Redmond,CA

Made our drop in Oakland this morning with no problems. Well, sorta. The GPS took us to the location, but the entrance was on the street that we came in on. So we turned left on 7th and if we had crossed 7th, the entrance was right there. Nothing like having to find a place to turn around down by the shipyard. Eek! Let me tell you. These local intermodal container drivers that haul them around locally off of the ships are freaking maniacs. They drive fast, weave in and out of traffic, don't use signals, and are all around worse than the rest of the California drivers. And the majority of the trucks they drive are pieces of crap and the containers look worse. So I had to laugh when we were leaving the receiver and were stopped at the light to get back up on I-880 and saw a container turned over because he took the turn too fast. I know it sucked for him, but dude, if you weren't driving like a damn maniac, that wouldn't have happened.

Also, what is it with these places out west not having truck stops? They are scarce. If you gotta go, I suggest going before you come in because we are picking up at a place, and just delivered to a place, that don't have a Driver's Lounge so no restrooms for us. WTF? We are delivering your crap and you don't have the courtesy to let us use the restroom? Because of this we found out today that J's bladder will hold 44 oz of liquid. :) And why is it that men can hold it FOREVER? I can feel like I am about to pee my pants, get to a bathroom, and barely pee enough to fill one of those cups that they use for urine samples. Wierd.

Anyway, this load that we are picking up now is delivering to Fort Worth,TX on the 6th at 0330 and then we will be off for the weekend. Graduation on Monday and then off we go again. I am ready to get all this stuff behind us so that we can hit the road and stay out longer than 2 weeks at a time. Having to get home for all this stuff isn't helping the checkbook!

Toodles for now!