Yup we're at home for the weekend yay, arrived on Saturday. We ended up taking Pat's parents to see the new Harry Potter movie Saturday night which was really nice.
We called the fleet manager today and she said we'll probably have a load going out tonight, to be delivered in the early am tomorrow IF his truck is fixed in time. Fingers crossed.
After we got back from California, we got a load to go to Kentucky but we couldn't make the drop off time due to problems with the truck and it having to be put in the shop (they told us it was fixed but it wasn't), so we swapped loads with another driver and got a brokered load back to Wisconsin, where we've been since Saturday.
alright guys I need to go and repack things so i'm ready when we get the call out. take care.
On a side note: I've changed settings so that anyone who reads this can leave a comment (please mention in it who you are or i might not know). I'd love to hear from you guys!
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Photos - Part 1
Kennith the Kiwi using the laptop
Going down the road in Utah
I think this was taken in Utah but i'm not 100% sure
Utah Salt Flats!
Another shot of the Utah Salt Flats
Sunset on the way back from California (not sure which state this was taken in)
Thursday, July 5, 2007
hi guys, well guess what! we're on the road. well not at this exact moment because we're sitting at a place being loaded yay! and our first destination? Sunny california! its been pretty easy going so far this trip. Once i got my seat adjusted and used to the bouncing over bumps, things were going great.
We left the yard about midday, and we've been at the yard being loaded for about 2 hours now so we should be on the way soon. We're hoping to make it out of wisconsin tonight before he runs out of hours, fingers crossed.
So far nothing too scary has happened, except for some idiot infront of us hitting his breaks suddenly in a construction area, luckily the trailor we were hauling was empty so we didn't have all that weight behind us pushing us forward. People have been pretty good around the truck which i'm thankful for. From some of the stories hubby was telling me people's minds just tend to take a break from concentrating when there's a big semi driving near them.
We'll i'd better finish up writing for now, the laptop batteries need to be charged, so i'll write again soon.
Luv Corina
well the rest of the first night went really well with only one exception, but i'll get to that in a minute. We saw sunset over the oshkosh river which was so gorgeous. Thw only damper of the night was when some idiot in a white van got so impatiant that he nearly became paint on 3 trucks in one go! gah thakfully hubby hit the breaks in time. We ended up parking about 11pm last night and sleep just inside the wisconsin/illionois state line. Not a bad night's sleep at all even with lots of trucks running their motors nearby.
Saturday:
Woke about 7am and coudn't get back to sleep, nevermind though because i grabbed a book and curled up in my seat, in the sun and read til 9am when hubby got up and we got ready to head out. We went through illonois pretty quick and then into Iowa. Guess what you see a lot of in Iowa? corn! hehe I grabbed a couple of photos (i'll upload tomorrow) for ya. Oh the other thing about Iowa, we stopped at the worlds biggest truck stop. You wouldn't believe how big it was! I had 5 resturants, a dentist, a doctors, a lawyers office, hairdressers, shops to get everything from dvd's to truck parts, collectables and clothes. It was awesome.
We're currently parked up in Nebraska, we'll probably head out about 7am tomorrow (hehe). Tomorrow we deal with mountains :| wish us luck!
Sunday (i think its too early to really be sure):
Well its 7am and we're on the road. We picked up this really awesome little thing for the stereo that allows us to play music from the laptop WOOHOOO that means when we hit the mountains (argh) and when we go through the nevada desert military zone we'll have tunes. Though i'm kinda interested to listen to the indian reservation's station, but we'll see how things are when we get there. We havent been having much lcuk with a net connection but as soon as I get one i'll be posting this up for you to read.
Its going on 11am, we're almost thouh nebraska and into wyoming! there's so much that i'm seeing, that I can't capture on camera and do it justice. LIke this old farmstead that looks like the family rebuilt elsewhere, the house, barn and other buildings on the propty were in such disarry, that i'm not sure what was holding them up, but they were stll standing. Other cool thngs we have seen were things like the pony expess building, as i type we're passing fields of oil pumps! how cool is that.
Oh I wanted to mention that the other day at the biggest truck stop we saw this gorgeous truck, the side curtain was painted with a moon, stars and clous, it must've taken ages. the cab itself matched it in the dark blue. If we see it agin i'll try to get a photo for you guys.
Wel is 6pm central now, still haven't seen that prettytruck again in case you were wondering. Its soooo hot! I have my shoes and socks , and 'the floor is actually really really hot. Its a damn good thing we're stopping soon. Tonight we're hopefully meeting up with a friend of ours, Mat (yes thats how he spells it). Pat has been gaming with him for about 7 years, I only really got to know him over the past year.
