We made it into the Petro truck stop, just south of Medford, OR around 1630 with the directions to hand over the bananas to another TWT driver that was waiting for us. We found him and made the swap of trailers and decided, since we would have the time, to treat ourselves to dinner. It was nice knowing we had the rest of the evening to relax, because Craig had used all but 15 minutes of his available driving hours.Wednesday morning we slept in and watched the local news. It had started raining when we pulled in the night before and it hadn't stopped. The weather forecast called for more showers all day, and for once they were right.
About 4pm we get a message to head to Fresh Express in Salinas as soon as we could, and knowing that we had 4 hours of driving time we decided to get at least 200 miles down the road before stopping to take a nap, and wait until midnight when our new driving hours for the day started. It didn't take long for the truck stop in Corning, CA, where we stopped for fuel and our nap, to look
like Grand Central Station, with all the trucks trying to find a spot for the night. One lucky driver, who had been circling the lot, got our spot as we left around 12:30amThat time of night sure works out great when driving through the Bay Area on a weekday. Having the Interstate clear of commute traffic made for a nice easy drive into Salinas. We got the trailer washed out and dropped off at the yard by 6am, then ventured down the street to the Pilot, where we snagged an open spot and crawled into bed.
We only managed to sleep about 4 hours before we were both wide awake. Right now we are awaiting the dispatch on our load out of Salinas to see where it will take us. It seems these dispatches don't come in until the end of the day, so we have some time on our hands. We had mentioned that we needed to stop by the Modesto area to sign the loan documents on our park model house, so we are hoping to be able to accomplish that on this trip as well. I'll post again when I know where we are headed.
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So your moving too. How much fun is that? We are getting closer another month or so and we should be all moved in. We are getting the Park Model on land. Are you guys putting yours in a park?
Yes, we are relocating to Washington State. We bought a lot by the river in Usk, WA and that is where our little house will be. Unlike you, when we started this trucking adventure, we sold our house and everything in it, so we virtually have nothing to move into it. We will buy everything new. The only thing we kept were all my scrapbooks and supplies, and our motorcycle gear. With any luck, we will take possession the end of June!
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