Week in review

Wow what another wonderful week on the road as a student. Started out meeting my NEW trainer in Louisville, we mounted up and headed west bound with a load to Phoenix Arizona, first night we stopped at Pacific Missouri in an interesting truck stop which sat on a good hill. Friday Morning we woke up and drove to Amarillo Texas for the night and a decent truck stop. Saturday we rolled into Phoenix Arizona LATE Saturday Eve. Because my trainer had started his 70 Monday, we had to do a reset. So we sat there for about 36 hours. Delivered Monday morning, then headed south to Nogales Arizona, which is right on the border between Arizona and Mexico, and drop off a trailer and grab a loaded trailer and head to Lithonia Georgia. Got to go through 2 Border Crossings. First one rolled up to, rolled down the window, Officer looked at trainer and me asked "Are you both US Citizens?" "Yes Sir" "Alright drive safely" Well that was easy, ( go check out the idiots who refuse to answer the BP questions...FYI This will land you in hot water most of the time. The Border Patrol agents have different rules then your local police officer, they CAN Detain you for no reason for a set amount of time, they ARE allowed to search your car with out your permission, and if you challenge them you can end up in court and guess what the Judge will side with them, also allowed to set up check points up to 90 miles as the crow flies from the border, and can investigate and detain ANYONE Who may or does pose a security threat to these united states with in 100 Flight miles of said check points WITHOUT EVER SETTING FOOT INTO A JUDGES Chambers for a warrant...It's Simple, THEY ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, if you don't want trouble answer them truthfully and DON'T Break the Law)
ANY WHO...We drove through Texas Canyon which is AMAZING AND COOL look it up, pictures don't do it any justice. So then we traveled across the GIANORMOUS State of TEXAS, and after MANY MANY Hours of Driving ended up IN Lithonia which is just outside Atlanta. Then went to Cartersville Georgia to pick up a load going to West Chester (which is my home terminal) Dropped the trailer there and headed south with another load going to Waverly Tennessee, then to our Lavergne Tennessee lot to land back in Louisville Kentucky at 0330, had to drive back home so got home around 0500 Saturday Morning. Driving 3100 miles for the week which is crazy. That is a lot of states and driving. But sitting at house for couple days to rest then ONWARD. Tuesday Eve I will finish my 3rd week of training which will mean I have 5 ish weeks left. typically we do M-F and off Saturday and Sunday for a 34 hour reset, HOWEVER My trainer does 2 weeks on the road, so we finish a "week" of training every 5 days, so since I will be doing 6 days at a time I and graduated early I am ahead of others which is fine, hoping to get to Team with a fellow classmate since we aren't allowed to have any riders with us for 6 months, why not team up and make the most money we can in the shortest time frame. So that is a brief lengthy update on me so far, I believe I counted 22 of the 50 states I have been to in only 3 1/2 weeks of training which is CRAZY to think about how many states I have already at least traveled through, maybe NOT stopped in the state.
Hope you all enjoy your weekend and enjoy my blogs, hoping to be able to upgrade cell phones soon and start putting these over on my YouTube channel.
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thanks for traveling with me
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