Tag Archives: Husband and wife teams

Gone but never forgotten.

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Anne Leonard

USX was a great experience for Craig and I.  I don’t think we could have chosen a better company to have started out with.  In November we decided to make a switch to another company, though still under USX.  We … Continue reading →

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Five Star Cuisine

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Craig

So we were just North of Wichita Kansas needed to find a place to wait while our fleet manager looked for a load for us.  I checked our GPS and there was am independent truck stop a couple of miles … Continue reading →

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Bumpy Roads

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Craig

Yes, it is amazing how much worse roads feel in a truck than in a car, but that is not the “bumpy roads” I am referring to. Since we made the move in November to the O/O (Owner Operator) side, … Continue reading →

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I’m Ready For My Closeup Mr DeMille

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Craig

So we requested time off  in Chattanooga.  We have been trying to get here for over a month and time after time something came up.  Having a great time with my Jason and Anna and our amazing grand kids, Jack and … Continue reading →

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Two Whole Years

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Craig

and she still has not killed me.  Two years ago tomorrow we got on the bus headed for Irving Texas and US Xpress Orientation.  Cannot believe what the last two years have delivered to us.  We have had a lot … Continue reading →

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2012 in review

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Craig

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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We Get Around

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Craig

I think it is amazing how many people look at our blog, and from all over the world.  We started this blog on December 13th, 2010 as we were finishing CDL school and choosing a company.  I was pretty surprised … Continue reading →

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The Rockies in the Fall

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Craig

Just a beautiful drive this time of year…….completely different one month from now    

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Change is a good thing….we hope.

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Craig

11 Months ago we moved to the reefer (refrigerated) board and for the first six months it was just awesome.  USX had just started a reefer division and our Fleet Manager Phyllis was in charge of it and she is … Continue reading →

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Inside the International ProStar….with video

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Craig

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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