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So, you say you're laid over near Akron on a weekend. Well, try this . . . Go to Hale Farm in Bath, OH. The entrance fee is a bit pricey at $14.50/ea. but you can easily get there with a straight truck and there is plenty of parking. All the roads leading in are OK for trucks. We...

As luck would have it, we were passing through Las Vegas just in time for the tail end of the Great Western Truck Show at the Hilton Convention Center. So, we stopped (of course). It was good getting out of the truck and getting a little exercise, but the show itself was not really set up for...

CharlesD, I had a bad experience with a Swift driver just this past week just west of Tucson on I-10. I was in a construction zone (which I hate anyway) and doing the speed limit for the construction zone (55) and hanging in the right lane with a concrete barrier wall 5 or 6" off of the...

From a business point of view . . . and I do have some background in it . . . the truck stops will NEVER install portapottys. Why? Because regardless of how high fuel costs are, they aren't making a huge profit on it. Probably only pennies per gallon. What they are making their profits on is...

Whata Buncha Fun! :p This weekend they spun the wheel and after a very busy week, we landed in Greensboro, NC. So, as in the past, we did a little research on the web and ended up visiting Old Salem, NC. Both my husband and I like American history, so this was right up our alley. Old...

We had a weekend layover in Springfield, MO. After getting all the laundry, cleaning and shopping done we took off for Branson. Its always a little risky taking a truck to go sightseeing, you just never know. But, Branson was an easy in, easy out truck friendly town. We have a 6-Wheeler...

My son is in the military, actually cleaning up IEDs in Iraq, and his vote is for Obama! So don't talk to me about that. George W. Bush is going down in history as "The Worst and Most Dishonest President Ever". John McCain's legacy can only be a competition of Dumb and Dumber! Stuck on...

Perhaps we need a president that does more than dance with the Saudi Prince. Perhaps we need a president that is not afraid to talk to him. Perhaps we need a president that is not lining his pockets with the profits of the oil companies. Think!

Under Clinton, I had plenty of Dollars in my pocket! It was Bush that reduced it to chump change! Get a clue.

Bush has been like Hitler! What a looser! Totally Stuck On Stupid! Bush has destroyed everything this country was founded on! McCain ditto! :mad: Obama will make a great president! Restore properity of the middle-class, get the stinkin' lobbiest out of DC and return the government to...

I hope you all are having a great time in Green, OH. As for us we didn't go and it's been like we're the only available truck on the road. We've had to turn down loads. And, needless to say, Dispatch has been pretty crabby about it. Seems to me that FedEx CC could have chosen a slower time...

Speaking of Romeoville . . . I'm a hometown girl. If you're ever in the Chicago area, or just passing through, the new I-355 Extension was completed around Thanksgiving time. It is not on your GPS yet - it is however on your 2008 Rand McNally Mapbook. I-355 now goes from I-55 (where it...

My husband and I team for a large fleet owner. Don't get me wrong, they have been great about getting the truck fixed, for the most part. And, we have had no real problems with them. But, the one thing that I've found that I really don't like about driving for this particular fleet owner...

Yeah, I'm getting really sick of truck stops. Outside of the convenience of showers and laundry, there's really not much to do or see. A-Team said at one time that they are able to go places that TT's just can't go, like State Parks, etc. But, I just can't figure out how you would be able...

You surely haven't finished your story yet. You haven't even made it to Alaska yet. I sure am enjoying your story. I just wanna know where to sign up for one of these Alaskan adventure tours!

Well, doesn't that qualify as a HazMat cleanup? I would make sure that the station got the bill on that one! Call DOT.

Update! Today we left Baton Rouge to reposition ourselves for our Monday run in Mississippi. We took I-10 and found a "J" not too far from our pick-up in Gulf Port. We dug out the ole' map and found that there was a truck route that runs along the Gulf Shore a short distance away. So...

I Found A Cure! First, we took a short trip down a 30 mi. bridge over the bayous. Drive alone was cool, just watching for herins fishing and seeing the sights. The we got off, right there in St. Bernard's Parrish! You can still see the damage that the hurricane left there. One house...

Since this is an election year - everybody gets 1 vote - except for George W. Bush - and Turtle gets 2 because he makes me laugh! I'm from Chicago and that how we hold elections up there! :rolleyes: Mypie

Ok, here we are. It's Saturday morning. We didn't get a last minute Friday run, again. Looks like we're stuck at the Petro in Baton Rouge for the weekend. Chances are that we won't catch a run until Monday. Food is decent, at least, but getting old. The Petro store carries all the...