Oct 15, 2009

      california rain

      the first rain in california may be a welcome sight to the firefighters, but nobody  knows how to drive in the rain.  what a mess.  we spent 2 1/2 hours driving 12 miles  of I5 thru sacramento trying to head north to kent.  a south bound semi skidded over the jersey  barrier. the cab was  north bound, but the trailer was stuck on the barrier. 

      there were car skids too but i didnt get pictures of that.  then just past  sacramento out of city limits there was a semi (south bound) that a big gust of wind   pushed him across the grassy -and muddy- medium finally stopping just a few feet  short of the north bound side. he kept it up-right thou. good driving.

      it was awfully windy and rainy when  i was driving. and i dont mean to complain to the  universe about my job, because i really need this job, but, this sucks!!

      .............................DRIVE CAREFUL EVERYONE........................

 i continue to improve my shifting going up hill.  depending on the weight of the load,  i dont always have to turn the jake brakes off to make my shift.

      our south bound loads look like they are going to be from a target distribution center  in sumner. the trailer 's finale destination is phoenix, but we take it to fresno, another team completes to run.  we heard through the grape vine, that  swift took the contract for fedex from intersate. also heard that instead of fresno  pickup it will be changing to kettleman city, about 70 miles south. but we will  see if the rumors come true. i dont know why we cant get a south bound fedex, im sure  they have stuff going south. but im sure that would make too much since.

      anyway, gotta go to bed.

      love and miss you all,