Now we are Cooking

Cooking with Cooking Oil that is. Today we picked up a load of Great Value Cooking Oil manufactured by Cargill in Fullerton, California. This load is being delivered to the Walmart DC in Casa Grande, AZ.

After getting loaded we headed out to Casa Grande and arrived at 1:30 AM. Crashed and waited until our 09:20 AM apt time for delivery.

Headed to Riverside

Since we only had 260 miles to drive today, we took our time at the Loves Truck Stop outside Las Vegas and washed the truck. Not to mention a nice nap while listening to various F-15's, F-22's, F-16's, and B-1 Bomber depart Nellis AFB. Made for a challenge to sleep.

Sunset over El Cajon Pass

We made it to our delivery an hour early, but it took them 6 hours to unload us. So we ran out of time on our clock and ended up sleeping at the receiver.

To Vegas via US93

Today we started out in Twin Falls Idaho and headed south on US93 to the Loves Truck Stop East of Las Vegas on I-15 with a single stop at Wells, NV for lunch. I would never want to drive this in a passenger car without sufficient fuel or food. There is nothing worth seeing out here.

Washington to Idaho via Oregon

Today we started out in Ritzville, WA and headed south on US395 towards the Tri-Cities. Once in Oregon, we headed back up Deadman Pass for the 3rd time this week. Once we got to Ontario, OR we stopped for our 30 min rest break. While there we ran into a fellow Jim Palmer Driver and talked for a bit. We had to also slide our 5th wheel as we were overweight on our steers by 1000 lbs. After scaling out gain, we are set for California.

Along the way outside Boise we ran across a slow down due to a single vehicle roll over.

We decided to stop for the night in Twin Falls, Idaho as we are taking US93 down to California.

Headed to Cali

Today started with a drive north of Spokane to a little town called Usk, Washington. Our load is 43,000 lbs of paper rolls for newspaper and or magazine printing. After loading we headed south towards Ritzville for a stop for the night. We have 3 1/2 days to get the load to Riverside, California.

Took a shower at the Loves Truck Stop. The showers are really clean and nice.

Hells Canyon

Today we got dispatched to take a load from the Winco Distribution Center in Boise Idaho to 2 different stores.

The first stop was in Lewiston, Idaho. We took US-95 up through Hells Canyon and talk about a scenic drive. Try this drive in a max weight 18-wheeler. Lots of fun and gorgeous.

After that, we headed up US-95 towards US-195 to Spokane for our last stop.