tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40243192011-06-07T23:45:13.492-07:00Trucker TomI've been a trucker for the last ten years but now I am back home at "Camp Chaos" and I will be working at the Fontana terminal as a safety specialist. I hope now that I'm home I'll have a lot more time for blogging!Tomnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1011100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-73376653999570711982007-06-14T21:04:00.000-07:002007-06-14T21:35:10.499-07:00It has been since Oct 06 that I posted my last blog. I see KniteryKate wonders where I have gone so I have to bring everyone up to date.I am working in Fontana CA at the Werner Terminal. Currently I am teaching the Orientation Class. I am enjoying teaching. I have found that I have always wanted to be a teacher, I just didn't know it!Lord willing, Sue and I will be in Walla Walla this year.Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1160094466305388862006-10-05T17:17:00.000-07:002006-10-05T17:27:46.323-07:00I'm down to my last day!! Saturday morning I take the hotel shuttle to the airport and I'm on my way home!Tomorrow I have to run the whole orientation class all by myself. I think we only have about 5 students so I think it will be easy. I have to log all the students in the computer, get them going on their paperwork and then run all the classes from winter driving to operating our Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1159756722466992862006-10-01T18:26:00.000-07:002006-10-01T19:38:42.483-07:00One week to go!!This has been three weeks of cramming information into my brain. Sometimes I think I'm 'getting it' and other times I'm on brain overload.These last two weeks, I've been in the orientation dept. New drivers have to go through a two day orientation class. We start a new class Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.They start the class by filling out about an inch thick stack of paperwork. Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1158542318941214862006-09-17T16:50:00.000-07:002006-09-17T18:18:39.356-07:00I have been here in Omaha a week now. What a week it has been.I had expected to sit in on endless classroom boredom. I was really surprised to find out how Werner trains their people. I had trained students for almost 10 years in my truck. Now I was going to find out how the people in our terminals are trained for their jobs.Have you ever called a big company and heard..."This call may be Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1158109408634051832006-09-12T17:04:00.000-07:002006-09-12T18:03:29.596-07:00I arrived in Omaha Sunday afternoon around 1:30 PM. I had a 1 1/2 hour layover in Salt Lake City. It was nice in SLC, around 60 degrees. As the plane flew east toward Omaha the clouds kept getting thicker. When we began our descent into Omaha I was somewhat alarmed as we kept going down and yet I couldn't see the ground! Down, down we went through white cotton. I felt the landing gear come down Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1157178415566525792006-09-01T22:28:00.000-07:002006-09-01T23:26:55.636-07:00My cell phone rang around noon today. Unfortunately I was already on my phone talking to my last student. By the time I got him off the incoming call was gone... I looked at the screen on my phone and it said '1 missed call... unknown caller'. Bummer. Pretty soon my phone beeped and it said 'voice mail message' so I called my voice mail and the message was from Lynn from Werner in Omaha. "Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1157088278322473072006-08-31T21:27:00.000-07:002006-08-31T22:24:38.373-07:00Today was job interview day. I had to be at the Fontana (small city just east of Ontario CA) terminal at 7:00. I was going to be interviewed by the head hauncho from Omaha NE.(Werner's headquarters) I also was going to have to stand in front of a video camera and give a talk on any subject I chose. The purpose of the video is so the people in Omaha can see if I have the necessary skills to Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1156194676741664202006-08-21T14:03:00.000-07:002006-08-21T14:11:16.800-07:00As promised I am able to blog again.. not because my computer is working any better. There is a truck stop on my run in Beaver Utah that has free internet for drivers so I'm on that computer.I just applied to work at the Fontana CA Werner Terminal. We'll see what comes of that. I will be home every night and be a home person again... WOW won't that be great!I am afraid I will miss driving but Tomnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1155436370463804172006-08-12T19:23:00.000-07:002006-08-12T19:32:50.516-07:00 My new truck... well not mine, really. I sold the old truck and now I am just a company driver. This new truck is a Peterbilt. I will be blogging more about it later .... PromiseTomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1133500576174799142005-12-01T21:03:00.000-08:002005-12-01T21:16:16.183-08:00Dad was home for Thanksgiving, and then off again on Friday. He has a new student, Rick, and is now on a dedicated run. Which means that he "runs" from Salt Lake City, Utah to Los Angeles and back. It's great because it gives him enough miles to actually make some money, but it also lets him get home a little more often. Not that he'll get through here at a time when we're all awake.Right now Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1127055926331030632005-09-18T08:00:00.000-07:002005-09-18T08:06:37.820-07:00Dad lags so bad, I'm going to update his blog for him. He says he has two posts all written in his head, he just hasn't had a chance to get online. When he has a student with him he's too busy teaching and when he has home time, my mom loads him up with a million chores around the yard. Plus, they've recently acquired a new swing set for the grandkids (yay!) and he's been assembling that and SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1118248209704152572005-06-08T09:29:00.000-07:002006-02-22T14:52:17.216-08:00BJ got to go to school for the last week before summer vacation!SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1116580537533280822005-05-20T02:07:00.000-07:002006-02-22T14:52:29.916-08:00Bear is ecstatic!My student got off the truck today. I’m sitting in a dock waiting for them to load me with Gatorade bound for Von’s grocery stores in Southern California, and, I noticed Bear on the upper bunk giving me a look, I guess the best way to describe it, ‘beseeching’! “That’s a funny look you are giving me,” I said, looking at him trying to figure what was on his mind…“Your student…Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1114734968491705752005-04-28T16:45:00.000-07:002005-04-28T17:36:08.493-07:00Today is a combination of frustration and anticipation... My wife and daughter are, as I write this, flying to Paris. How I wish I could be with them... I'm looking forward to seeing the photos Brenda sends back on her blog.I'm sitting in my truck. It is 6:00 pm Thursday Apr 28,2005. Yes, three days till May and I'm sitting in my truck. I repeat that on purpose. I'm not driving. I am Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1114061100560005732005-04-20T22:22:00.000-07:002005-04-23T14:21:42.516-07:00I feel sorry for Bear, he’s having a hard time riding in the truck all the time. Yesterday, we were going through Tucson Arizona. My student was driving, I was sitting in the passenger seat, the jump seat. Bear touched my arm. I was on the last row of a pair of slippers I was knitting and I wanted to finish and put it away. I paused and looked down at Bear. “Something bothering you Bear?” ITomnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1112606053675831122005-04-04T02:07:00.000-07:002005-04-04T07:53:59.550-07:00The other day, I was driving through Virginia. I felt a tap on my arm. I looked down, it was Bear; ‘BJ’. I still call him Bear.“What you need, Bear”, I said, glancing at him, “You look kind of down today.” “What’s the matter?” “Oh, its not important… I just thought people might like to know the story of how I got my name… you know, the way it really happened.I looked down at him again. “OK,Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1112228053797542572005-03-30T16:09:00.000-08:002005-03-30T16:14:13.800-08:00Wednesday March 30, 2005, 3:45 pm, I’m sitting in the jump seat, my student is at the wheel. We are driving across Tennessee. A gorgeous day… 83 degrees… everything is turning green after all the rain they’ve had back here. It’s easy to type on the laptop through Tennessee, the roads are very good. That’s more than can be said for lots of other states! I will upload this to the blog when we Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1111897328085229102005-03-26T20:21:00.000-08:002005-03-27T07:20:19.306-08:00Who is BJ?I noticed a few of you commented; “who is B J” when you saw the 1st graders drawings and thank-you notes. My daughter-in-law answered the question in her comment but I’m not sure everybody saw that and besides there is a story behind “B J”.There is a national association called the “Trucker Buddy Assoc”. (I think that is what it is called) See truckerbuddy.org. Their whole objective Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1111706450971060192005-03-24T15:18:00.000-08:002005-03-24T15:20:50.976-08:00When you pick up a product from the shelf at your local market or dept store, I wonder if people ever stop to think what it took to get that product from a raw material to something useful and then transported to the shelf for someone to buy.This is a story about a bamboo cutting board. It just happens I’m carrying a load of bamboo cutting boards, bamboo bowls, and bamboo serving utensils to a Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1110764997682115692005-03-13T17:39:00.000-08:002005-03-20T07:57:03.300-08:00Surprise!! I finally have a wireless modem for my laptop. Now I don't have any excuse for not updating my blog on a regular basis... hopefully ... maybe ... 'daily'? ... we will see.Ha! I'm online!I'm in West Memphis Arkansas, we just got our wireless modem working and sent our first picture to my students wife. Thanks to my daughter, everything worked good. We are on our way to North CarolinaTomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1110165929816733982005-03-06T19:25:00.000-08:002005-03-06T19:32:19.093-08:00Here are some note's Amber's first grade class sent to Dad at Christmas. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to upload them. I tried to type the notes exactly as they were written but some parts were a bit tricky to read. Enjoy!Tom haf a ho-ho merry christmas. Tooting the horn. AlecDear Tom, win are you cumen to my house? I wus happy wen you cam to my clrasrom. AmberDear Tom, Thank you for comingSAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1108171529820427692005-02-11T17:19:00.000-08:002005-02-11T17:25:29.820-08:00Tom is in Texas, Denton to be exact. He is delivering truck engines . be patient with me, my daughter is holding a water gun to my head so i learn how to do this blooger stuff . So all of you out there can really know where Tom my husband is.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04323901014428762304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1104964037221111012005-01-05T14:25:00.000-08:002005-01-05T14:27:17.220-08:00Of course by the time you get the news from me it's diluted because it's third hand. But this is the latest I know about Dad: He now has satelite radio. Woo Hoo! He also has a new student and they are on their way to Philadelphia. SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1103225830673112092004-12-16T11:34:00.000-08:002004-12-16T11:38:02.203-08:00Poor Dad. He's not home. He's somewhere in Oklahoma City in the middle of the United States. He and his student have to be Pennsylvania by tomorrow and back in Las Vegas by Monday.
