ON THE MOVE

We sat around the rest of the day on Thursday and when 6pm rolled around, we were pretty certain we would not be given another dispatch until Friday. Craig woke up very early Friday morning, so we decided to hit the showers before all the other early risers made an appearance later in the morning. Around 9am we received word to hook up with an empty trailer and head towards Tyson Meats in Wallula, WA. Along the way we stopped at the Starbucks in Ritzville, WA and I got to try their new blended lemonade. Yum Yum!

We staged in Pasco at the local truck stops and had our trailer washed out, now all we needed was the dispatch. At almost 2pm we received it, to head to AmeriCold, which is right across the street from Tyson Meats. We were picking up 44,000 pounds of miscellaneous boneless beef, which would be heading to the Swiss-American Sausage Company in Lathrop. Only question was, it was set to deliver on July 2 and we needed to be starting our home time on July 3.

A quick message to our dispatcher, confirmed that we would be dropping off the meat at our Company Yard, and then picking up a relay load of bananas to take to Puyallup, WA. Yes, the banana boat sets sail again. The delivery for the bananas is July 1 at 5am, which will give us plenty of time to possibly pick up a load out of Puyallup and take it into Spokane on the 2nd. If all works out well, we will be sitting pretty to start our home time right on schedule on July 3.

With all that cleared up, it was time to do the 18 wheel shuffle and weigh out the load. I have to say, this is the only part of doing refrigerated versus the boat fleet that I don't like, and that is the heavy loads and trying to scale out legal. We were heavy on the trailer axles so we had to move the tandems, but then we had to be sure not to move them too far back, as California has rules that Oregon and Washington doesn't.

Satisfied that we were within legal limits, we headed out and made it as far as Gordy's in LaPine, OR. Having pulled in around 10pm, we wouldn't be able to leave in the morning until 8am. We had a fuel stop in Corning, CA and tonight we will be in the Company yard where my Mother and Niece will be meeting us. We had asked them to bring our satellite dish, receivers, and some other miscellaneous stuff so that we could have it when we take possession of the house.


So after a nice visit with my Mom and Niece, we hooked up to the bananas, and will be ready to head back North in the morning. Home time here we come!