BUTTONWILLOW, CA

Having arrived at Americold in Hermiston, OR Friday before noon, we were basically stuck there, since we started around midnight, and Craig's 14 hour clock was due to expire. Good news was that they would load us way before our 5:30pm appointment time and that we could camp out on their lot for as long as we needed. With the reefer humming we settled in for the rest of the afternoon and early evening, watching TV and playing on our laptops, before sleep finally overcame us.

I had thought we would get back to our normal driving routine, but Craig was up and at it by 3am and down the road we went to scale out the load of french fries at a near by truck stop. We were in luck as it scaled out perfectly for almost 45,000 pound of taters. With a fuel stop in Chemult, OR, it worked out good for a lunch break as well, and then it was off to our final destination for the day, Redding, CA.

We left this morning at a more reasonable hour of 5am, with one thing on our minds.....a truck wash. This poor truck hasn't been washed in almost a month and it looked it! With everything shiny and clean we continued south with driving hours that would get us only to Buttonwillow, CA. But I wasn't complaining, it has a Starbucks, and I promised Craig that after our showers in the morning, I would treat him to a hot cooked breakfast at Denny's which is across the street from the truck stop. Some days it pays to have not enough driving hours!