Dad also has started obsessing about knitting and expensive yarn. Everytime he calls home he must discuss what new yarn he can buy. We have boxes and boxes of cheap yarn at home but he only likes the expensive SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1101760018723476342004-11-29T13:25:00.000-08:002004-11-29T12:26:58.723-08:00
It was a cloudy, rainy Monday at the elementary school. The kids were going to get to see an 18 wheeler close up. Climb up in the cab, use the step ladder to get in the trailer. They all seemed to enjoy themselves. Billy Jack the bear will be traveling around the country sending back post cards about his travels. How many 50 pound kids could an 18 wheeler carry? The kids guessed 100, Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1098113222260646362004-10-18T08:23:00.000-07:002004-10-18T08:27:45.073-07:00
The Sand Castle Contest was soooooooo much fun! We are definitely doing it again.
Click here to see the pictures.
SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1097451068004210542004-10-10T16:30:00.000-07:002004-10-10T16:31:08.003-07:00Today is my dad's birthday! He turns fifty-something. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1097363310051298642004-10-09T16:04:00.000-07:002004-10-10T14:40:27.350-07:00
Big News! Huge News! Me and my Dad (and whoever else we can wrestle up) are going to enter the 43rd Annual Sand Castle Contest in Big Corona! This Saturday. We're currently taking suggestions and helpful hints! Drop them in the comment boxSAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1095521380871190022004-09-18T08:26:00.000-07:002004-09-18T08:29:40.870-07:00Big News!! Dad got nominated for trucker of the month! He hasn't won anything yet. But he got nominated.
He's almost to St. Louis, Missouri and should be in Yuma, Arizona by Monday morning.
He's been following car clubs. Miles and miles of corvettes whizzing past him.SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1095173342028019222004-09-14T07:47:00.000-07:002004-09-14T07:49:02.030-07:00Dad is in Racine Wisconsin unloading Christmas wrap. It's that time of year again. Apparently the wrapping paper came from somewhere really far away like Korea or China and the boxes are all tattered and falling to pieces. If the rolls of paper don't fall out the bottom of the boxes they fall out the top. So Dad and the warehouse men are taping the boxes back together one by one. Another day SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1094792384404653442004-09-09T21:57:00.000-07:002004-09-09T21:59:44.403-07:00Just wanted to stop by and let ya'll know I added a bunch of new products to the Tom the Trucker Cafe. Cause everybody needs a Tom the Trucker lunch box to get in the back-to-school mood!SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1093719726637794962004-08-28T12:01:00.000-07:002004-08-28T12:03:39.983-07:00I'll just keep it short and simple:
Dad is home attending Heidi's wedding!
George is leaving California for a long road trip to Nebraska so he can attend trucking school.
Shawn is thinking about trucking again.SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1091637406952226212004-08-04T09:31:00.000-07:002004-08-04T09:36:46.953-07:00Dad is in Chicago. His student is ready to graduate and get his own truck soon. He's been an excellent student. They did 6,700 miles in one week. A record for my dad.
He's coming up on a million miles! Wow. SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1088873263738298302004-07-03T09:47:00.000-07:002004-07-03T09:47:43.736-07:00Yesterday Dad had a load delivering to Office Max in Lincoln Nebraska. It was a really old old building and the dock was so difficult to get into he had to flag down a passing police man to help him block a main intersection of traffic. He thought he might have to call for police assistance but thankfully a cop happened to be passing by.
Right now, Dad has a really cool student named Ron SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1086547279887021062004-06-06T11:41:00.000-07:002004-06-06T11:41:19.886-07:00Conversations from the Truck
Amber: Auntie I got an owie!
