It has been some long, busy days since our vacation ended a week ago. Before leaving Brownsville we attended the best birthday party for a one-year-old that we've ever been to. Jorge's cousin Lulu and her husband, Henry outdid themselves with this one. You kind of had to be there to get the full effect but it was an amazing time and it was good to see almost everyone from the Texas branch of the family tree. Bright and early the next morning and to start our Monday, our vacation came to a screeching halt with a single phonecall from our dispatcher. A load was ready about five hours north in Houston and it needed to be near Miami, Florida the next day. It was a bit of a drive but we decided to do it. Boy did we ever have to scramble to pick it up on time! Once we loaded Monday evening, we drove nonstop all night and in less than 24 hours, we were delivering it in Florida. They were so grateful for our quick delivery that the people we delivered it to gave us a good cash tip! That's our first one with this company.
We got some much needed sleep before loading the next day up near Daytona. There was a load of pumps that had to be in Indianapolis and we figured if we hurried, we could get it there overnight and still have time to get another load for the weekend. That's exactly what we did. So another night of nonstop driving and we were done with that. By Friday afternoon we were in Marysville, Ohio loading this great big roll of rubber belting that's heading down to Mexico. We're taking it as far as Laredo, Texas and should be there tonight, God-willing. By the time we get there, we will have made one huge circle around half the country country... again. Next week is already planned for us too. Another load of transformers is coming out of Laredo and going up to Provo, Utah. We'll make a couple stops at power plants along the way in Las Cruces, NM and a little town in central Colorado called Canon City. It promises to be a nice trip on mostly backroads~ which we love. We can really see the country that way.
We got some much needed sleep before loading the next day up near Daytona. There was a load of pumps that had to be in Indianapolis and we figured if we hurried, we could get it there overnight and still have time to get another load for the weekend. That's exactly what we did. So another night of nonstop driving and we were done with that. By Friday afternoon we were in Marysville, Ohio loading this great big roll of rubber belting that's heading down to Mexico. We're taking it as far as Laredo, Texas and should be there tonight, God-willing. By the time we get there, we will have made one huge circle around half the country country... again. Next week is already planned for us too. Another load of transformers is coming out of Laredo and going up to Provo, Utah. We'll make a couple stops at power plants along the way in Las Cruces, NM and a little town in central Colorado called Canon City. It promises to be a nice trip on mostly backroads~ which we love. We can really see the country that way.