trip 2

Left Winnipeg on July 4th for Murray, KY hauling a load of oat flakes. Made it to Murray a day early and by the luck of a phone call for directions that we needed for the morning, we got unloaded that night. Had a really good lunch at a place called Martha's restaurant in Kentucky...first time I had real southern BBQ. Pulled pork, black eyed peas, creamed potatoes and fried green tomatoes all washed down with a big cold glass of sweet tea, I was in heaven!(If you ever find yourself in Murray Kentucky...GO TO MARTHA'S!!!) We got a reload in Carol Stream, IL a suburb of Chicago at Kodak. I don't know how people can deal with the kind of traffic that happens in Chicago on a daily basis, it's just plain nuts! Our reload took 3 hours for the paperwork to be completed and we were on our way back to Winnipeg. Dropped the trailer in our yard in Winnipeg and put the truck in the shop, she was acting kind of funny on the road. The mechanic looked at it and found that the air-ride was riding about 2 inches high, he lowered it and the problem was solved. We grabbed an empty trailer and headed for Fort Frances, ON to pick up a pre-loaded trailer of paper. Took the paper to Maquoketa,IA crossing the NARROW rail bridge at International Falls,MN If you've ever crossed at International Falls, you know what I'm talking about! Our delivery appointment was really tight to get to so we had to run the night to get there on time. I kinda like night driving...no traffic but you get sleepy, thats for sure! Ran into some pretty heave traffic in Debuque, IA at lunch time, so we ended up being late for our unload by about 20 mins. Reciever said not a problem at all! Reloaded in Muscatine, IA (again) with a load of furniture headed for a drop in Regina, SK and a second drop in Saskatoon, SK. We took it as far as Regina and got an empty move to Winnipeg for our days off. About 4900 miles in total and we're off again on the 18th of July. I can't believe I'm gettinng paid to do this work!!