Sunday:
Last night was fun, we met up withmat for dinner and it went well. It was nice to finally meet him, and I think Pat was pretty happy about the whole thing as well.
Right now we're driving through Nevada (casino heaven). Its been a longggg day, and thankfully we'll be reaching our stop for the night shortly. Its so darn hot, and while we're lucky to have any AC at all, its not working as well as it should be. I just want to get out and go into a restuarant with good air conditioning.
Monday:
We made it to our destination! wooohooo. our next load also picks up here in california so woohoo for us.
We left the yard about midday, and we've been at the yard being loaded for about 2 hours now so we should be on the way soon. We're hoping to make it out of wisconsin tonight before he runs out of hours, fingers crossed.
So far nothing too scary has happened, except for some idiot infront of us hitting his breaks suddenly in a construction area, luckily the trailor we were hauling was empty so we didn't have all that weight behind us pushing us forward. People have been pretty good around the truck which i'm thankful for. From some of the stories hubby was telling me people's minds just tend to take a break from concentrating when there's a big semi driving near them.
We'll i'd better finish up writing for now, the laptop batteries need to be charged, so i'll write again soon.
Luv Corina
well the rest of the first night went really well with only one exception, but i'll get to that in a minute. We saw sunset over the oshkosh river which was so gorgeous. Thw only damper of the night was when some idiot in a white van got so impatiant that he nearly became paint on 3 trucks in one go! gah thakfully hubby hit the breaks in time. We ended up parking about 11pm last night and sleep just inside the wisconsin/illionois state line. Not a bad night's sleep at all even with lots of trucks running their motors nearby.
Saturday:
Woke about 7am and coudn't get back to sleep, nevermind though because i grabbed a book and curled up in my seat, in the sun and read til 9am when hubby got up and we got ready to head out. We went through illonois pretty quick and then into Iowa. Guess what you see a lot of in Iowa? corn! hehe I grabbed a couple of photos (i'll upload tomorrow) for ya. Oh the other thing about Iowa, we stopped at the worlds biggest truck stop. You wouldn't believe how big it was! I had 5 resturants, a dentist, a doctors, a lawyers office, hairdressers, shops to get everything from dvd's to truck parts, collectables and clothes. It was awesome.
We're currently parked up in Nebraska, we'll probably head out about 7am tomorrow (hehe). Tomorrow we deal with mountains :| wish us luck!
Sunday (i think its too early to really be sure):
Well its 7am and we're on the road. We picked up this really awesome little thing for the stereo that allows us to play music from the laptop WOOHOOO that means when we hit the mountains (argh) and when we go through the nevada desert military zone we'll have tunes. Though i'm kinda interested to listen to the indian reservation's station, but we'll see how things are when we get there. We havent been having much lcuk with a net connection but as soon as I get one i'll be posting this up for you to read.
Its going on 11am, we're almost thouh nebraska and into wyoming! there's so much that i'm seeing, that I can't capture on camera and do it justice. LIke this old farmstead that looks like the family rebuilt elsewhere, the house, barn and other buildings on the propty were in such disarry, that i'm not sure what was holding them up, but they were stll standing. Other cool thngs we have seen were things like the pony expess building, as i type we're passing fields of oil pumps! how cool is that.
Oh I wanted to mention that the other day at the biggest truck stop we saw this gorgeous truck, the side curtain was painted with a moon, stars and clous, it must've taken ages. the cab itself matched it in the dark blue. If we see it agin i'll try to get a photo for you guys.
Wel is 6pm central now, still haven't seen that prettytruck again in case you were wondering. Its soooo hot! I have my shoes and socks , and 'the floor is actually really really hot. Its a damn good thing we're stopping soon. Tonight we're hopefully meeting up with a friend of ours, Mat (yes thats how he spells it). Pat has been gaming with him for about 7 years, I only really got to know him over the past year.
Sunday:
Last night was fun, we met up withmat for dinner and it went well. It was nice to finally meet him, and I think Pat was pretty happy about the whole thing as well.
Right now we're driving through Nevada (casino heaven). Its been a longggg day, and thankfully we'll be reaching our stop for the night shortly. Its so darn hot, and while we're lucky to have any AC at all, its not working as well as it should be. I just want to get out and go into a restuarant with good air conditioning.
Monday:
We made it to our destination! wooohooo. our next load also picks up here in california so woohoo for us.
updatey goodness
hi guys, well guess what! we're on the road. well not at this exact moment because we're sitting at a place being loaded yay! and our first destination? Sunny california! its been pretty easy going so far this trip. Once i got my seat adjusted and used to the bouncing over bumps, things were going great.
