last I looked it was Monday, now it's Thursday night. Damn. I've spent most of today in St. Louis. MO. Without looking at my log book, I don't recall where I've been since Monday. I do know that I "had" to drive about 860 miles "last night" on a "JIT" load. JIT my ass. I sat around all day (with 4 others trucks) waiting to be unloaded by Local 306 of the Iron Workers Union. It was a popcorn, yes I said popcorn, factory. Business must be good, because they're expanding. Every twenty or so minutes the air was thick with the smell of cooked popcorn. Love popcorn, hate the smell. I then had to deal with the miserable St. Louis traffic and drive 50 miles west before every truck stop parking space in the area was filled. I ended up at the T/A Foristell, MO. Because of the unloading delay, I lost my 560 mile overnight preplan. I didn't really have the hours to do it anyway. The photo by V. Grumpy was taken at the intersection of I270 and I70 west of St. Louis. 6 lanes were "narrowed" to 1. The MO DOT needed 5 lanes to deal with 1 car running off the road. It's 8:37pm and I can't keep my eyes open. I overate at the buffet after not eating all day. Tomorrow is another day.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Man, are the days flying by...
last I looked it was Monday, now it's Thursday night. Damn. I've spent most of today in St. Louis. MO. Without looking at my log book, I don't recall where I've been since Monday. I do know that I "had" to drive about 860 miles "last night" on a "JIT" load. JIT my ass. I sat around all day (with 4 others trucks) waiting to be unloaded by Local 306 of the Iron Workers Union. It was a popcorn, yes I said popcorn, factory. Business must be good, because they're expanding. Every twenty or so minutes the air was thick with the smell of cooked popcorn. Love popcorn, hate the smell. I then had to deal with the miserable St. Louis traffic and drive 50 miles west before every truck stop parking space in the area was filled. I ended up at the T/A Foristell, MO. Because of the unloading delay, I lost my 560 mile overnight preplan. I didn't really have the hours to do it anyway. The photo by V. Grumpy was taken at the intersection of I270 and I70 west of St. Louis. 6 lanes were "narrowed" to 1. The MO DOT needed 5 lanes to deal with 1 car running off the road. It's 8:37pm and I can't keep my eyes open. I overate at the buffet after not eating all day. Tomorrow is another day.
