Monday 1st June 2015
After a short hotel stop we got to the JSC in Houston around 10am and were greeted by these near the gate.
The tours around JSC are very well organized and we spent about 5 hours there, here are some of the highlights.
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| The Control room where history was made |
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| The giant Saturn V rocket |
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| Space Station simulator |
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| Some of the new toys for the future Mars missions |
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| A Shuttle cockpit |
A great day out and worth the visit (and $25). From here we headed to Galveston for dinner and then to the beach on Bolivar Peninsula.
Then it was home for a relaxing week off.
Monday 8th June 2015
After a great week at home it was back to work, and my first task was to recover a truck at the school in Cedar Hill, TX (my learning place).
We set off for there and after securing the truck it was off for dinner, via The See's Candy shop in Dallas. I spent the night in the truck as my load wasn't until 1pm the next day in Stephenville, TX.
Tuesday 9th June 2015
Only a short hop with this to Laredo, and all went well until I got to the Walmart DC at 5am Wednesday morning, it had moved but they had not told anyone. So after a couple of phone calls it was off to the correct address and that was it delivery done.
Wednesday 10h June 2015
Headed back to the Laredo yard and waited for my next load, which came around 4pm. Laredo to Salt Lake City. Now the fun began. First they gave me a dock that was impossible to back in to, then I managed to lock myself out of the truck. A recovery driver came and managed to open the door for me. By this time I only had enough hours left to make it to the nearest truck stop for the night.
Friday 12th June 2015
After driving through the boring deserts of North Texas and New Mexico.
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| Aliens in Roswell, NM |
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| Pretty much my view for 2 days!! |
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| Found this in a rest area, any ideas?? |
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| Route 66 Casino |
I eventually reached Utah and some nice scenery.
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| Day break over the canyon |
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| Sun rise over the desert |
Saturday 13th June 2015
After completing my drop in Salt Lake City I headed for the yard and had a sleep. My next load was bound for Clackamas, OR and a drop in a Con-Way yard.
Sunday 14th June 2015
After a major search for my trailer I left SLC and headed towards Idaho, stopping for my break and fuel stop in Heyburn, ID.
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| A large glass of vino for my wine loving friends |
Idaho was mainly flat farmland, but as I got towards Oregon the scenery became stunning.
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| typical Idaho scenery |
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| Snake River in Idaho |
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| The Columbus River in Oregon |
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| I followed the river for quite a few hours |
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| One of the many dams along the Columbus River |
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| On the other bank is Washington State |
Tuesday 16th June 2015
I dropped my load in Clackamas, OR and headed back to Troutdale, OR to wait for my next load, which came almost straight away. It was a run from Albany, OR to Clarksville, AR with frozen peas and carrots.
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| An interesting piece of artwork while waiting to be loaded |
Wednesday 17th June 2015
I got loaded in Albany around 10am and headed East towards Arkansas and my drop at Walmart in Clarksville. I took the scenic route through the picturesque forest and mountains of Oregon.
After such scenes it was back to the flat grasslands once again.
The rest of the journey was pretty mundane and I arrived in Arkansas on the 21st and my next job was waiting, a pick up on the 22nd bound for Laredo. From Laredo I headed North once again to Salt Lake City, where I parted company with the relief truck and caught a ride with Ted towards Mississippi.
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| An imaginative map at The Grand Island Truck Stop in Nebraska |
Form here we ran from Tennessee with a load bound for Laredo, but I left Ted's company in Houston and picked up another relief truck there.
