Starting a New Week

Monday morning in Nitro, WV. Going to fuel and shower and make it to Gary today - about 450 miles. Got to watch DWTS tonight, surely by now you know the ritual.

Nitro - the WV mountains have a dusting of snow and it's getting cold. We were here Sat on our way to Browns Summit, NC. We unloaded there and picked up our next W/A in Fayetteville, NC Sunday morning and are now headed back to Dekalb, IL. The load to Browns Summit was our first repeat in 9 months, same pickup and delivery locations. On our way down I remarked that to Teresa that I was pretty sure that this route was the one we have traveled most and now we're doing it again.

On the way east we had noticed that all of the leaves had fallen and now the ground was covered with the same colors of leaves and the trees were bare. Now the leaves are covered with snow. Beautiful cycle of nature.

Talked to Rapid Reader Ron yesterday - he was at a soccer tournament that daughter Jennifer was playing in. The were winning 4 - 0. Go Jennifer !!!

We're supposed to get home Friday for TAH and have to work the Turkey Week. 'So okay, we get two weeks at Christmas in Vail and then in Feb we're going to Cancun. Can we stand it ? Yep. Oh, and if Uncle Joe gets it worked out we're going deer hunting, the deer hunting season opens on Saturday.

I wrote a letter to one of the Schneider big wigs last night. Turns out that there is a difference in driven and payed miles by about 6 - 10 percent. On an average week of 2,500 miles that 150 to 250 miles that we drive for no pay. That's 2 1/2 - over 4 hours of free labor per week. I find that unpalatable and told him so. I don't expect anything to change from it, but when we leave that will be one of the primary reasons and I thought they should know it. But at the moment, leaving isn't imminent.

Ron, to answer your question - yes we are thinking about our next adventure, are you thinking for us, too ? It has to be the same kind of work situation where we work together. We'll take your ideas for a short time and then I'll tell you one of the situations we have agreed on.

I hear there is also snow in Chicago... see you there, Bob