THE MORE THINGS CHANGE.........

The more things change, the more they stay the same. After dropping the beer in Kennewick, WA, we received a dispatch to head to Tyson Meat, about 15 miles away to pick up a loaded trailer and head to Phoenix, Arizona. Wait......we won't be going down Interstate 5? Nope, we were headed on a route we used to take all the time while on the boat fleet, through Idaho, down through Salt Lake City, then Flagstaff, and finally to Phoenix. Hmmmm this will be a nice change of pace, except for revisiting Phoenix in June with the temperature predicted to be 115 degrees. At least this time we won't be unloading boats on the melting asphalt.

So with plenty of time to sweep out the empty trailer, fill the reefer with fuel, we hit Tyson about an hour ahead of our appointment time. No problem, seems the trailer we are picking up has been loaded for a couple of days and just waiting for us. After dropping our empty trailer out in the back lot, we hooked up to the loaded one and headed to the truck stop to fuel and scale. Happily, this time we scaled out perfectly, and will be able to fill the tanks without worry that we will be too heavy.

With no worries, we enjoyed the drive on Interstate 84 with it's lush greenery, mountains, and streams. We made it as far as Baker City, OR and pulled into a small mom and pop truck stop. While I heated us up some dinner, Craig took a walk to the store. Imagine my surprise when he came back into the truck and in his hands was a very nice Conair blow dryer! Get this, they had three of them on the shelf. I still can't believe it, but boy am I a happy girl.

With a 0230am delivery time Sunday morning, we have slowly been adjusting to driving in the very early morning hours. Friday morning we left at 3am and stayed just south of Salt Lake City. As we were backing into a space we saw this guy standing nearby waiting for us. I even mentioned to Craig that I wondered what he wanted, Craig was thinking he was going to ask for money. To our surprise, he introduced himself and said that he was going to be hiring on with our company TWT on Monday! He was leaving another truck company he wasn't happy with and had said that he has heard nothing but good things about TWT. We couldn't agree more and he was on his way and we were headed to bed for a 1am wake up call.

Right now, in the predawn hours, I am writing this blog as we make our way towards the Arizona border. Our destination for the day is Flagstaff, AZ where we hope to take advantage of the cooler weather and getting some sleep before leaving late tonight for our 0230am delivery time Sunday morning. We are hoping our stay in the Phoenix area won't be long!