Brenda: A bad one?
A: Yes, it hurts really bad.
B: How did you get it?
A: I think the fan got me.
Dad in the background: Amber that's not an owie, that's red marker.
B: What? You drew an owie on yourself?
A: No, it's a real owie.
B: Then why did you draw on yourself?
A: So I would know where to put the band aid.SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1086105442942792762004-06-01T08:33:00.000-07:002004-06-01T08:57:22.943-07:00Dad is in Dallas right now, at a Sears loading dock, waiting for a load to Chicago to pick up Amber. Amber will be riding with him out to California to spend some time being a "California Girl" this summer. Yay!
Dad really wants to write daily but he doesn't have access to the internet yet. There is much talk about a wireless modem with an antannae that costs $69. Maybe a Father's Day present?SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1084211465527176102004-05-10T10:49:00.000-07:002004-05-10T10:52:46.313-07:00
Yay! The first "I spotted Tom the Trucker" shirt winner!SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1083308048950691752004-04-29T23:54:00.000-07:002004-04-29T23:58:19.640-07:00Home again after 4 weeks on the road.
Trying to teach someone to drive an 18 wheeler is an interesting job. I had been a trainer 5 years ago before I bought my truck but up till now it was not possible to train students to be a company driver if you owned your tractor. As it turns out my company desperatly needs trainers and we owner operators have been slowly going broke. So being a trainerTomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1082731762106637872004-04-23T07:48:00.000-07:002004-04-23T07:53:24.060-07:00Mom has joined the blog. This is a testSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04323901014428762304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1082559134377497322004-04-21T07:47:00.000-07:002004-04-21T10:07:54.903-07:00Have you seen Tom the Trucker in your town? Kasey did at Jake's Truck Stop in Bend, Oregon, home of the pancakes that flop over the side of your plate. If you've spotted Tom the Trucker maybe you would like a t-shirt to prove it! Check out the Tom the Trucker Cafe Press Store! Hurry and get your Trucker Mug while supplies last!
Dad is heading out of Portland on his way to somwhere in SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1081885533754307092004-04-13T12:40:00.000-07:002004-04-13T12:49:22.950-07:00Why oh why does my Dad not blog?
Because he's trucker that's why and he doesn't have wireless internet. 'Tis a shame. I should start a fund for my Dad to get him connected. Can you imagine the stories. If only I could be a fly in his cab and record some of his long rambling conversations. My Dad is a great story teller.
So the news on Dad at this moment is that he is in Phoenix getting his SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1077657224171113932004-02-24T13:13:00.000-08:002004-02-24T13:16:28.966-08:00Great News! Dad is going to start teaching again!!!SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1076800226403018792004-02-14T15:07:00.000-08:002004-02-14T18:32:26.246-08:00
I know this is my Dad's blog but he can't update very often and I just can't resist. Afterall he did give me his password so I can add stuff and fix stuff...
I just wanted you all to know that my Dad knits while he drives. Not while he drives, as in holding the steering wheel with his knees, and knitting with his hands...oh no. I mean, while he's out on the road. I also wanted you to know SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1075838954493052012004-02-03T12:07:00.000-08:002004-02-03T12:11:31.450-08:00Dad had $200 worth of gaseline stolen right out of his tank! I think he's looking for a gas cap lock now.SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1074528253672725102004-01-19T08:04:00.000-08:002004-01-19T08:06:10.640-08:00Truckers make up names for just about everything they see. To see a few of these goofy terms click here
Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1074185080586534822004-01-15T08:44:00.000-08:002004-01-15T08:46:31.763-08:00
Well I hope nobody is still holding their breath since my last blog… I didn’t know it would be so long.
I promised I would tell about how I got a speeding ticket and was apprehended by a officer on foot. So here goes. I had a goal of never getting a ticket, well actually I had three goals when I started driving a big truck eight years ago. Goal number one was never have an accident, numberTomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1072374411523033242003-12-25T09:46:00.000-08:002003-12-25T09:48:15.043-08:00I finally get a chance to do some blogging in the daytime! Usually I have to blog just before going to bed and I don't do very well then.
I promised to do another episode of Murphy's Law on the road. This one is about Mountain Dew...