We left the yard about midday, and we've been at the yard being loaded for about 2 hours now so we should be on the way soon. We're hoping to make it out of wisconsin tonight before he runs out of hours, fingers crossed.
So far nothing too scary has happened, except for some idiot infront of us hitting his breaks suddenly in a construction area, luckily the trailor we were hauling was empty so we didn't have all that weight behind us pushing us forward. People have been pretty good around the truck which i'm thankful for. From some of the stories hubby was telling me people's minds just tend to take a break from concentrating when there's a big semi driving near them.
We'll i'd better finish up writing for now, the laptop batteries need to be charged, so i'll write again soon.
Luv Corina
well the rest of the first night went really well with only one exception, but i'll get to that in a minute. We saw sunset over the oshkosh river which was so gorgeous. Thw only damper of the night was when some idiot in a white van got so impatiant that he nearly became paint on 3 trucks in one go! gah thakfully hubby hit the breaks in time. We ended up parking about 11pm last night and sleep just inside the wisconsin/illionois state line. Not a bad night's sleep at all even with lots of trucks running their motors nearby.
Saturday:
Woke about 7am and coudn't get back to sleep, nevermind though because i grabbed a book and curled up in my seat, in the sun and read til 9am when hubby got up and we got ready to head out. We went through illonois pretty quick and then into Iowa. Guess what you see a lot of in Iowa? corn! hehe I grabbed a couple of photos (i'll upload tomorrow) for ya. Oh the other thing about Iowa, we stopped at the worlds biggest truck stop. You wouldn't believe how big it was! I had 5 resturants, a dentist, a doctors, a lawyers office, hairdressers, shops to get everything from dvd's to truck parts, collectables and clothes. It was awesome.
We're currently parked up in Nebraska, we'll probably head out about 7am tomorrow (hehe). Tomorrow we deal with mountains :| wish us luck!
Sunday (i think its too early to really be sure):
Well its 7am and we're on the road. We picked up this really awesome little thing for the stereo that allows us to play music from the laptop WOOHOOO that means when we hit the mountains (argh) and when we go through the nevada desert military zone we'll have tunes. Though i'm kinda interested to listen to the indian reservation's station, but we'll see how things are when we get there. We havent been having much lcuk with a net connection but as soon as I get one i'll be posting this up for you to read.
Its going on 11am, we're almost thouh nebraska and into wyoming! there's so much that i'm seeing, that I can't capture on camera and do it justice. LIke this old farmstead that looks like the family rebuilt elsewhere, the house, barn and other buildings on the propty were in such disarry, that i'm not sure what was holding them up, but they were stll standing. Other cool thngs we have seen were things like the pony expess building, as i type we're passing fields of oil pumps! how cool is that.
Oh I wanted to mention that the other day at the biggest truck stop we saw this gorgeous truck, the side curtain was painted with a moon, stars and clous, it must've taken ages. the cab itself matched it in the dark blue. If we see it agin i'll try to get a photo for you guys.
Wel is 6pm central now, still haven't seen that prettytruck again in case you were wondering. Its soooo hot! I have my shoes and socks , and 'the floor is actually really really hot. Its a damn good thing we're stopping soon. Tonight we're hopefully meeting up with a friend of ours, Mat (yes thats how he spells it). Pat has been gaming with him for about 7 years, I only really got to know him over the past year.
Sunday:
Last night was fun, we met up withmat for dinner and it went well. It was nice to finally meet him, and I think Pat was pretty happy about the whole thing as well.
Right now we're driving through Nevada (casino heaven). Its been a longggg day, and thankfully we'll be reaching our stop for the night shortly. Its so darn hot, and while we're lucky to have any AC at all, its not working as well as it should be. I just want to get out and go into a restuarant with good air conditioning.
Tuesday:
We made it to our destination! wooohooo. our next load also picks up here in california so woohoo for us. It's not too far away so we'll be on our way to our stop for the night.
Made it here safely, spent a few hours inside in the ac'd tv lounge for drivers. wootage. Wasn't overly impressed at the food for dinner but oh well, it was food. i'm going to crash now - i'm still tired.
Wednesday: (independence day)
happy 4th july everyone! today has been awesome. We spent a few hours in the tv room this morning while it was heating up, had lunch then came back to the truck for a wee bit. I played a little wow and its all good.
Our next load is to be delivered in wisconsin! so we might make it home for the midnight release of the harry potter movie YAY
As for photos from my trip so far, i'll probably load them when I get back to wisconsin depending on down time between now and then. its a little hard to get everything hooked up with my card reader while we're bouncing along down the road hehe
well thats it for this long post, take care until next time
luv, hugs and peace out
Kiwi
We left the yard about midday, and we've been at the yard being loaded for about 2 hours now so we should be on the way soon. We're hoping to make it out of wisconsin tonight before he runs out of hours, fingers crossed.
