A Quiet February.

In general its been a very quiet month in terms of miles, and also nothing really noteworthy to write about.  A quick 3 day trip to Toronto and back both Ian Newman and myself, Tissue/diaper products up to Irving Tissue in North York then 2 LTL loads back to Dieppe. A nice quick 2000 miles.

Then last week I get a dispatch to Westborough Massachusetts, 2am delivery with a load of Burger King Fries.  Tipped that off and then run empty to Jersey City, New Jersey.  An hour after leaving Westborough and not long after crossing the state line into Connecticut I ran in to a real bad snow storm, now normally this would not bother me, however there were a few factors that I had to take into consideration,

1. I was empty
2. The rate and volume of snow falling
3. Lack of snow plows
4. The local natives who have as much skill in driving in snow as my Basset Hound!
5. My load did not have to be in Toronto until 14.30 the next day.

So next rest area I pulled off and had a very nice 3 hour snooze! 

Just as well for 10 miles down the road the I95 both directions had been closed due to a Semi which had lost control in the snow and had jack-knifed across the interstate.

Thanks to my exceptional navigation skills (I was talking to local drivers on the c.b.) I managed to avoid the delays by taking to the side roads and thus avoiding further delays.

From there it was business as usual, the weekly battle to cross the Bronx, into New Jersey, then a nice 500 mile drive to Toronto, stopping for the night at the Flying J at New Milford, Pennsylvania.

The following day:- 

A very rare thing in Midland circles for us loadhaul triangle drivers, within a few Min's of tipping, A PRE-PLAN!  Yes dear friends, there was a load ready to roll east sitting at Brampton Terminal with my name on it.  So within an hour of leaving my delivery point I was heading out of the gate towards home.  So instead of a Monday arrival I was home and in my own bed Sunday night after dropping a loaded trailer off to our Charlottetown Terminal.