As we saw the big snow storm coming to the Midwest, we fretted a bit about our trip from Charlotte to Chicago last weekend. As it turned out, we were the last truck to get loaded and by the time we left Charlotte at three o’clock Monday morning, the snowplow crews had pretty much done a fantastic job of cleaning the roads up for us. We heard warnings from other drivers who had left before us about the slippery Kentucky roads with jack-knifed trucks. Our only problem was the Tennessee roads and as soon as we hit the Kentucky border, it was smooth sailing for us. We made it up to Chicago with time to spare. It wasn’t the snow that bothered us but the cold temps were almost unbearable. The windchill that night we stood out there backing our truck and trailer into this little alley was -19. As much as I could hardly stand it, I really felt for poor little Rocky.
Once we finished with that trip, we headed to Kalamazoo, Michigan to pick up our next load. It was a loaded trailer for the show Wicked that needed to get to Tucson, Arizona. No problem – we were more than willing to head south and to warmer temps. We drove the 1900+ miles nearly non-stop and were rewarded for our efforts with temps in the 80’s.
Our work is done until the end of the year. We decided to take some hometime and will be hanging out in Las Vegas until New Year’s Eve weekend when we are scheduled to be in San Francisco. Let it snow – we won’t have to drive in any of it until January.
Merry Christmas to all my friends and family!
Once we finished with that trip, we headed to Kalamazoo, Michigan to pick up our next load. It was a loaded trailer for the show Wicked that needed to get to Tucson, Arizona. No problem – we were more than willing to head south and to warmer temps. We drove the 1900+ miles nearly non-stop and were rewarded for our efforts with temps in the 80’s.
Our work is done until the end of the year. We decided to take some hometime and will be hanging out in Las Vegas until New Year’s Eve weekend when we are scheduled to be in San Francisco. Let it snow – we won’t have to drive in any of it until January.
Merry Christmas to all my friends and family!
This is never a good view from our office window. I took this picture just north of Knoxville, Tennessee on our way to Chicago.
We were happy to see the sun come out and see the more beautiful side of the snow storm.