So far nothing too scary has happened, except for some idiot infront of us hitting his breaks suddenly in a construction area, luckily the trailor we were hauling was empty so we didn't have all that weight behind us pushing us forward. People have been pretty good around the truck which i'm thankful for. From some of the stories hubby was telling me people's minds just tend to take a break from concentrating when there's a big semi driving near them.
We'll i'd better finish up writing for now, the laptop batteries need to be charged, so i'll write again soon.
Luv Corina
well the rest of the first night went really well with only one exception, but i'll get to that in a minute. We saw sunset over the oshkosh river which was so gorgeous. Thw only damper of the night was when some idiot in a white van got so impatiant that he nearly became paint on 3 trucks in one go! gah thakfully hubby hit the breaks in time. We ended up parking about 11pm last night and sleep just inside the wisconsin/illionois state line. Not a bad night's sleep at all even with lots of trucks running their motors nearby.
Saturday:
Woke about 7am and coudn't get back to sleep, nevermind though because i grabbed a book and curled up in my seat, in the sun and read til 9am when hubby got up and we got ready to head out. We went through illonois pretty quick and then into Iowa. Guess what you see a lot of in Iowa? corn! hehe I grabbed a couple of photos (i'll upload tomorrow) for ya. Oh the other thing about Iowa, we stopped at the worlds biggest truck stop. You wouldn't believe how big it was! I had 5 resturants, a dentist, a doctors, a lawyers office, hairdressers, shops to get everything from dvd's to truck parts, collectables and clothes. It was awesome.
We're currently parked up in Nebraska, we'll probably head out about 7am tomorrow (hehe). Tomorrow we deal with mountains :| wish us luck!
Sunday (i think its too early to really be sure):
Well its 7am and we're on the road. We picked up this really awesome little thing for the stereo that allows us to play music from the laptop WOOHOOO that means when we hit the mountains (argh) and when we go through the nevada desert military zone we'll have tunes. Though i'm kinda interested to listen to the indian reservation's station, but we'll see how things are when we get there. We havent been having much lcuk with a net connection but as soon as I get one i'll be posting this up for you to read.
Its going on 11am, we're almost thouh nebraska and into wyoming! there's so much that i'm seeing, that I can't capture on camera and do it justice. LIke this old farmstead that looks like the family rebuilt elsewhere, the house, barn and other buildings on the propty were in such disarry, that i'm not sure what was holding them up, but they were stll standing. Other cool thngs we have seen were things like the pony expess building, as i type we're passing fields of oil pumps! how cool is that.
Oh I wanted to mention that the other day at the biggest truck stop we saw this gorgeous truck, the side curtain was painted with a moon, stars and clous, it must've taken ages. the cab itself matched it in the dark blue. If we see it agin i'll try to get a photo for you guys.
Wel is 6pm central now, still haven't seen that prettytruck again in case you were wondering. Its soooo hot! I have my shoes and socks , and 'the floor is actually really really hot. Its a damn good thing we're stopping soon. Tonight we're hopefully meeting up with a friend of ours, Mat (yes thats how he spells it). Pat has been gaming with him for about 7 years, I only really got to know him over the past year.
Sunday:
Last night was fun, we met up withmat for dinner and it went well. It was nice to finally meet him, and I think Pat was pretty happy about the whole thing as well.
Right now we're driving through Nevada (casino heaven). Its been a longggg day, and thankfully we'll be reaching our stop for the night shortly. Its so darn hot, and while we're lucky to have any AC at all, its not working as well as it should be. I just want to get out and go into a restuarant with good air conditioning.
Tuesday:
We made it to our destination! wooohooo. our next load also picks up here in california so woohoo for us. It's not too far away so we'll be on our way to our stop for the night.
Made it here safely, spent a few hours inside in the ac'd tv lounge for drivers. wootage. Wasn't overly impressed at the food for dinner but oh well, it was food. i'm going to crash now - i'm still tired.
Wednesday: (independence day)
happy 4th july everyone! today has been awesome. We spent a few hours in the tv room this morning while it was heating up, had lunch then came back to the truck for a wee bit. I played a little wow and its all good.
Our next load is to be delivered in wisconsin! so we might make it home for the midnight release of the harry potter movie YAY
As for photos from my trip so far, i'll probably load them when I get back to wisconsin depending on down time between now and then. its a little hard to get everything hooked up with my card reader while we're bouncing along down the road hehe
well thats it for this long post, take care until next time
luv, hugs and peace out
Kiwi
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