I really love Mountain Dew. I love the flavor. I don't drink Mountain Dew for the caffeine though, it only gets my kidneys going overtime and I have to stop at Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1071382882715097462003-12-13T22:21:00.000-08:002003-12-13T22:31:50.420-08:00Great news tonight! Thanks to Brenda's computer savvy, you can leave me comments. Just click on 'Comments' at the bottom of the page. Thanks in advance! I'm looking looking forward to hearing from you. Also I now have a E-mail address. "Tominthetruck@Yahoo.com"
My truck is back together, I hope to be back on the road by next Tuesday. Stay tuned for another episode of Murphy's law on the Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1070949103311294372003-12-08T21:51:00.000-08:002003-12-09T10:34:30.466-08:00I'm sitting here in front of Sue's computer listening to the prairie Home Companion that broadcast last Saturday night from NY City and contemplating what I am going to write on my blog tonight. (Brenda wants me to tell the story about the man with the flat tire so I'll try to do that.)
It's Monday evening.. They took my old differentials out of my truck today. We didn't see the damage we were Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1070653733223080212003-12-05T11:44:00.000-08:002003-12-05T11:50:18.873-08:00It's really too bad my Dad doesn't have more opportunites to post on his blog, because he has some hilarious stories from the road. His latest involve his forever typical bad luck. My Dad has a very bad case of Murphy's law. If you should happen to hang out with him be sure to ask about the trucker with the flat tire and how he tried to radio the guy unsuccessfully and then when he finally didSAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1070072061181972762003-11-28T18:14:00.000-08:002003-11-28T18:15:10.140-08:00Home for Thanksgiving! Had a wonderful dinner at Brenda's and Toby's. Toby's mom, Pat was there too and we really had a great time. Brenda showed off her new Mac laptop....cool computer! Sue has a new Cannon PowerShot digital camera. Teeny tiny but does everything the big cameras do, so we had a good time playing with all our new toys
Monday I have to take the truck in for some major Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1065036159621094742003-10-01T12:21:00.000-07:002003-10-01T12:22:39.470-07:00Dad is in Phoenix on his way home!!! He delivered in Buckeye, which is 30 miles west of Phoenix and now he is waiting for a load so he can come home!
I'm sorry I've been so bad at posting.SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1063028004401261242003-09-08T06:33:00.000-07:002003-09-08T06:33:24.403-07:00Dad is in a little town north of Bakersfield.SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1059611816133888662003-07-30T17:36:00.000-07:002003-07-30T17:39:00.553-07:00Last I heard Dad was in Chicago with Shawn. Sorry for the lack of posts.
Amber and Suki and Heather are in Southern California having fun in the sun!
SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1058306950219661912003-07-15T15:09:00.000-07:002003-07-15T15:10:02.540-07:00I think Mom and Dad are on their way home to Hemet after Joy's wedding... Not sure if Dad is heading home... he might be taking a load elsewhere. But I spoke to them Sunday. The wedding was beautiful, even though Mom spent most of it in the kitchen doing the catering!SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1057251558265771742003-07-03T09:59:00.000-07:002003-07-03T09:59:18.063-07:00I have the best Dad ever! Yesterday he called me and he was just south of Sacramento.
SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-1057035615905699602003-06-30T22:00:00.000-07:002003-06-30T22:00:15.893-07:00It has been a long time since this has been updated. It sure is a bummer that I don't have ready access to the internet while I'm on the road. Im still hoping I'll be able to get my laptop squared away with the new internet options available to me at the truck stops. I will keep trying to get set up... one of these days you will find me able to regularly update this. Then poor Brenda won't Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-956195842003-06-12T23:05:00.000-07:002003-06-12T23:21:53.000-07:00Hello everyone, Sue and I arrived home today after a mad dash across the country. Last Friday we were in Elkton Maryland wondering if we were going to get a load to CA in time to be at Johnny Brockmeier's and Juliana Lee's graduation which is tomorrow. After delivering our load in Maryland, we were sent to Bristol PA to pick up a load that was to deliver in Tulare CA Tuesday by 2:00PM. It Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-952483832003-06-03T11:48:00.000-07:002003-06-03T11:48:28.536-07:00Dad is on his way to Chicago to pick up Mom and then they are headed home to California!SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-946385352003-05-20T09:02:00.000-07:002003-05-20T09:02:47.146-07:00Greetings from St Charles IL.... Sue, Amber and I arrived here Monday night after a relatively straight path here. I got a load out of Long Beach Thursday evening to Kansas City MO, from there we got a load to a little suberb of St Louis and from there we got a load to Chicago area. Ambers birthday party is on Wednesday but I won't be able to be here, have to keep the wheels turning instead :(Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-938232152003-05-05T14:22:00.000-07:002003-05-05T17:00:53.000-07:00Sorry for the lack of posts. It's difficult to get word now that Dad's email rejects my email because I work for a marketing company and his email program thinks my messages are spam.
