Fun for all ages. Night driving is nice. No stupid drivers, not even truckers. Followed dispatch route, was not fastest, I don't think. Next time will know. Missed consignee anyway – sign is 50 feet in the air – and on east side of road. Right in front of rising sun. Took me about 20 minutes to find a place to turn around and get back to the place.
Remember- turn BEFORE the big fenced in parking lot.
This Americold site is quite unlike the one in Atlanta. Had me unloaded in about two hours – interrupted a really good nap, too, darnit. Was dreaming I was back at sea on the Woodrush and having a grand time. Something about painting or dying just the top layer of the captain's hair without him knowing about it. Looked goofy as hell.. but what do you expect from a dream?
Got out of there and sent over to another Americold site just about 7 miles away. Construction messed me up, so I spent about a half hour getting myself turned around and back to the site – just in time for them to go to lunch. AAAARRGH! Not faulting them, just sucky timing.
When they returned, got to window.. not only did they know what lot my new trailer was in, they knew row AND sequence. Zounds! That's hot! Usually, the best any place can do is tell me what lot, and if they are very good, they can tell me what row. This lady didn't even have to look it up – just rattled it off.
Made it as far as Erie, PA. Have 45 minutes left on the clock today, but I'm getting groggy, so I'll grab an 8 in the sleeper and apply that 45 minutes between 23:15 and midnight. Trip planning as we are told – basing it on 50mph, I can't get to Brattleboro, VT before 11:00 local time. However, if I can manage close to 60mph (as I recall, it's pretty flat ground across NY) I might just make it on time. Maybe.
It's 450 miles from where I'm parked at the moment, according to Google Maps. For a wonder, the routing in Google Maps agrees pretty closely with my QC routing.
Now, it's bed time (at 15:30.. who'd a thunk it?)
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