Life on the road: June 2006

Shell Super Rigs Truck Show in Sacramento!!!

Headed on over to the Sacramento 49er truck stop to check out the show. We arrived just as everything was over but there were still quite a few SICK trucks there... Heres a preview and the rest can be found over on my website. Click here for the rest!

Remember this truck from "Trick my Truck" on CMT?

Home bound!

It's been an exciting couple of weeks. From breaking down in Missouri and having to call the cops to direct traffic to getting stuck in 5 hours of traffic in chicago and now the complete opposite. Cruising with the windows down through the beautiful mountain of Montana. I'm so excited to go home, not that I dislike being out here but it's just nice to go home and see the people you love and to most importantly, RELAX! Sit around, meet up with some friends and hopefully sit in front of the tv and just do nothing... I can't wait!

My truck after a bath and a polish. She sure does look good when she's clean...

Traveling through Indiana heading west.

Somewhere in Missouri (anyone know?)

After fueling up in Mt. Vernon, MO I leave to head back onto I-44. Right before turning left onto the interstate I stop and then... bam. There goes my clutch. It took a sh|t right then and there. Traffic was backing up real quick so I called 911 and asked for some help....

And Mrs lady officer came to the rescue 10 minutes later followed by another and another. It was a mess....

The view from the wheel.

Picked up a load in Green Bay, WI real close to the Packers stadium... My trainer begged me to get him a cheese head since he's in love with the packers... Now, I don't care for sports, but man, the inside of that stadium was wild!

Toll road suck, but the rest stops or "Oasis's" as they like to call it are way cool. Here's a Mc Donalds spanning across the highway. When you're upstairs you can sit and watch the traffic go under... way cool!

The St. Louis Arch.

Another exciting trip to Chicago. Here I am just outside chicago around 3pm...

And here I am around 7pm a whole 10 miles down the road....................

Yup, it's summer. The bugs are out!

So we've had a giant bulls in texas, dino's in New mexico and now this cow in North dakota....

Weclome to montana "Big Sky Country" and some gusty winds. This is what montana looked like for about 300 miles today. My truck was leaning to left due to some nice strong winds coming from the north... what fun!

The wind's stopped when I entered the mountains... I loved driving along I-90 today...

Heading out of the mountains and down into the grasslands...

That's all for now folks,

Chris

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Trucking Rocks!

Trucking, it's hard, exciting, frustrating, fun, annoying, adventurous and tiring all wrapped up in one but I keep coming back for more. I love it out here whether it's trying to find a customer in a bad part of town or cruising down the open road full speed. I try not to get upset out here, I try to take everything as a learning experience. I've learned SO much in just 3 short months. I learn a ton of new things everyday and I'm so excited for what's to come in the future. I have millions of miles of open road in front of me in the coming years and I can't wait. Basically, if you're thinking about coming out here, give it a try!

Anyways, I don't have so much free time anymore as I did when I first started writing this blog. I have a routine now and pretty much when I shutdown at night (or in the morning) I grab a bite to eat then it's off to bed. No more sitting up and watching tv's or playing video games...haha. But, I have some time this evening so how about some photos? I'm en-route to Seymour Indiana to the Walmart DC with a load of "Recreation Equiptment" whatever the heck that means. I have to be there on the 14th but I only have 10hrs remaining so I'm going to have to use my picked up hours rather than taking a reset, something that I'd rather do. It's a lot nicer knowing you have a full 70hrs and not having to worry about anything. I will take a reset once I deliver to rest before my 2000 mile trek home.

Heading east on 12 in Oregon. That's Washingston state on the other side of the Columbia River.

Now heading West on I-84 towards Portland along the Columbia River.

A bit further down the road on I-84.

I've encoutered a lot of this lately. Summer time is construction season as all the states want the roads to be fixed when the weather is good. Here I am along US95 heading south to Nevada.

That rock is flipping me the bird!

Out in the middle of nowhere I saw these birds circling around... Lots more than what I could get framed. Don't know what kind they were but it was interesting.