Driving Ronnies truck

Ronnie and I got an early start today.  We were able to cover quite a bit of ground.  We got on the road at 6:00am.  I ended up doing all of the driving today.  We dropped the first part of the load in Geneva, AL.  From there we went south into Florida and picked up highway 10 heading west.  We went through the Florida panhandle and stopped four miles short of the Mississippi border in Alabama.  We drove past a town where I worked and lived with Sandy and JC.......Defuniac Springs, FL.  We got to drive along the Gulf of Mexico for a while.  We even got to drive under it!  There is a tunnel under the Gulf just as you come into Biloxi.  I got to complete some of the manuevers needed in order for me to graduate into a truck of my own.  I backed into a shipping dock for the first time.  I also backed into a truck stop parking slot for the first time.  It may not seem like much...but it is a pretty big deal...
It isn't easy to put a 53 foot trailer in-between two other trailers with only a foot to eighteen inches of room on either side.  One of the hardest things is to deal with all the peer pressure.  There really isn't a whole lot to do when you are stopped and parked in a truck stop.  One thing that is done all the time is to watch and critique the other drivers skill at parking these big trucks.  So when you are starting out and just learning ....... it can be a little intimidating knowing that all eyes are on you when you are struggling to learn how to do something they can do in their sleep!

Yesterday I saw another unique water tower someplace in North Carolina.  The water tower was painted and shaped like a giant Peach.  Unfortunately I was driving at the time and didn't have my phone ready to take a picture.  Maybe next time.

OK it is time for me to crawl into my bunk.   BE SAFE OUT THERE.......GIVE BIG TRUCKS LOTS OF ROOM TO MANUVER

FUN FACT or FOOD FOR THOUGHT.......
A tractor trailer traveling at 60 mph takes over two football fields to come to a complete stop........think about that when you are on the highway and cut in front of one......