Shelbyville, KY

See, the Funny Lady isn't any better at keeping our blog updated than I am !!!

We, dropped our load of Calcium Carbonate at a chemical plant in Axix. AL The Funny Lady had to wait in the guard shack - no dead beats in the gate, HAH. Had to change into long sleeve shirt and long pants. Hotter than heck. While closing the doors I checked the trailer to see if it needed to be swept out. Good luck, it looked like it was covered in sheet rock dust. On the way to our next shipper I stopped and had it washed out.

We stopped in at a company that makes the recycle bags for Ace Hardware in Mobile and were destined for Prince George, VA. Go figure, they can't make recycle bags in VA so they have to be hauled in from Alabama. Oh well, that's what keeps the wheels rolling. We dropped that Friday morning and by 11 we were at a truck stop around the corner from the Ace place. The QC indicated that freight was slow so we read for awhile and took a nap. When I woke up the QC said it's time to roll. Pick up a load of brown paper in Big Island, VA, which isn't an island at all, and take it to Mt. Olive, IL.

Oh, forgot, we found the best rest area. In terms of surroundings not facilities. It's the first rest area going north on I85 in South Carolina. It's on a lake, not a pond a lake. Tall pines, real nice.

We picked up our paper. The rolls are over six feet tall and this load is 41,000 pounds heavy. Tough to pull over the WV mountains.

We stopped in at Tamarack and had breakfast/lunch/dinner all in one meal. Got to say, they have real good food. Atlantic Salmon and 6 sides of vegetables that we split. YUM.

We're in Shelbyville, KY tonight. Walked over to the Dairy Queen for a blizzard. I would guess that it had not been open more than six months. Can you believe they don't have any chocolate ice cream. For a couple of chocoholics that was tough to swallow... but we toughed it out.

We're headed for the Schneider OC outside of St. Louis tomorrow and will deliver in Mt. Olive on Monday.

See you in Illinois. Bob