THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER

I'm sure it comes as no surprise to you that I really hate summer, especially July and August, when it is at it's hottest. The dog days of summer they call it. With the cost of fuel, and the anti idling laws that have been enacted, you see truckers being resourceful in ways to keep cool. We are fortunate, in that we have an APU which keeps us cool without idling the truck. Others we have witnessed, have multiple fans blowing hot air around the cab in an attempt to stay half way cool. But the trucker that parked next to us yesterday, gets the prize for thinking outside the box.We peaked out of our enclosed sleeping area, cool as cucumbers, to take a look around and saw that the truck next to us had a household window air conditioner attached to an idleair window adapter, with an extension cord running to a 1500 watt gas generator sitting behind the cab. This driver had embraced the McGyver inside him to find a way to keep cool when the temperatures outside get hot. To keep you up to date on our comings and goings, we made our delivery in Kennewick, WA at the Mt. Hood Beverage Company Tuesday morning at 8am. We had less than 2 hours left of driving time, so we headed to the truck stop in Pasco and found a spot to call home. Around 3pm we received a dispatch for this morning at 11am to be at Darigold in Sunnyside, WA to pick up 44,000 pounds of Cheese.
They had a visitor center with self guiding tours and cheese tasting. Check out Craig checking out the cow at the beginning of the tour. After our fill of sampling the different cheeses they had out, it was time to get back in the truck and take our load of cheese to the Darigold facility in San Jose, CA. This load is set for delivery on Friday afternoon at 1pm. We will have no problem making that delivery, as long as the dog days of summer, and the lure of all that good cheese in our trailer doesn't get to us!