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Revolving door of trucking friends.

I wrote this last year and never posted it. I think it is still relevant so here you go. Today I was talking to my trainer Carl, who is still driving and training for USXpress. We’ve stayed in touch as … Continue reading

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It Always Works Out

Seattle is a tough market for freight most of the time.  Fall, when apples and Christmas trees are running is the only exception.   January is by far the slowest time in trucking.  Rates are depressed and very few loads.  We … Continue reading

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Something fun

We haul all kinds of weird stuff but this may be the messiest that didn’t bother me.   We were in Phoenix and booked a load for the people who put on “The Color Run”.  Picking up all the material at … Continue reading

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Working for a living

Again……. Well, after the regular bumps and bruises of being an owner operator, we are finally back on the road.   Thousands of dollars in “minor” repairs and maintenance later. I could bore you with the details but we are hitting … Continue reading

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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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Biggest Perk

The biggest perk of driving a truck is seeing family and friends. This week we made a delivery to Washington DC. After we were unloaded my dad came and picked us up. We went to a wonderful restaurant in Alexandria … Continue reading

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I am so sick of moving.

I am never ever moving myself ever ever again. We moved into a new condo last month. This month Aleena and Shelby moved out of the old apartment. We still had some stuff there and today went over to get … Continue reading

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Great Timing

So we went to a wedding in Scottsdale Arizona a week and a half ago.  What an amazing long weekend.  I will let Anne post about that but we headed out on Monday looking for a load.  I found a … Continue reading

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Are you ready for some football?!?!

I am. Last weekend we stopped in Colorado for the Rocky Mountain Showdown. Colorado State Univ vs University of Colorado. CJ didn’t get to play but what an exciting game!!! We won. Then we headed to WI for a load … Continue reading

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Big Storm

Wow, God is awesome.  Look at this sunset in Kansas. Who woulda thought that could lead to this. We made it to Colorado for the Rocky Mountain Showdown (Colorado State vs Colorado Football Game)  CSU kicked butt and we had … Continue reading

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