Yesterday morning we loaded a crane boom and some counter weights in Detroit. We’ve loaded there before,the yard guys are great and really know what they are doing. We are first in line and get loaded in good time. A couple of chains and binders and a few straps and we are good to go. Piece of cake, for a change. I won't get too used to that, though...it's pretty rare.
Looks like there are about 8 of us going delivering pieces of this crane to a wind power site in Taft, Texas, which is just outside of Corpus Christi. Its going to feel good to be warm again.
We get the heck out of Dodge and head south. After stopping at the Flying J in Ohio for showers, lunch and a quick wash of the truck at the Streakin’ Beacon, we hit the road again.
The J has re-vamped their menu and I've decided to try their new chicken apple sausage. I’m constantly battling with the dilemma of should I eat something good for me, or something that tastes good? Why do we always have to choose one or the other? Why can't Red Velvet Cake with cream cheese frosting be nutritionally sound? Or nachos? There aren't too many places we eat that offer a choice of something that fits both descriptions. Bummer. Joe has it easy, if it's bad for you, its got to be good and that’s what he has.
Anyway, I enjoyed the sausage, it was a welcome change of pace and I can fool myself because, hey, it has fruit in it, so it has to be good for me, right? RIGHT??? I thought so. Even Joe was pleasantly surprised..
We manage to get through the rush hour traffic in Dayton and Cincinnati with only minor delays.
We both breathe a sigh of relief as we cross under the Welcome to Kentucky sign.
Kentucky is really a beautiful state and not just in the blue grass country of Lexington. Here in the central part of the state, we find pleasantly rolling hills, flowering trees, and farms. Very little of the urban sprawl with its McMansions and cookie cutter town homes and developments. But that is all changing.
Yesterday the temperatures were still in the low forties but the grass is green and the trees are blooming, ahhh, spring is definitely in the air. The calves are frolicking, yes, they are actually frolicking, in the pastures. Its looks like its going to be a beautiful day even though its only 32 degrees this morning.
We managed to survive a winter of blizzards, 20 below temperatures, scraping the ice off the inside of our windows and now we are so ready for spring. Bring it on!!
Today we will finish up about 50 miles left in Kentucky, trek across Tennessee (blech, Memphis and west Memphis) through Arkansas and we should make it into Texas before we park it for the night.
Be Safe and God Bless
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