BEST LAID PLANS...
You know when you think you have a plan all ready to execute....you can count on something going wrong! So we walked down to a little restaurant for a quick burger, got back to the truck, and had a great surprise..our son, Jay, Jenn and the grandkids, Cody and Emily, had been in Tenn. and were on their way home, going by where we were sitting , by about 10 miles. So they made a side trip and came for a short visit (since they still had about a four hour drive to make, it had to be short), got some good hugs and kisses and Cody got his picture taken up in his pawpaw's truck seat. After they left, we got a short nap, and took off to Pocahontas, IL, just 50 miles away. Got there, dropped our trailer...hooked up the relay..did the pretrip..which includes pulling up to check the brakes..and two wheels were locked up on the trailer..and it's 3:00am..Ricky does all he knows to do, which is alot, see he's very smart :) and they are still locked..has to call in and then get road service..they get there about 4:30..he gets a biggg hammer and beats on one and finally gets it loose. The other has a broken brake disc that has the wheel locked, they get pieces out and loose enough to get us to the shop. This is about 5:30, and the shop and parts store doesn't open till 8:00am..so the mechanic goes home, we go back to bed. Got a little longer nap. The guy comes back at 8:00 and we finally get out at 10:30. Our relay time was for 8:00 that morning..we were late...the office was to take care of all that..dispatched us for a new time of 2:30et, 1:30ct, our time, got there at 1:00ct, they wouldn't unload us..no appointment. So Ricky calls the dispatch, and they are working on it. We sat for 3 hours on the side of the road waiting to hear something. Ricky calls the contact number for the company and they say the girl that does the setups, went home at 2:00et, which is 1:00ct, which is when we got there..and that meant, no delivery till maybe tomorrow. So after 3 hours with no amenities, Ricky calls dispatch, tells them we are going up the road to find a Pilot, and wait for an appointment. Got here just in time..spots are almost gone. got a bite to eat, took showers and played on the computers and went to bed. So the pick up for the preplan to take on to Joplin went out the window...and here we sit at the Pilot waiting and hoping we will not be sitting here till after the 4th. Guess I'll get out my blanket I'm crocheting and put a movie in the dvd and relax...I'd rather we were on our way home.. :( Fill you in later.....
This isn't the way our dream played out a couple of nights ago...Belinda
You know when you think you have a plan all ready to execute....you can count on something going wrong! So we walked down to a little restaurant for a quick burger, got back to the truck, and had a great surprise..our son, Jay, Jenn and the grandkids, Cody and Emily, had been in Tenn. and were on their way home, going by where we were sitting , by about 10 miles. So they made a side trip and came for a short visit (since they still had about a four hour drive to make, it had to be short), got some good hugs and kisses and Cody got his picture taken up in his pawpaw's truck seat. After they left, we got a short nap, and took off to Pocahontas, IL, just 50 miles away. Got there, dropped our trailer...hooked up the relay..did the pretrip..which includes pulling up to check the brakes..and two wheels were locked up on the trailer..and it's 3:00am..Ricky does all he knows to do, which is alot, see he's very smart :) and they are still locked..has to call in and then get road service..they get there about 4:30..he gets a biggg hammer and beats on one and finally gets it loose. The other has a broken brake disc that has the wheel locked, they get pieces out and loose enough to get us to the shop. This is about 5:30, and the shop and parts store doesn't open till 8:00am..so the mechanic goes home, we go back to bed. Got a little longer nap. The guy comes back at 8:00 and we finally get out at 10:30. Our relay time was for 8:00 that morning..we were late...the office was to take care of all that..dispatched us for a new time of 2:30et, 1:30ct, our time, got there at 1:00ct, they wouldn't unload us..no appointment. So Ricky calls the dispatch, and they are working on it. We sat for 3 hours on the side of the road waiting to hear something. Ricky calls the contact number for the company and they say the girl that does the setups, went home at 2:00et, which is 1:00ct, which is when we got there..and that meant, no delivery till maybe tomorrow. So after 3 hours with no amenities, Ricky calls dispatch, tells them we are going up the road to find a Pilot, and wait for an appointment. Got here just in time..spots are almost gone. got a bite to eat, took showers and played on the computers and went to bed. So the pick up for the preplan to take on to Joplin went out the window...and here we sit at the Pilot waiting and hoping we will not be sitting here till after the 4th. Guess I'll get out my blanket I'm crocheting and put a movie in the dvd and relax...I'd rather we were on our way home.. :( Fill you in later.....
This isn't the way our dream played out a couple of nights ago...Belinda
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