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My hubby & I team drive an expediter truck and love traveling the country along with our two chihuahuas. We live in our truck for 2 to 3 months at a time hauling freight and enjoying all the sights we get to see. CLICK HERE for more...

My hubby & I team drive an expediter truck and love traveling the country along with our two chihuahuas. We live in our truck for 2 to 3 months at a time hauling freight and enjoying all the sights we get to see. CLICK HERE for more...

My hubby & I team drive an expediter truck and love traveling the country along with our two chihuahuas. We live in our truck for 2 to 3 months at a time hauling freight and enjoying all the sights we get to see. CLICK HERE for more...

Winter driving is a challenge and here are a few tips I have learned over the years to help keep us safe and ready for the next load. The driver's safety, safety of other motorists, safety of the load is of the highest priority Remember you are the captain of your ship and you decide when it...

During the Great American Trucking Show I sat down with John Elliot, Owner of Load One and had a candid discussion of Dash Cams and Driver Cams. Dash Cams make sense and with the horror stories of people using trucks to commit suicide, cars stopping in front of trucks on purpose, or any other...

Once again we have decided to stay out on the road over Thanksgiving so we can spend a little more time home at Christmas with family. For the past many years we have not made any effort to be home or with family on Thanksgiving. We will stay out till Christmas and then stay home for a couple...

For many years we had our dog Molly with us in the truck. She taught us a lot about traveling cross-country with an animal. Now we have a cat teaching us lessons. Molly our beloved Cocker Spaniel helped us to survive our girls getting through high school and then leaving for universities. It...

Many years ago I earned my Class A Chauffeur's License. It made my day when someone would ask to see my ID and I could show that first license. At the time I received my chauffeur's license the pre trip was the same as a car, did the headlights work, turn signals, brake lights, and did the...

We paid to park last night and we considered it a fair trade. There are many debates on paying to park a truck. Last night we stopped at a small truck stop for the night. We had no intention of buying any fuel or food from the truck stop. What we would do is use the restroom and take up a...

After not having a pet in our truck since March of 2012 we have now added a kitten. How can a less then 1lb kitten need so much STUFF? If any one tells you cats are not sneaky let me tell you they are lying... We first met our future pet in June when one of our outdoor cats had kittens. There...

As colorful leaves fall, as October slips to November, so does the inevitable slide into that thing we try to ignore... October starts the turning of the leaves. The trees transform from green giants absorbing the sun and providing shade, to a canvass of vibrant colors in hues of reds...

Dan Murray with ATRI shared a summary of their survey's "Top Concerns of the Trucking Industry" at our last Transportation Risk Specialist Conference. Two of the top two concerns are no surprise, Hours of Service and CSA, or Compliance, Safety and Accountability. Here's the breakdown of the...

Getting out and walking with a destination in mind make the walk that more enjoyable. The game of Ingress gives us a destination and we usually find an interesting landmark flagged as an Ingress Portal. Ingress is a worldwide game and was started in a Beta Version November of 2012 and was...

October is usually a month of change as the weather gets colder, leaves start falling off of the trees and I start watching the weather a lot closer. Personally I really enjoy the smells of fall and the sound of leaves as they drift scratching their way across roads. Besides all of the sounds...

How often do we hear the Squeaky Wheel gets the Cheese or we make negative out of the positive? Much time is spent on the negative instead of the positive feedback or even our own good feelings over something we have accomplished. With social media when we do something the feedback is almost...

Making the switch from store bought soaps to homemade soap. I found the perfect business to purchase my homemade soap. First I like the idea of homemade versus store bought, as I know the ingredients that are used and that the soap is not mostly fillers and chemicals that are hard on my body or...

What do you do when your better-half, other-half, rotten-half, split-apart, co-driver, navigator, aggravator, bed-warmer, cover-stealer, and all around trucking companion takes a break from the truck? How many of you out there run as a team where both of you drive? How many of you are in a...

Load started out as an easy one 9600 pounds, 8 skids, use our lift gate, good pay, great scenery, 1850 miles loaded, straight through delivery. When we received the call from the agent about this load in Montana he told us we were 572 miles from the pickup and would not load till two days...

This is Disneyland's 60th anniversary and I have been waiting two years for this trip! Going with my best friend from High School. We were goofy as you can see in this picture. Having been both to Disney World and Disneyland my preference is still Disneyland. I go to Disneyland to ride the...

Just returned from the Transportation Risk Specialist conference in Orlando where Attorney Rob Moseley was one of the speakers. Every year Rob educates and amuses us as only he can with summaries of court cases and how they apply to our industry.... Here's a few highlights: READ MORE...