At midnight the qualcomm goes off and we are to pick up in Eddyville, IA (200 miles away) at 11:00 a.m. and deliver the load in Laredo, TX... you got it... on Thanksgiving Day!
We arrived at Cargill in Eddyville, IA at 10:30 a.m. This is a live load so it will take a little bit of time. We left Council Bluffs, IA this morning at 6:30 a.m.... another long day. This plant is huge! They make syrup, so we'll be hauling some bi-product of the process.
The sunrise this morning was beautiful. When you can see for miles on end, it makes everything look larger than life. Even at night the sky looks larger and the stars look closer. "The Big Empty"... I get it now.
2:00 p.m. we're loaded and ready to head toward Laredo, TX but first we have to make it out of this small town. The map says turn right out of the customers and go about 5-6 miles to Hwy 34. Well... about 2 miles into this short stint... DETOUR!!!
We turned, and for the next 15 miles we are on roads that don't have names, they have letters or numbers... H57, H61, VZ, 168 St.... at one point we went right through the middle of a farm... the house was on one side and the cattle and barns were on the other! These roads remind me of the road that leads to my aunt and uncle's farm in Tennessee.... and here WE are! I was having flashbacks to being in North Dakota!
We did make it back out to the hiway and the rest of our day was uneventful, thank goodness. I get really nervous in small towns and country roads. You never know if there is a small bridge, a low flying bridge, or low wires. It's much easier to keep this truck moving forward... in the right direction!
Tonight we'll stop in Joplin, MO for fuel and for the night. I hope we get to Laredo in time so that we can go to Mexico on Thanksgiving... I'll have to sweet talk Trapper!
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