Wed-Mon, Oct 8/13... Rollin' On...

Wednesday, Oct 8
We drove through North Dakota for the majority of the day. Trapper wasn’t feeling well at all, so we didn’t push ourselves.


Thursday, Oct 9
Today was scenery and driving, which equates to me sight-seeing and Trapper working. We woke up to 14 degrees this morning! We made our way through Minnesota and Wisconsin. After pushing our hours to the limit and Trapper’s health to the limit… we stopped for the night relatively early.




Friday, Oct 10
With our delivery being Saturday morning at 4:30 am we made the delivery Friday night around 9 pm in DePere, WI. This was a decent drop and we picked up our empty trailer. There was a Wal-Mart close by, so that was our stopping place for the night. A quick trip into Wal-Mart and we were done for the night.


Saturday, Oct 11
Trapper called our dispatcher and we were told that we would probably not get dispatched until Sunday or Monday so we were off to find a truck stop. Both of us were a little aggravated because we had originally been told we’d be dispatched out on Saturday.

We found a truck stop and decided this would be home for a couple of days. Being behind in my domestic duties… it was time to do laundry. I found the laundry (two washers/one dryer) and everything was full. So… back to the truck. Waiting on the laundry to free up, we decided to do some house cleaning. Like any normal couple… Trapper took the outside, I took the inside (but being such a gentleman… he helped with the inside.) We took everything apart, cleaned it out, cleaned it up, and put it back together. The laundry was finished in two hours… one load… and off to dinner and then showers. Well… no showers… no hot water at the truck stop. We sat around in the trucker’s lounge, for the first time ever, and talked to 3-4 other drivers. The day was a good rest and we’re working on our reset so it all worked out great.

Sunday, Oct 12
The Qualcomm is a beautiful sound once you’re physically and mentally ready to go again. We were dispatched for New Lenox, IL with our final destination being 3 stops in the Pittsburgh, PA area. We had to be in Pittsburgh, PA Tuesday at 5:00 a.m. The air conditioner on the truck is in need of repair, so we have to schedule some time to get this repaired. Trapper’s feeling much better and we’re rested and rolling!