Sun-Wed Sept 27-30.... Stuck in Reverse

I admit it... I love Texas... I've mentioned this before in several posts, but it has been awhile.

You don't have to wonder what state you are in... as soon as you cross the Texas border and you see the mile marker (873) you know you are in TX... not to mention the old saying that everything is bigger in Texas. They are proud!

I belive this sense of American Pride is the reason that Fox News gets the representatives from Texas when they want a real "kick butt" response or commentary on a particular subject.

Check out this star at the welcome center. Do you doubt what state this is?

Sunday we made our delivery in Sealy, TX at the Wal-Mart Dist Center. We left the distribution center without a trailer which always causes problems. The qualcomm doesn't except your empty call without a trailer number and they don't put you on the board. You are a little in limbo.

Monday morning rolled around and we still did not have a load assignment, so Trapper made the decision that it was time to get a motel room and reset our hours. We were, obviously 24 hours into a 34 hour reset, so why not.

It was a wonderful break from the truck. Being off the road for so long, for both of us, getting back into the routine has been a little challenging. For me, all I want to do is sleep. We're managing nicely though.

Wal-Mart finally had an empty trailer for us and Tuesday morning we were back in business. We were dispatched to Houston, TX to pick-up a load from the "waste management" place. I was dreading this load.... you never know what you're going to be dragging across this country.

This 43,000 lbs of paper (aka trash) is going to Laredo, TX and then onto Mexico for processing. This company will eventually make huge rolls of paper and other paper products out of this recycled paper.

We arrived at the Laredo terminal around 8:00 pm on Tuesday night. At midnight the qualcomm went off to alert us that we were taking a load to Toccoa, GA and we had to be there by Friday at 8:00 am. At 1:00 am we were finding our trailer, setting the map and the gps.

It's Wednesday night now... we are stopped at Hammond, LA.... we were just here a few days ago. I feel like I'm stuck in reverse! Tomorrow will take us through the rest of LA, AL, and onto GA. Another load delivered safely and on time!