Friday, Oct 17... I don't think so...

Trapper started driving early this morning to ensure we get this cider delivered on time. I choose to stay in bed…. 140 miles down the road, I decided to get up. I was surprised I slept that long, but traveling on the OH turnpike is easy riding… you barely notice the truck moving.

Unloading the cider from WI went pretty quick. We were only carrying 20 pallets. We left N Aurora, IL and headed to Joliet, IL. We had 1 hour to drive 34 miles. This sounded easy enough and we thought we could simply leave the same way we came; however, my Streets And Maps went blank as we were pulling out of the plant and we made the rash decision to follow the GPS. This was not a good decision!

Two turns and we are headed right toward downtown N. Aurora, IL… a driver’s nightmare comes true… we came face to face with a 12’ 4” clearance bridge!!! Crap! Now what???? There was no way this truck was going under that bridge and we had no intention of becoming the monthly poster children for CFI’s safety department.

My job description changed quickly to directing traffic and moving road construction signs. Our only choice, in this mess, was to make a 45 degree turn… go through a parking lot…another 45 degree turn…and hope the upcoming street wasn’t one way! Not that a one way street was our top concern… forget the “this vehicle makes wide right turns!”

Trapper maneuvered the truck around and we made it out of this predicament. We will NOT let this happen again!
We made it to our pick up with 5 minutes to spare. Whew!

Our drop n’ hook took forty minutes and we were on our way! While Trapper was finishing with the shipping department, I set the map and GPS!

With only 3 hours left (on our 11) to drive today and being ready to stop for the day… we stopped in southern IL for the night.

We’re both ready for the 1200 mile run to Laredo, TX… warmer weather… wide open spaces!