FIRST 5 YEARS: (Tuesday-Maple Heights, Ohio)
Woke a 6:30 AM in the Cleveland, Ohio area, to find several semi-trucks behind me. One of the warehouse workers came out and got all the trucks paperwork and told me to back into the fourth hole(deck within the building). I got backed in. My trailer was inside the building and the the tractor was outside. I got out of my tractor and was walking in front of it and heard a "bang"! The truck backing into the first hole caught his right side trailer door on the edge of the building and ripped his trailer door off. You don't see that happen very often! The fellow standing outside the truck turned out to be a trainer and the one that tore the door off was a new driver. I got my trailer unloaded. I was given my signed paperwork and pulled out on the street. Came back into the building to make a check call on their phone. I was told to deadhead(go with an empty trailer) to Lima, Ohio and pick up a load of engines going to Laredo, Texas(I like going there...usually a couple days to relax. I love the Latin atmosphere). When the engines get to Laredo, they will go to a Mexican auto assembly plants. Took off for Lima. Went down Interstates 271 to interstate 71 south. Stopped at our fuel stop near Westfield Center, Ohio and got a fast bit to eat and was back on the road. Continued south to Mansfield, Ohio and headed west on Hwy 30. Boy, Hwy 30, to me, is a boring highway to travel. Happy when I got to I 75. Headed south on Interstate 75 to Lima. I got to the engine plant and my load was ready to go. Got the engines(all were 4 cylinder) and before I got back on I 75, I stopped and had lunch at a little restaurant I really liked. I was feeling a little tired so I laid down in my sleeper(My truck "home") and slept until about 6:15 pm. Got up and gave myself an 8 hour break there in my logbook(I had plenty of rest) and then started south on I 75 after a short truck inspection. Got to Dayton, Ohio where I pass a road I enjoy the name of so much that I had to stop and take a picture of it. (see picture at top). Continued through Cincinnati, Ohio, a town that I just love to go through. Why? Don't know...Just do. Traveled into Kentucky where I past Fort Mitchell, home of the Vent Haven Ventriloquist Museum. Hooked on to Interstate 71 and headed for Louisville, Kentucky. I could take Interstate 265 around Louisville, but I like to see the downtown when there is not much traffic. I went through Louisville hooking up with Interstate 65 south. Went past Bowling Green, home of the Corvette. As the day ends, I am homing in on Nashville, Tennessee.
