The Truckin’ Blog

Finally made it back to the house for a day after being stuck in Independence, MO with a load for a day. Some managed to screw up my appointment time so it ended up costing me a day. Delivered to one on the underground warehouse facilities. This place used to be an old limestone quarry [...]

Harriet Miers pulled herself out of the running to for a seat on the Supreme Court. Her withdrawal makes many of us conservatives very happy. It gives the president a second chance to pick someone more deserving of the position. Hopefully the President will use this opportunity to pick someone that has a much [...]

1776 (Unabridged)
In this stirring audiobook, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence….

I recently completed listening to the novel 1776 by David McCullough. It tells the story of the revolutionary from just after Bunker Hill into the first month [...]

Good Morning, its a beutiful day in Nebraska. I’m heading to just outside of Kansas City for delivery in the morning. After I drop off this load I’m going to run to the house for a couple of days and take a break. Maybe get in a little fishing while the weather [...]

Rosa Parks died in her sleep early on Monday. Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man played a pivotal part in the Civil Rights movement. Mrs. Parks case found its way in the Supreme Court where it overturned “Jim Crow” separate but equal laws in the South. [...]

Good Monday from Wyoming again. I delivered my load in Utah bright and early this morning and ran up to Idaho for a load of french fries going to Missouri. I have made it back over to Cokeville, WY for the evening. I have a good wi-fi connection here at the Flying J so [...]