Friday, December 9, 2016

The trouble with water

in a bowl, in a moving vehicle.

It spills!

I found travel bowls on Amazon but wasn't able to find any locally in Amarillo...or any of the 2-3 other cities where we stopped and looked. I didn't have time for the one from Amazon to arrive before we left, so I made do!






What does this girl do in a pinch? Makes one herself!  See the ridge on the lid of the bowl? I just used a sharp knife and cut along the line and ta-dah!!! I don't call it splll proof, though, because it gets spilled, but not as much as a bowl without a rim would. It works until we get a *good* one in from Amazon.



The real spill proof bowls sure aren't as cheap as the bowl I made, but this is one of those things being on the road teaches you. Sometimes you get what you pay for. I am placing the order for ours tonight, so it will already be there when we get home for Christmas. We are going with the first choice above :-)

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Onward and upward!

Well, not really upward. We headed south.

Rutherfordton NC to Laredo TX.

Let me tell you!!! Rutherfordton NC is a beautiful, quaint OLD town!!!! Why in the world I didn't take tons of photos is beyond me. (bangs head on table). I guess I was still so new at this OTR thing and being on the road. Don't worry, I definitely have made up for the lack of photos at the beginning of this adventure.

We did see that the town was established in 1870. EIGHTEEN SEVENTY, people!!!! This land has seen battles and many generations. Hard to fathom!






Oh and just lovely! At one of the truck stops where we stopped for fuel and a break...some do-do keyed our truck :-( Dumb a$$


All in all, not a bad trip. Even caught a beautiful sunset.


Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Someone has a ruff life

Her name is Bailey...


The first load

Pryor OK to Morristown TN.

We hauled asphalt roofing paper. I felt terrible for Robert, as he was having to tarp in crazy winds that day. Finally a gentleman working at the shipper realized the struggles and got us into a warehouse. Imagine that...once out of the wind and tarping was done in no time!


The pyramid in the photo with Robert is a Bass Pro Shop in Nashville. We hope to get there one day!

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Where else to begin...

...at the beginning! Eventually I will go back and re-date posts so they are in correct
chronological order.

So this is our big green truck! I took these pictures the day after Robert finished orientation. Brand spanking new!

It looks different now, since we are living full time in it. I will share current photos, too, soon.




The truck is a Kenworth T680. Nice truck, but at the moment we aren't very happy with it, as we are in a hotel in Seattle because the truck broke down in the mountains, in a snow storm the other night. Now we wait to see what's wrong with it. Overall we like it just fine, though.

Until next time...

Sunday, December 4, 2016

This new life...

Living my life in an 18-wheeler with my husband Robert and our fur babies, Bailey and Gidget. We started this new adventure October 10, 2016.

   

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