Dad has been in Addison helping Shawn buy his house. He is now on his way from Chicago to a small town in Iowa and then he hopes to get a trip home. He is due home FridaySAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-935711622003-04-30T19:58:00.000-07:002003-04-30T19:58:54.070-07:00From California Dad went to Buckeye, Arizona and picked up a load of dogfood. He took the dogfood down to Laredo, Texas. The dogfood was heading to Mexico. And speaking of Mexico when Dad was in Laredo he picked up a touch of Montezuma's revenge. But he is better now. He was in Dallas around 4 pm today. SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-928459682003-04-18T10:07:00.000-07:002003-04-18T10:08:43.000-07:00
Dad is in California! He picked up the munchkin (Amber) and headed home to Hemet for some well deserved home time. Mom, Dad and Amber are in Pine Summit until Saturday. SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-921818942003-04-07T16:34:00.000-07:002003-04-07T17:02:06.000-07:00Dad is on his way to Alabama.
He had quite a time trying to find his delivery place this morning. The company he was looking for was at an address for a shopping center He didn't think a dress shop would need a 53 foot trailer full of paint. There was another truck there, but when he woke up, the truck was gone. Dad's delivery time was 10:00 am, so he walked over to a little cafe in the SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-920927262003-04-06T08:50:00.000-07:002003-04-06T08:50:47.496-07:00Dad is going to Washington DC to see the cherry blossoms! (and deliver a load)SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-918832792003-04-02T18:19:00.000-08:002003-04-02T18:19:10.670-08:00Dad is on his way to El Paso, Texas with a load that goes to Mexico.
He left Hemet Monday evening at 9:15 with a load of paper bags for Stater Bros in Colton. He then went to the terminal in Fontant to sleep. In the morning he drove into LA with a load (of what I'm not sure) and picked up a load of swiming pools to take to Phoenix. Now he's on his way to El Paso, Texas with another mystery loadSAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-915748302003-03-28T15:55:00.000-08:002003-03-28T15:55:03.420-08:00Dad is going to be home this weekend! He got a load that delivers Monda night in Colton, California, at the Stater Bros distribution center. The load is a whole truck load of paper bags all the way from Joplin, Missouri aka "Misery" because the roads there are awful.SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-910630052003-03-20T07:38:00.000-08:002003-03-20T07:38:26.153-08:00We had breakfast with Dad yesterday morning. That was great fun. When his beeper went off in Ruby's diner we thought he had a load going to Wyoming but apparently that load was cancelled. Now we hear that he was sent to Las Vegas to pick up an empty and bring it back to Fontana. Dad will be heading back tonight and probably only get to Barstow or maybe Fontana.
SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-909304862003-03-18T08:32:00.000-08:002003-03-18T08:32:57.810-08:00Good Tuesday morning... I am in Hemet but am planning to head out today. I need to get my oil changed at our terminal in Fontana and then I should get a load out of here. We got our citrus trees planted yesturday. Thanks to Mom Albertson we now have a lime, a lemon and tangelo tree. I have to load the truck so I can head out...more news later...TomTomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-906767802003-03-13T16:08:00.000-08:002003-03-13T16:08:11.326-08:00Dad is in Flagstaff, Arizona and could be home very soon!SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-902590542003-03-06T13:08:00.000-08:002003-03-06T13:08:17.513-08:00Dad is heading to Massachusets and says the snow is not too bad.SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-902588982003-03-06T13:05:00.000-08:002003-03-06T13:11:59.000-08:00I'm so sorry. I can't send dad email anymore so I haven't been able to update as often. I'm going to try and rig it so my mom can post but until then we're going to be relaying dad's locations thru her since Dad calls her everyday on the phone.
Latest trip:
Dad left Montana for Wisconsin, traveling in the snow. From Wisconsin he drove to Oklahoma city, then to Alabama. On this strech he had SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-896523922003-02-24T09:12:00.000-08:002003-02-24T09:12:02.950-08:00Dad and the Nuclear Missile convoy.
Last week on his trip from Las Vegas to Great Falls, Montana, Dad was privileged to have a full Military escort for about 100 miles.
At first it was a little unsettling as he noticed a helicopter flying about 30 feet above the truck doing figure eights. Apparently the helicopter was using Dad's truck as a reference point.
