SITTING IN SALINAS

As we suspected, after using all of our available driving hours on Thursday to get to the Company yard in French Camp, CA, the load was handed off to another driver to take the rest of the way into Washington. But, we didn't realize it, until Craig went to pulp the bananas for temperature, and the trailer was gone from where we had dropped it. Good thing we thought ahead and filled out all the required paperwork when we unhooked from the trailer.

At least we were able to watch the VP debate, which significantly bored us that we were able to get a great night's sleep. So much so, that I awoke at 4:30am and decided to use the laundry facilities at the yard while it was still cool. We have been in 100 plus heat for the past 4 days and we are more than ready to head where it is cooler. After having some fresh hot coffee and our breakfast outside on the picnic tables, and with laundry done, we had the truck completely serviced along with the APU.

By noon, we were headed down the street to the grocery store to pick up a few items we needed and then treating ourselves to lunch at a great little Mexican restaurant which was next door and then grabbing an iced latte at the Starbucks before heading back to the yard. We only had 3 hours of driving time available to use on Friday and wouldn't you know it, they found a way for us to use those up. We were sent a message to bobtail to Fresh Express in Salinas for a load today. Since it was getting late in the afternoon, and knowing how Bay Area traffic can be like on a Friday, we quickly put things away and headed to Salinas.

We are currently sitting in the parking lot of the Pilot truck stop watching the non-stop truck traffic coming and going. We received our dispatch info a short time ago. The load doesn't pick up until 6pm tonight, but we have been lucky with having the loads be ready several hours ahead of time. We will be checking in later this afternoon and hope for the best. This dispatch will take us not only to the Fred Meyer's DC in Puyallup, WA, but also another small company just down the street for Monday morning deliveries. That should set us up nicely for getting into the Company yard in Spokane for our requested vacation time on Wednesday!