September 24 – Beat my ETA to Layton yard by about a half hour. Would have been a full hour if I'd opted to fuel after I got my load. Gah! The lines at that Pilot were amazing – and then you had truckers who wanted one particular pump or something – backing everybody else up by taking up a position 3rd in line, instead of moving over just one lane and being nr 2.
Prevailed upon the mechanics to install my inverter – needed to get some wiring and stuff from a place called Driven Electronics (sure, another store would have been just as good, but not as close, not as knowledgeable, and not as willing to give May drivers a substantial discount). Back at the ranch... er, yard... I turned the truck over to the mechanics while I did laundry. They were done before I even had my washers started. Having nothing else really to do, I spent the afternoon watching Daniel Boone with Fess Parker. Gods, it was awful, but it's easy to see how it was successful, if you look at it through 1960s eyes.
I was gonna jump in the shower as soon as the laundry was done, but somebody was already in there and somebody else was waiting. There are truck stops all along the interstates that offer showers, I'll just grab one there. Preferably at a Pilot (I have a couple stacked up on my card) but anywhere will do .
Opted to pass up the Pilot in Wendover, NV. Stopping would mess up my remaining hours. My 14 is up before my 11 as it is.
Made it to Wells with about 10 minutes to go on my drive time. Flying J – huge lot, nice people behind the counter, and HOT water. Yeah.. LOOOOONG shower. Damn that feels good
Time to add another item to my “These people should be shot” list: Bullhaulers who stop for the night UPWIND of the truck stop. It's especially egregious if they've not washed out the trailers after hauling hogs. Glad my Darth Vader mask filters scent pretty well.
I haven't decided if I'm going to add “drivers who play their stereos at volume 11 in a truck stop”. The indecision stems from the apparent fact that he was using it as an alarm clock.
On that note, time for me to set MY alarm clock and groove out for the night.
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