When Dad got to Great Falls he SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-895093872003-02-21T10:26:00.000-08:002003-02-21T10:26:19.266-08:00SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-893928242003-02-19T14:48:00.000-08:002003-02-19T14:48:56.190-08:00I'm a little late posting... Dad is in Montana. More later.SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-891304412003-02-14T21:34:00.000-08:002003-02-14T21:34:28.423-08:00Hi everyone, it's actually me Tom this time... thanks to Brenda for all the updating she does for me, I really appreciate her! I am in Hemet friday and part of saturday. I'm supposed to get a load and leave saturday afternoon. I'm glad at least I will be able to be at Jim and Rachel's wedding.
When I walked into our house friday, my wife informs me that our black cat Inkspot has just brought inTomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-890010982003-02-12T16:07:00.000-08:002003-02-12T16:07:19.416-08:00Yay! Dad is in Salt Lake City and heading home. He will be in Hemet this weekend for Jim and Rachel's wedding but will leave very soon after that.SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-889275832003-02-11T11:45:00.000-08:002003-02-11T11:45:19.486-08:00Sorry for the lack of postings. For some reason I can't email Dad because the company I work for is classified as a spam mailer and therefore the trucking company has been kicking back anything I email to dad. He's working on having them change that. So here's an update from a phone conversation:
Dad is currently in Lincoln, Nebraska waiting patiently for a load to Salt Lake City. He's stuck SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-887100972003-02-07T07:59:00.000-08:002003-02-07T07:59:28.450-08:00Here's the scoop: From San Jose Dad went to Haywayd (shout out to CSUH!) and then on to Los Angeles. From there he picked up a load to Houston and spent last night in Las Vegas. This morning he was just east of Tuscon, Arizona.SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-884962192003-02-03T14:57:00.000-08:002003-02-03T14:57:40.000-08:00Dad left Hemet this morning to get his tires taken care of and to get an oil change. Now he is headed to San Jose, California.
SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-882740472003-01-30T08:32:00.000-08:002003-01-30T08:32:48.000-08:00Dad is still heading to Texas. He's just on the border of Oklahoma and Texas now. He got a little side tracked when he had to switch loads in Memphis. So now he's got a different load but is still on his way to Texas. He should be home in California by Saturday, Lord willing.SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-881009622003-01-27T07:59:00.000-08:002003-01-27T07:59:33.566-08:00Dad dropped off his load for Philadelphia in the truck yard Saturday morning and then Saturday afternoon he picked up a new load on the west side of Philadelphia that delivers to Plainview, Texas probably on Wednesday. Right now he's going through Nashville, Tennesee on the I-40 and should be home by Friday! Yay!SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-879292472003-01-23T17:18:00.000-08:002003-01-23T17:18:52.000-08:00Not too much happening on the trucker front.
There was "quite a snow storm" last night that kept trucks from getting out of the truck stop this morning. Dad finally got out this morning and is in Greenville, South Carolina now. He is taking a load to Pottstown, Pensylvania.
It's about 26 degree F and it's supposed to get into the teens tonight.
It's near zero in Chicago, Dad reports. SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-878564172003-01-22T11:57:00.000-08:002003-01-22T11:57:39.196-08:00Freight is moving really slow. Dad says this is normal in January.
Dad is not going to Kentucky after all. He's only going to Fountain Inn, South Carolina (just south of Greensville). He's only getting 20 miles today. Not good for the pocket book.SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-878027162003-01-21T13:37:00.000-08:002003-01-21T13:37:06.193-08:00Dad spent most of today in Garden City waiting for a load. The good thing was he was only 10 miles from the ocean. But locals told him the water is "pretty lousy" until you get about five miles off shore. It's "brackish". So he guesses people don't swim much there.
Freight is slow going lately. Dad is only going 44 miles to Beafort, South Carolina to pick up a load to deliver tomorrow SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-877319872003-01-20T08:03:00.000-08:002003-01-20T08:04:03.000-08:00
Happy Monday!
Dad is still in Nashville waiting to get unloaded. He is in College Park which is a suberb of Savannah, Georgia.
Here's what he says about Garden Park:
"If Savannah is the East Coast's Los Angeles then Garden Park is the Corona del Mar of East. Yeah, I'm right on the Atlantic."
Sounds like it's really pretty.
SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-876956242003-01-19T14:16:00.000-08:002003-01-19T14:16:21.616-08:00Hi everyone I'm in Henderson, Tn (a suberb of Nashville) at the home of Brian Howald, a family in the meeting here. We had the Breaking of Bread in their home this morning, a wonderful time, just a few of us remembering our Lord Jesus in death for us. After the meeting I was asked to stay for a sumptuous meal and then we visited together all afternoon. Tomorrow I deliver part of my load right Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-875986682003-01-17T09:34:00.000-08:002003-01-17T18:15:59.000-08:00Dad arrived in the "hillbilly town" of Ripley, Mississippi last night but couldn't find where his delivery went. At a truck stop, he met a guy who used to be a trucker but is now a real live "moonshiner" who actually makes and sells his own whiskey without a licence!!! Apparently he comes from a long line of bootleggers who claim to have sold whiskey to the Kennedy's back in the 1920's! HmmmSAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-875420582003-01-16T09:35:00.000-08:002003-01-16T09:38:43.000-08:00Today, Dad is just west of St. Louis, Missouri. It's snowing but thankfully the roads are clear. Phew!
Here's a special shout-out to Sam and Diana in Eureka, California! Finally someone is actually interested in this blog other than me (Brenda).
SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-873619792003-01-13T09:51:00.000-08:002003-01-13T09:51:33.026-08:00Dad dropped off Ike in Sacramento on Friday and then headed to Helena, Montana. Next stop: Mississipi for a Friday morning delivery. It looks like Dad caught the same cold we all have. I sure hope it doesn't make driving more difficult.
On the home front, the BTP van is fixed and Shawn and Heather will be leaving Hemet today to go home to Addison.
SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-871733682003-01-09T09:33:00.000-08:002003-01-09T09:33:15.983-08:00You never know where you're going to end up when you're a trucker. Dad and Ike were heading to Chicago but did a 3 way swap last night with two other drivers in Rock Springs, Wyoming. So another driver has their load to Chicago and Dad and Ike have a load to Woodland, California which is just north of Sacramento (close to Red Bluff). It turns out Ike caught a cold when he was in Hemet (just SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-871410482003-01-08T17:40:00.000-08:002003-01-08T17:40:51.916-08:00Today at 1:45 Dad and Ike checked in from Provo Utah. They are now heading to Chicago for a Friday delivery. Ike is having a great time. SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-870715352003-01-07T11:11:00.000-08:002003-01-07T11:11:06.986-08:00Dad is heading to Reno, Nevada. Last night they met Ike's Dad (Uncle Dan) in Corning, California and picked up some clothes and school books for Ike.
SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-870172502003-01-06T10:45:00.000-08:002003-01-06T11:40:29.000-08:00Dad and Ike drove all night and got into Sacramento at 6 am this morning. The truck is now empty and they are taking an eight hour break before they hit the road again. Ike will probably drive with Dad for two weeks. They pick up a load tonight in Willows, California and deliver it Wednesday morning to Provo, Utah. Happy Trails!SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-868540542003-01-02T17:41:00.000-08:002003-01-02T17:41:54.213-08:00Dad is still in Hemet. He's fixing Uncle Dan's fax machine. He plans to leave for the terminal tomorrow am and get the paperwork in order so Ike can go with him on the road.SAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738331082823023918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-868037082003-01-01T16:23:00.000-08:002003-01-01T16:29:45.000-08:00Bad news and good news!
The bad news is that Tom just can't seem to fit blogging into his trucker's schedule. He pretty much sleeps and drives and that's about it. Not much time for waxing poetic at truck stop internet cafes. (Are there such things?)
The good news is that I'm officially taking over. I will transcribe Dad's cryptic emails made up of vowel-less words and numbers and translateTomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-864509302002-12-23T13:47:00.000-08:002002-12-23T13:47:57.536-08:00Update from Brenda
Dad was in Wichita Kansas this morning on his way to Oklahoma. It looks like he'll pick up a load that delivers to Long Beach so he'll make it to conference!
Shawn and Heather and baby Suzan are in Hemet!Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-863382982002-12-20T15:07:00.000-08:002002-12-20T15:07:25.496-08:00Update via email:
I'll be swapping loads with another driver in Topeka Kansas on Sunday. I'll take his load to Oklahoma city to arrive by 4 am Monday. That puts me in a good position to get a load back home by Thursday.
Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-862422832002-12-18T15:46:00.000-08:002002-12-18T15:46:54.206-08:00Another update from Brenda
Dad is sitting in traffic in Phoenix going about 10 mph and says he has lots to blog about tonight. Look forward to it!Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024319.post-861936622002-12-17T17:03:00.000-08:002002-12-17T17:03:17.923-08:00Update from Brenda (Tom's daughter) via an email:
I'm in Ehrenberg (Arizona side of Blythe) I haven't had time to log in anywhere. I will probably have some news tomorrow. I'm trying to dodge these storms and still make it to Denver. The storms will make driving interesting but I won't be able to go on if it is too unsafe. I will try to update the blog tomorrow.
Tomnoreply@blogger.com0