October 17, 1991,2011

FIRST 5 YEARS:(Thursday-Plainfield, Illinois)
The guard woke me up and told me to back up to dock 22.  I hired a lumper to unload me and I went back to sleep.  Woke up around noon and unloading still going on.  I worked on my paperwork and then went and helped the lumper finish unloading at 1 PM CST.  Got done, called dispatch and had NO load.  I went to the Plainfield truckstop and called dispatch again.  They had a load of glass for me to pick up in Plainfield going to Muskogee, Oklahoma. 

I picked up the Kerr jars and headed south on I-55 3 PM CST  Stopped for a break at Funk's Grove rest area(Love putting the name on my logbook).  Got to Springfield(Illinois) and took I-72 west.  While talking to a truck behind me on the CB radio, I had a deer run in front of me.  The deer cleared my truck but turned around and ran back into it.  I didn't see it hit me but the driver behind me saw it dead on the road.  I called a local resident on the CB radio and told them of the fresh "kill" with hopes that the deer won't go to waste. 

When I got to Hwy 54 at Pittsfield(illinois), I took it on to Fulton(Missouri) where I checked my post office box. Had nothing so I kept going down Hwy 54 to Hwy 65.   My day ran out while I was traveling...

October 16, 1991,2011

FIRST 5 YEARS:(Wednesday-Cambridge, Ontario)
Was awake by 5 AM EST and heading toward the border at Windsor, Ontario at 5:15 AM EST.  I crossed into the US and went through customs with no problems.  Got to the Taylor(Detroit) terminal at 10:15 AM EST and fueled(176 gallons).  Checked with dispatch before going to eat lunch and going shopping.  I bought some Glucose testing paper as I needed to check my symptoms of diabetes(tiredness, thirst and frequent urination).

I checked the glucose in my urine and came up negative---felt good.

Left the terminal at 1 PM EST and headed west on I-94. When I-94 joined up with I-90, I continued on I-80 to I-55 north.  Stopped at the truckstop in Plainfield and I asked if they knew where my delivery place is; they did.  I went to the place and the guard let me inside the gate and then I went to sleep....

Before going to sleep, I tested my urine for glucose again.  I got a small POSITIVE....

October 15,1991, 2011

FIRST 5 YEARS:(Tuesday-Quebec City, Quebec)
Was woken up at 6:30 AM EST by the fellow unloading me.  He spoken good English and he told me to open my doors and back back into the door I was at.  I just had on a load of refrigerators which didn't take long to unload.  While unloading, I talked to a JB Hunt driver(in 2011, the largest truck company) that was unloading next to me.  This driver strickly drove Canada, though he was an American citizen.  He also had a bunch of great "JB Hunt" jokes. 

I was emtpy be 8:30 AM EST and called dispatch to inform them.  Dispatch gave me a load of tires to pick up in Joliette, Quebec and to be delivered to Plainfield, Illinois.  I left Quebec City and headed toward Joliette on Hwy 40.  Loved looking at the River as I traveled along the river.  I got to Hwy 31 by Joliette and took it to the tire company.

I picked up my trailer(Drop & Hook) and was off toward the United States at  12:30 PM EST.  Took Hwy 31 back to Hwy 40 southbound.   Hwy 40 hooked into Hwy 20 which changed to Hwy 401 in Ontario.  I went on to a huge truckstop in Cambridge, Ontario where I fueled(60 gallons), ate  and took my long sleep break at 8:30 PM EST.....