Uh huh....... That's right, I was happy to wipe my hands of that last trip. It had to rear it's ugly head one last time in Las Vegas, when the receiver noticed a little 5 inch rip in the cardboard box and refused to accept it. A
few phone calls later and five hours of waiting ( doesn't bother us, we get paid from appointment time on) there was a new buyer found for the $300 worth of rib eye steaks, and we were instructed to head back to the Company yard in Bloomington, CA. We were glad to know, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!
few phone calls later and five hours of waiting ( doesn't bother us, we get paid from appointment time on) there was a new buyer found for the $300 worth of rib eye steaks, and we were instructed to head back to the Company yard in Bloomington, CA. We were glad to know, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!The economy must not be too bad these days, as in like Chicago, Las Vegas seems to be in a constant stage of construction on their freeways and buildings. They never seem to stop building newer and bigger and fancier hotels along the strip. The poor Stratosphere, at the very start of the strip, pales in comparison to the mega hotels at the other end of the strip. Now don't think we were in Vegas and didn't gamble a bit. Craig won $10 playing poker on line while we had that down time waiting for a buyer for the steaks. I figure anytime you can leave this gambling city with more than you came with is a good thing.
On our way back into California we were beeped with our next assignment. We get to go to the Port in San Diego to pick up our old friends bananas. You remember from a previous post about the TWIC card we applied for? By the end of the year ev
ery person entering the port has to have one of those cards, but for now, just a lot of security precautions will gain us access into the terminal to pick up the bananas. We should receive our card in 6-8 weeks in plenty of time to be legal by the first of the year.
ery person entering the port has to have one of those cards, but for now, just a lot of security precautions will gain us access into the terminal to pick up the bananas. We should receive our card in 6-8 weeks in plenty of time to be legal by the first of the year.The bananas will have a nice easy ride up to Clackamas, OR to the Fred Meyer DC on Saturday morning at 7am. That should give us an opportunity to see about getting the APU fixed on the truck. We are thankful that is stayed working during the worst of the summer heat, but sure have missed it the last couple of days while in California with the temperature being in the high 
80's. We have become quite inventive getting the truck and ourselves cooled off in the evenings since we have a regulator on the engine which won't let it idle for more than 5 minutes without shutting the engine off.
80's. We have become quite inventive getting the truck and ourselves cooled off in the evenings since we have a regulator on the engine which won't let it idle for more than 5 minutes without shutting the engine off.So our check list for the next couple of days is: showers, APU fixed, truck washed, Wal Mart run, and of course, delivering the bananas safely into Clackamas. We'll see just how good we are at accomplishing these tasks, just as soon as I spray my body down with water and turn the portable fan on high!
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Thanks for answering my question. 2nd question which port is the best to get in and out of?
Anon -
Not because it is our most recent Port we visited, but San Diego's has been a piece of cake to get into and out of. Oh sure, you have three layers of security to go through on your way out, but they are super friendly and it doesn't take too long to get through each of the stations.
It's been awhile since we have been to the ones on the East coast, but Atlantic Terminal in Baltimore was our favorite. I would think it has changed since the onset of TWIC, but there was always room to park there the night before and no security whatsoever.
On the other hand, Den Dulk Terminal, also in Baltimore was a royal pain in the butt, not only for the maze of security, but dealing with getting anything off loaded there always proved to be difficult.
We have only been to two other ports, one in Gerogia and one in Florida, and other than getting lost in the vast layout of the ports, we didn't expierence any problems at either one.
i think there is something in the bananas.
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