Friday, May 6, 2016

OTR - May 2016

Monday 2nd May 2016
Delivered early this morning in Lebanon, TN. Here are some of the sights in the town.





Then it up the road 180 miles to Buckner, Ky to drop off my empty trailer at ConAgra.  I then went a further 180 miles to Lafayette, IN to get a brand new trailer out of the Wabash factory.  I stopped overnight in Lafyette and got to the factory around 8am the next morning.

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
There are thousands of new trailers here and I had to find my new one, I was surprised how easy it was, and the staff were very efficient.
Just 2 rows of the hundreds available

Hooked up to my new trailer, it even had that new car smell
After the paperwork was complete I went all of 20 miles to Frankfort, IN to swap it for a loaded trailer bound for Vonore, TN.  Spent the next 4 days bouncing between Indiana and Tennessee before finally breaking out by running out of hours in Simpsonville, KY on the 7th May.

Saturday 7th May 2016
Spent a stormy night at the truck stop in Simpsonville and had a look round the village while I was here.
Sunday 8th May 2016
Spent the next 3 days bouncing round Kentucky and Ohio before breaking out south to Missouri on the 12th via Illinois.

Monday 9th May 2016
One of the more challenging roads in my truck

The Pot House in Winterset, OH

Paddle Steamer Lorena in Zanesville, OH

The Muskingum River in Zanesville, OH

The circle of vases in Zanesville, OH

The County Courthouse in Zanesville, OH

Zanesville, OH

Zanesville, OH

Zanesville, OH
An old farm building near Huber Heights, OH
Thursday 12th May 2016
Picked up in a load of flour in Kansas City, MO bound for Roanoke, TX and from here I headed home for 3 days.

Monday 30th May 2016
Early mist in Virginia

The capitol building in Charlottesville, VA

Early mist in Virginia

A quick stop in a Virginia rest area

Early mist in Virginia

Miles of Virginia scenery like this

Tuesday 31st May 2016
Picked up in Staten Island, NY today a load of paper rolls bound for Valparaiso, IN.  There was a delay in loading so I found a real New York pizza place just across the street.
A genuine New York pizza