Trucker Log
My semi-daily diary of life on the road

 














Subscribe to "Trucker Log" in Radio UserLand.

Click to see the XML version of this web page.

Click here to send an email to the editor of this weblog.

 

 

  Monday, August 01, 2005


This early morning's route involved 3-stops in the greater Chicago, IL area.  Everything went smoothly (outside of the patchy morning fog in the Chicago outlying suburbs)--as well as can be expected with the temperature climbing into the 90's again.  The next 3-days will be hot, humid, and hazy.  The water parks around the country must be doing a brisk business!

Somewhere in the midst of my route, I received my next assignment--3-stops in Iowa for tomorrow.  So, after returning to the warehouse, I hooked onto a new trailer and headed for Dubuque, IA.  I made it there in time for my 10-hour break before my first appointment in the morning (after taking a 2-hour split log break before reaching Dubuque).  Even at 7:00 PM, sweat didn't take long to break out as I did my post-trip inspection.  I'm so glad my truck air conditioner is working!

My last stop tomorrow is somewhat near the Minnesota / South Dakota border.  There I'll turn around and perhaps make it back to Dubuque before calling it a day.

My wife's dad ended up having a pace-maker put it Sunday afternoon.  We saw him in the morning and he looked good--he did not have a stroke (but perhaps a very mild heart attack).  The pace-maker procedure went well and he seems to be doing good (per my wife's voicemail message).  Saturday, the family attended Germanfest in Milwaukee, WI -- the largest 3-day German festival in the United States.  Our kids marched in the parade.  It was a good time (I also ran into Mr. J -- the company's night dispatcher entering into the festival grounds).  If you ever get the chance to attend the big lakefront festival in Milwaukee (Summerfest) or any of the ethic festivals in Milwaukee (on the SummerFest grounds), by all means go!  You won't be disappointed.  After GermanFest, to end the day, we headed to my folks for a family birthday party.  Today I got stuffed on some good German food as well as some great home cookin'.  What more could you ask for?!

miles driven = 478


8:38:40 PM       comment []    back to top



Click here to visit the Radio UserLand website. © Copyright 2005  iTrucker.net | Privacy Policy | back to top
Last update: 9/1/2005; 9:31:27 PM.

August 2005
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
  1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31      
Jul   Sep

PicoSearch


Quick Links

Trucking Portals

eTrucker
Layover

Trucking News
Topix
TruckingInfo
TTNews
TheTrucker
Today's Trucking
TruckNews

Trucking Search Engines
TrunkLinks

Finding Freight
GetLoaded
InternetTruckstop

Truck Scale Locations
CAT
Interstate
JScale

Truck Wash Locations
Blue Beacon

Traffic
FHWA

Weather
NWS
IWIN
TWC

Diesel/Gas Prices
EIA
GasBuddy

Wi-Fi Locations
TruckStop.net
TASpeedZone
FlyingJ
IdleAire
SiriCOMM
WiFinder
WiFiMaps
Wi-FiHotSpotList
JIWire
WiFiAreas (Free)
Wi-FiZone
Wi-Fi Primer

Truck Idling
IdleAire
Shurepower

Trucking Companies
TruckersOnTheWeb

Safety Related Information
FMCSA
No Zone

Online Magazines
RoadStar
RoadKing
LandLine
Overdrive
Trucker's Connection

Community Relations
TruckerBuddy

Reporting Road Rage
SafeDrivingInstitute

Help for Truckers
TransAlive

Trucker Web Blogs / Trucker Web Sites
Trucking Blog
Trucker Tom
Crocodile's Trucking Site
Diary of a Driver
Life of a Trucker
The Truckers Report
Class A Truckstop
Darrin's Trucking
Hwy Blogs
FRIC

--

Personal Links

NetSnips
MegaTrends Today
Affordable Website Solutions

--

World Charity Organizations

Water Missions International
Shelter for Life International