Well I made it through Greg's home time long weekend. We were in Jonesboro until Tuesday afternoon, the 2nd. We got rolling sometime around 3pm, headed for western La to a Proctor and Gamble (P&G) plant. Our load was around 43,000lbs of Tide products, bound eventually for Arizona, however we were directed to drop the load in Dallas, Tx. From there we took a trailer north into Oklahoma City, and proceeded to come back south from OKC to Denton, TX with a load of shock absorbers for the Peterbilt manufacturing facility located in said city. I could have spent the whole night there, admiring all the shiny, new trucks rolling off the assembly line, unfortunately, we had to get a load of Dispatcher Brains from Denton out to Golden, Colorado. Roughly 800 miles with an empty trailer. Werner finally decided to let us know that I'm off curfew now, and I can drive any time of day or night. With this new knowledge fresh in my mind, I drove straight through from about 7pm to 4am, watching the Texas countryside pass by in the amazingly clear night. We switched drivers in Laredo, Tx, and ended up at the Coors Brewery sometime around 2pm. I can vouch for the fact that when Coors says "Brewed IN the Rockies" -- they mean it. So now we're about to get pointed towards Iowa with our 45,000lb load of bottled beer.
Two observations from being in Texas -- ALL the bridges are posted for height, not just the ones that are lower than 15' like they are in New England. I've seen a few bridges that are posted at over 20' clearance. Good to know, my 13'6" high trailer might be close to those......
Also, purple neon in the south means one of two businesses are there. It's either going to be a Mexican restaurant, or an adult store......
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