It's 10:30 on the morning of Thursday the 11th of October. The skies are clear and we just left Little America truck stop in western Wyoming; Terri Lynn is behind the wheel for the first time with a load.
Our trainer (Jeff) picked us up from the hotel this morning at 4am. After spending an hour driving around Salt Lake looking for breakfast; we ended up at a Denny's.
After breakfast we went to the yard, loaded up the tractor, picked up the trailer and got under way.
Our first load is about 40,000 lbs of diced onions bound for Tennessee.
Jeff was nice enough to drive the first few hour; TL and I got a few hours sleep. It was amazing to find the bunk in the truck more comfortable at 60 mph than the rooms in the companies campus dorm.
Jeff will be stuck with us for the next month - until approximately the 6th of November.
We are in a 2006 Kenworth as a loaner, while his truck is in the shop. Thanks to a governor, the top speed is limited to 65 mph.
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