I had quite a day yesterday. I started out from Madison driving south to St Louis. I missed all of the snow which I was thankful for, but I did hit freezing rain about 60 miles north of St Louis. It lasted for about 30 miles, but that was enough for me. I drove about 35 to 45 mph. I saw cars in the ditch on both sides of the road. Fortunately, I didn't slip or slide at all.
After I dropped off the trailer in St Louis I was to pick up an empty trailer and take it to Jefferson City, drop it there and pick up a loaded trailer and being it up to Streamwood, IL by Monday morning. The place I was to pick up the empty was closed however. So they sent me another 100 miles to pick up an empty in Fulton, MO. When I got there they didn't have any empty trailers, so I was sent another 85 miles to Sedalia to pick up a trailer. By that time I had to stop for the night.
This morning I finally picked up an empty and then drove back to Jefferson City, dropped off the empty and picked up my load. I drove pretty much nonstop and made it to just north of Joliet. I'll drive the rest of the way early tomorrow.
When I woke up this morning near Sedalia it was 66 degrees. It got as high as 70 when I drove through St Louis. About 40 miles north of St Louis during a 10 mile stretch the temp dropped from 62 degrees to 39 degrees. Quite amazing.
On Friday night, I went with Erika and the girls to a mall in Madison and bought the girls Xmas outfits. They also got some slippers, sunglasses and Sydney got some ear muffs. They had to wear the sun glasses right away. So we went walking through the mall with them wearing the glasses. They looked pretty cute. When we went outside, Syd had her stocking cap on with her sun glasses and her ear muffs on. Quite a sight. Erika said they wore the glasses to bed the last 2 nights.
Hopefully, after dropping off the load tomorrow I'll start heading back toward the Twin Cities. It would be nice to get back on Tuesday. But, you never know. I'll keep you informed. I hope you've had a nice weekend. - James (Jibs - Dad/Papa )
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Rev. Trucker,
Dreamt last night I met you and caught a ride with you somewhere up north. Hope all is well.
Saw you passed by this way a while back. Next time you're heading up I-95 let me know. My university is right off exit 6 in PA.
Cheers,
Dwight
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