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Sac to Reno

7/20/2003

 
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Pre-dawn shot of Truckee Lake
Wow, what a strange trip. I dropped my load in Sacramento and then bob-tailed to Reno to pick up an empty trailer and take it down to Stockton to the rail yard. 

And then pick up a trailer there and bring it up to Campbell's soup in Sacramento for a load going to Salt Lake City.

Boy, going over Donner Pass is a breeze when you're empty! 

NorCal Again

7/18/2003

 
Back in Fontana between trips to Northern California. Just came back from Oakland and now I'm headed for Sacramento again. 

Sierra Vista

7/11/2003

 
Greetings from Sierra Vista, AZ!

I'm sitting in the Sears parking lot waiting while they unload me. 

Sierra Vista is located at the gates of Ft Huachuca, the Army's Signal Corps headquarters. Ran from San Diego up to Fontana and then around town for a bit and then up to Delano and the Sears warehouse. Then a quick trip back to Arizona. 

Back to SoCal

7/8/2003

 
It's nice in San Diego this time of year. Actually, it's nice here almost all the time. But, it's a lonnng way from Bellingham, WA.

I hauled some stuff back to Sacramento area and then loaded up with old tires.

Long drive hauling tires down here for recycling. 

Fourth of July

7/4/2003

 
Happy 4th of July! 

Here I sit in a motel room in Tigard, OR while maintenance flushes my A/C system and repairs the compressor. They're having a fireworks party and BBQ out in the parking lot, and I can't sleep. Oh well. 

Way Up North

7/3/2003

 
Greetings from Canada! Well, almost. I'm at a Toys R Us in Bellingham, WA today. 

Beautiful country up here! Headed south again today. 

But, my A/C Compressor gave up the ghost back down in Weed, CA yesterday. Luckily it's not hot up here, but I'm going to stop at the Portland OC and see if I can get it fixed fast. California in July heat is not what I want to do. 

RB to CA

7/1/2003

 
Reckitt Benckiser express to Orange County, CA. Happy July 1st! 

Prescott Rush

6/27/2003

 
Here I am in Prescott, AZ with ANOTHER Sears load. 

This was one of those last minute "The original driver screwed up, can you save the load for us" trips. At least maybe I'll get back down to Phoenix today. 

Back to Sears

6/24/2003

 
Running empty down to Sears in Delano to haul a load down to LA to another Sears distribution center. This hauling empty stuff isn't that bad. Green lights at the scales! 

PG to NorCal

6/21/2003

 
Running empty down to Proctor & Gamble to pick up a load going back up to Woodland (just past Sacramento), and then another load from there back up to Oregon. 
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    I find that I do my best thinking while the wheels are rolling the miles away. Unfortunately most of that deep thinking doesn't stick around when I'm done driving. I find that more urgent things take my attention and the earth-saving ideas I had quietly slip into the haze of half-remembered feelings and emotions. I should get a voice recorder or something. I'll have to remember to do that. 

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