh my goodness have we been sick.  We are actually working for a living right now and not sitting at home.  Got a load of astroturf for the football stadium at Wilsonville Highschool in Oregon.  We had a near disaster … Continue reading

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Game Changing Truck

OK, how freaking cool is this?  About time this happened.  I have said many times that I really miss my recliner on the road.  Problem solved.

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Key West Part 1

So I planned a weekend in Key West to celebrate Anne’s birthday.  We went with our good friends Jim and Sandi who now live in South Florida.  I am going to do a post about the whole trip but I … Continue reading

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“Yelping” Since 2009

One of the ways we make life awesome on the road is making sure we make time to have fun. It really does take planning as you cannot park a 70 foot vehicle just anywhere. When we are going to … Continue reading

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Annual “King of the Road” survey

I received an email last week from Atlas Van Lines with this information.  Somebody there found our blog and asked us to pass this along.  Pretty good information.  I am posting a link to the full survey, which is pretty … Continue reading

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Shut Down in Illinois

Well, it does not happen often but the weather has stopped us for a bit.  I think we are nearing the Southern end of the storm so I will watch the radar and get moving if we can.  We are … Continue reading

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As We End Another Year

Even with all the truck problems we have been so blessed this year.  The friends we have made and the friends we have kept along with our awesome family are just more than we deserve.  Our kids are doing so … Continue reading

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Back In The Saddle

So here is our trip this week.  So ready to roll.

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Not a Great Re-start

LOL, wow what a sucky day.  There was a reason we wanted to run a short run to get started.  Had a great round trip 350 miles each way that was paying GREAT Wednesday.  Got in the truck at 4 … Continue reading

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