NO SNOW MEANS GO GO GO

After leaving Selah, WA with our 42,000 pounds of apples, we made it as far as La Pine, OR for the night. We decided to treat ourselves to a nice salad inside the restaurant at Gordy's Truck Stop instead of me rummaging through the cupboards for something to eat that sounded good. After dinner, with a nice picturesque view from our front window, and no TV reception, we both settled in with our laptops until we were tired enough to go to sleep. It was nice to see that once we had crossed into Oregon from Washington on Saturday, any signs of snow or ice on the roads were non existent. Getting an early start on Sunday, we made our way towards the California border and a fuel stop in Corning where I made lunch and we took a short break. We stopped briefly at the Company yard in French Camp, CA to drop off some trip packets and called it a night in Santa Nella, CA, which set us up nicely for a 70 mile run into Salinas.We took a short walk once we were parked in Santa Nella to the Starbucks just down the street, and I had the pleasure of enjoying my first real cup of coffee of the new year and a little people watching too, as the holiday travelers were making their way home. We enjoyed some TV while having some hot soup for dinner.

This morning we arrived at Fresh Express at 6am and were immediately unloaded. We went to the local trailer washout to have the trailer cleaned prior to dropping it back at Fresh Express and this is what I saw:Now, as hard as I racked my brain, for the life of me, I couldn't figure out what an open can of whip cream would be doing by the wash bay, but on second thought, maybe I don't really want to know.

After dropping our empty, we were asked to jockey another empty trailer that was at the local Thermo King over to Fresh Express, and then check on three other trailers that had minor problems. Craig was able to fix one of the trailers so that it could be used for a load, but the other two had some major electrical problems that he didn't have the correct tools to try and fix.

We were given a load that was to be ready by 1pm. It is now close to 3pm and the red light on the dock is still flashing red. We haven't seen anyone pull out yet with a loaded trailer, and the hours are slowing dwindling on Craig's 14 hours clock. There may not be any snow here to slow us down, but the whole getting back to work routine at Fresh Express has come to a slow crawl.