We left Franklin, KY yesterday morning (9-17) and drove straight to CFI’s terminal in Taylor, MI. It was cool and crisp this morning… having left the humidity in LA. (Yes!) The drive through KY and OH was really nice, except OH is 55 mph for commercial vehicles. The downtown skyline of Cincinnati is gorgeous.
We arrived at Taylor around 4:00 pm and dropped the trailer, went in and took showers, and bobtailed over to the mall. It’s nice to get out of the truck and move around when you can. We were dispatched at 4:00 am to go to Mississauga, Ontario Canada, to drop the load from Taylor.
I thought, before I actually started riding, that I wanted to come to Canada… 3 hours later… being held up by incomplete paperwork… I’m starting to have second thoughts. Paperwork… gotta love it! We’re sitting here waiting on the shipper to get the right information to the broker. We can’t use the internet or cell phone while in Canada… We could, but with the international rates we don’t. Instead we opted to sit here and solve the worlds problems, play solitaire, and work at deciphering the fuel surcharge.
We did make it to Canada (finally) and delivered the load. We were immediately QUALCOMMed to pick up a load at 5:00 pm in Cobourg… 88 miles north… and it was 3:30 pm. We were a few minutes late, switched trailers and on our way to Laredo, TX. Canada strikes me as a very organized and clean country. The interstate is not littered with construction or billboards. Billboards are 100 yards off the road and I was able to type without hesitation. There are no “rest areas”, as we know the in the states, but instead a “rest area” type set up with a small area for truck parking, car parking, and a store/restaurant. Very organized and clean. We made it back to the states early this morning. Good to be home!
The video shows some of Canada and please excuse the bugs on the windshield. Trapper says windshield cleaning is "housekeeping", I think it falls under maintenance!
(click on the arrow in the bottom right corner to start the video)
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