Back to the West Coast

Its been a fun summer this 2010. Running regional and being home every week gave me a chance to do lots of fishing and other activities that I never really got to do since I started trucking back in 02. But the main reason why I came here was to run the west coast, which is what I love the most. The opportunity wasn't available until a few weeks ago when one of our west coast drivers decided he wanted to run regional, the opportunity was perfect! All of our west coast drivers get to drive the new trucks, and the old beat up trucks like I had stay on the east coast. So we just swapped trucks and now I'm rolling in a 2011 Peterbilt 386, beautiful truck!

















It comes with all the necessary comforts, a comfortable bed, Sirius radio for that Road Dog truckin, and a factory refrigerator & freezer, which is my favorite accessory. My 1st week out I ran regional, 2 trips between Indianapolis to Detroit, 5 stops of produce each time. I had to attend the company safety meeting last Saturday and after that I took off on my first return to the left coast trip with seven stops.

I ran down to Lubbock, TX for Monday morning and delivered a door there and went to El Paso where I stayed the night and delivered a couple more doors there on Tuesday. These doors were the biggest I'd ever seen, special order for an 8,000 sq ft home! It took three of us to get them off the truck. I think I'm going to get very strong delivering these doors on a regular basis. LOL
From there I came over here to Phoenix for four drops today. I started this morning in Tolleson with empty pill bottles, then more pill bottles to Phoenix, and finally doors and wood shims to Tempe. Now I'm back at the Flying J where our buddy Vern Gill has kindly asked me to join him and his girlfriend and their children for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow.

After that's all over I will head out tomorrow night to deliver a couple more doors to San Diego, CA on Friday morning then wait to see what the back haul will be. Produce more than likely.
I leave you with the sunset at Texas Canyon on 11/23, my 30th birthday. What a way to watch this milestone day in my life fade away.