Effingham ain't in the cards, it seems. Spent the night in Rochelle, IL. Not bad, but I didn't get to go see the trains. Instead, I got to do laundry. I think the plan is now to get to Oak Grove tomorrow, hang out most of the day (Sunday) and aim to get to Atlanta early Monday morning. Drop the load and hopefully get another load that brings us back north.
It was WONDERFUL in MN last night. High of about 60-F, rain all night, thunderstorms - whooooopie! Here in Rochelle, it's about 72 and clear at 21:30. Bleagh. Of course, it'll get worse as we go south.
Picked up load today in Cold Spring, WI. Brewery. BLerch, or Bluerh or some such. Instructions for getting there were - as usual - wrong. Said "9 miles" from the interstate. Was less than 7. We almost missed it. Shipping is in the SECOND building back. Nicely laid out for trucks, though. Straight line back into the dock with lots of wiggle room. Had us loaded and on our way in about half an hour. Just shy of 44,000 pounds of energy drinks.
Of course, we had to move the tandems to be legal, but that was easily and quickly done. Trainer had to fight the wind most of the day. 35-45KT crosswind was playing hell with the trailer - even with the load on. Would have been completely miserable if we'd been empty.
I'll be driving again in the morning! Oh, Frabjous joy!
Oh, almost forgot. Seems a driver from one of those stage management companies saw me park the other night. Based on that much knowledge, he offered me a job. Pay was acceptable, but really, would YOU trust a company that offered to hire you solely on your performance in a single backing maneuver?
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