Salinas,CA

Last night we had a great nights sleep. I was so tierd that I didn't even hear our reefer kick on and off while we were parked in IdleAire. We got up around 0700 and headed out. Made it to Kraft right on time. Well, actually 4 minutes late, but that was because our FM sent us a message saying our trailer temps were out of range and wanted us to pull over and get a pulp temp. The trailer seems to be having intermittent problems. Not sure what the deal is. But we made it there and only had to wait about 20 minutes to get to a dock. We got unloaded pretty fast, I was surprised.

While we were sitting there we got a message from Road Assist for us to take the trailer up to Fresno, about 45 minutes away, to a trailer repair shop and have them look at the reefer. That worked out pretty well because while we dropped the trailer there to have them look at it, we headed up to Walmart to restock supplies. Poor lady at the repair shop gave us absolutely horrible directions. In the end it wasn't a bad thing because we passed by a place that we decided to go back to after Walmart so we could have lunch. Man, I just love little hole in the wall mexican food places. This little place was called Lola's Ricos Tacos. It is on Kings Canyon in Fresno and it is west of Peach about a mile maybe a mile and a half. It is a ping building with dark pink trim and there is no dining room. You walk up to a window outside and they have three picnic benches out front you can sit at. Of course we chose the comfort of the truck with the A/C. Anyway, we both had the chicken taco plate with rice and beans and ordered three more chicken tacos and a large coke. Came to under $11. And it was awesome. Freaking authentic mexican food. Soft corn tortillas with the meat, lettuce, tomato, onion and cilantro and a slice of lime to squeeze on it. OMG it was to die for. I wasn't happy about having to take the trailer to get fixed, but this little find made it completely worth it. If you are bobtailing you can park around back. It is a small place, but you can park back there by the dumpster. But you have to go out of the parking lot through the entrance because the exit has a drive thru that the truck will NOT fit under. Or of course you can go through the business parking lot next door. That was the way we came in. But I am happy we made that detour.

When we got back to the trailer, of which they could find nothing wrong with but charged Prime $105 to let us know that, we headed up north a few miles to a truck stop to wait for our next load. We pulled in and washed the windows and were going to park when we got the next load. We have three pick-ups here in California. The first in Salinas, the second in Cutler and the last in Arvin. We got the load at 1400 local time and they wanted all three picked up today. Not happening since we had to drive 145 miles to the first stop, 185 to the second and another 105 to the last. Right now it is 1836 and we have been at the first shipper for jus over two hours and we don't even have a dock yet. First come first serve. Although I am a little pissed because I have seen trucks arrive after us get a dock before us. I think J is about to go see what that is all about though. So even if we got loaded right now, we would have a hard time making it to the second place by 2200 which is when they close. We called our FM and he moved the next two pick-ups to tomorrow. When we finally get finished here we will head over to the Pilot just up the road and call it a night. Then get up in the morning and head to the second pick-up. They don't open until 0900 so we can leave here around 0600 our time and still get there early and hopefully be towards the front of the line. We deliver in PA which will be 2600 miles from our last pick up so we will have to pretty much go straight through with no major stops. It will be an easy trip though. We only need to average about 525 miles each to make it on time. Piece of cake. And as I am typing this, we just got a dock so hopefully we will be out of here before too much longer. I am glad because I have a huge headache and am ready for some good sleep. Even though we got good sleep last night, it just wasn't enough!