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May 17th 2014 – The Trip Down – Day 1

Well it was a long drive but I’ve managed to knock about 1200km off the trip out of 2200km total.

Tomorrow looks blah, only risk looks to be western Montana which is a little out of my current range. We’ll just have to position in Kansas for the Monday action.

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We’re currently spending the night in Peru, IL. It’s a good landing spot, a relatively large town with a Verizon store. I’ll need to make a landing there tomorrow and pickup my WiFi hotspot. Did I mention the IHOP is walking distance?

Earlier in the evening Jen had her first real taste of the truckers life. She’s a bit of a picky eater so you can image she was a little out of her element, finding a healthy salad is harder when your driving long distances and hitting truck stops than you can image!

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She was able to find some food at a buffet in Kalamazoo, MI but I’m sure it’ll become harder as we keep pushing west.

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The GPS also had a bit of a hiccup, I guess after 1000km it decided the shortest distance was a straight line, even if it meant I had to drive off road and through buildings lol.

Stay tuned, we’ll be back on the road tomorrow morning!

May 17th 2014 – The Trip Down – Day 1

Well it was a long drive but I’ve managed to knock about 1200km off the trip out of 2200km total.

Tomorrow looks blah, only risk looks to be western Montana which is a little out of my current range. We’ll just have to position in Kansas for the Monday action.

image

We’re currently spending the night in Peru, IL. It’s a good landing spot, a relatively large town with a Verizon store. I’ll need to make a landing there tomorrow and pickup my WiFi hotspot. Did I mention the IHOP is walking distance?

Earlier in the evening Jen had her first real taste of the truckers life. She’s a bit of a picky eater so you can image she was a little out of her element, finding a healthy salad is harder when your driving long distances and hitting truck stops than you can image!

image

She was able to find some food at a buffet in Kalamazoo, MI but I’m sure it’ll become harder as we keep pushing west.

image

The GPS also had a bit of a hiccup, I guess after 1000km it decided the shortest distance was a straight line, even if it meant I had to drive off road and through buildings lol.

Stay tuned, we’ll be back on the road tomorrow morning!