Thursday, April 17, 2008

Unloaded and waiting for next job.

Hi, managaed to get to casino at Riverside Iowa, its about 15mins off route and well worth the detour if you need somewhere to go for the night. There is parking for about 20 trucks in the allocated spaces and althought the buffet is a bit pricey at $16 it looked like it was worth every penny (I didnt eat) The special buffet item was New York strip steak with loaded jacket potatoes, friday night is sea food night with king crab claws and all u can eat shrimp.
I noticed while driving through Michegan that there was a lot of dead Raccoons by the side of the road, almost every hundered metres for miles was one of the critters lying there having failed to cross safely.
Had a steady drive to the border at Windsor Ontario but there is a lot of construction going on at the bridge you use to cross, it was a nightmare and a miracle I didnt mess it up. I would of liked to follow a truck through but as it was there was a long line behind me,I was leader of the pack. As you come over the bridge the view of Detriot at night is brilliant but unfortunatley I didnt get any pictures.
Ran to the customer yesterday morning and passed a bad accident, will post the pictures soon. The warning signs when coming into roadworks warn of big jail sentences and big fines if you kill/injure a worker, this trucker had ploughed straight into the back of a safety vehicle and made a right mess. I wouldnt like to be him or have what he had done on my conscience.
Got unloaded really quickly then ran to the yard at Mississauga where we have a yard,dropped the trailer and I am now waiting for a Calgary bound trailer to be loaded for me.
The next few days will be a nightmare as I am not keen on running through Northern Ontario as I have written before, there is nothing,its so barren and boring and the first few hundered miles of road are worth than third world countries.
Will post when I can but it could be a few days.
Cheers

2 comments:

Trkrjim said...

Sorry I missed you. Glad you didn't have any trouble getting in or out. From that casino if you went east on rt22 then north on 61 at Muscatine to I280 to I80 it was 20 miles shorter than going back up to 80. Next time we will fire up my grill.

Montedarlo said...

Hi Jim, no probs getting in or out, its pretty accessible. Will go again definetely, hopefully on a Friday night when they have the king crab claws on.