Back on the Roaaaad Againnnnn....

Yep, September has already been a busy month of driving for me.  We are not even half way thru it and I have more miles logged this month than any other month I have driven in more than a year.  And ya know why?  Because I don't have any other drivers to deal with.  My time is MY time.  I schedule it how I please.  Add in the good paying freight out-bound from the St. Louis area and I have opted to go down the road.

I am sitting in a motel in Pine Bluff, AR as I work my way back to the STL area.  I went about as far south as you can go in Texas - Edinburg; about 110 miles south of Corpus Christi.  I delivered this sign pole pipe to a popular hamburger chain.

I thought this was a pretty kool picture, if I may say so myself.

As I came out of the area, I had to go thru a Border Patrol checkpoint.  I always wondered, what good does it have to set-up a stationary checkpoint that the bad guys will just go around.  But what do I know.  They probably have patrols out there too.

I found a military trailer coming out of San Antonio that moved me north into Arkansas.  Tomorrow I will load a wrecked 2010 truck going to within 120 miles of Belleville -- close enuf!

I really like driving.  It is a sense of accomplishment when you make a delivery; a kind of gratification; not to mention the financial part.  Then there is the bonus of getting to your destination.  I go to parts of the country that I have never been to before.  That is way kool!  Even going to places I have been before but at a different time of year. 

Perhaps for my retirement -- or more likely IN my retirement -- I'll write a book entitled "Get OFF the Interstate!"  That is where the real beauty of our country is, OFF the interstate.  Of course having an interstate nearby is very handy for getting there efficiently.

The bad news is that I took my bike with me this trip and never took it off the trailer.  The really bad news is that it rained the first day out and it got trashed from the start.  And then got worse!  I gotta get these tie down installed correctly so I can have a tarp made for this.

LOMBARDO TRAILER (now located in O'Fallon, IL) ---I'm coming in tomorrow!!

I'm off to Ozark Bikefest in Osage Beach, MO on Thursday.  I'm meeting up with a small group, grabbing breakfast and then a 3 hour or so ride into the Lake Ozark area of central Missouri.  I think I saw a cold front dipping into the central US tomorrow.  YIKES!  Weather Channel is saying 48 degrees Thursday morning.  Hmmmmmm.