The Santa Ana Winds Are Blowing Us All Over The Place

I wish I had gotten a photo last evening, but, the winds were so high in central CA the air was solid dust!  Even though we are flatbed, the wind slapped us around for a good bit. 

I heard this morning the winds are the worst in years plus they got up to 85+ mph!  It was worse in Fonatan and Ontario, CA, which we left yesterday morning.

Wow.  Usually you don't see this types of wind unless you're in West Texas or the mid Plains. 

It was something else, alright!

Remember, A Few Days Ago, The Occupy Marin County Schmuck??

Well!! Last night, I was watchin O'Reilly on Fox, a video came on about the Occupy Oakland nimrods.

Just guess whom I saw getting his-little-self arrested??

Yup, our one Marin County guy.

I'm spitballing here, but, I'm thinking he couldn't get enough attention in Marin County and went to Oakland, where the action is.

Ha!! Guess mommy and daddy bailed his trust-fund butt outta jail...and gave him a good talking to!!

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Hubby Thought I'd Been Kidnapped!! (He's So Wonderful!)

We were in Ontario, CA, last night and parked at the TA. Normally, we park on a certain row. It's easy to get into and out of certain spots. But, yesterday, we had to park one row over.

No problem, you'd think...

Well, after eating in the restaurant (whose food wasn't up to par for some reason, but that's another story), I went on out to the truck, while hubby stayed behind to yap with other drivers.

So...I'm out in the truck...and no hubby....and no hubby...and no hubby. I'm getting pretty antsy.

I had already changed into my jammies but started to change back, was going to look for my beloved hubby!!

Right about that time, I saw his black western hat (yes, black felt hat, even in summer...) come around the hood of my truck. He got in and told me his story!

He had forgotten we'd parked a row over and had been walking around, looking for the rig. Then he started to get the feeling I'd been kidnapped and then he really couldn't think straight!! It does happen, kidnappings, I mean. There have been cases of female drivers being forced to go with an abductor and that is what hubby was thinking!!

Finally, he walked around the edge of the row and saw our rig! Whew!! He was soooo relieved!! Me, too!

After all the tension, we had a tentative laugh about it. It's funny but not. It could have been something bad, but wasn't.

It really made us feel how much we care for each other and what would life be like without the other?? I don't even want to think about it. Just very scary but ended well.

Next time I'll pin a transponder to his shirt!!

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Truckee Bug Station Does It Again

I had to go to feckin' CA and through Truckee, a double yuck. Now I was hauling Powder River panels and it's really obvious what I was hauling. Flatbed, you can see my load.

So I had a small stck of BOL's and handed them to the officer. Yes, I had to stop, instead of being waved through. I handed them over and the fat-ass officer (I'm sure he's henpecked) said to park and come on in.

So, I did. Onliest I walked into the officers' door instead of the drivers' door. He said to go back outside and throught the drivers' door. I couldn't hear him and snottily he repeated himself. So, I did as requested.

But, then, after I was in the drivers' side, I saw he had handed off my paperwork to another dweeb, who was copying every last page. (As an aside, what's with all the copying??) When he turned around to hand me my sheaf of papers, he dropped them!! To my horror, he picked them up, shuffled them a bit and pronounced them back in order. I didn't argue but grabbed tham as politely as I could and bee-lined to my rig.

Went throught the papers and only a couple were outta place!! Whew!! What a relief!!

I'm tellin' ya, if I never have to go to CA again, it'll be too soon!!

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In %^$&#*$&! California, Again

Yup. Here I am. As usual, I've had my usual problems in this G-Damn stae.

So far, I've only been here since yesterday mind you, but I've been hauled into the inspection station and had words with the inspection guy. He called in an officer and then WE had a nice talk. I let 'em have it, albeit nicely.

I was told in Cottonwood that CA doesn't "do" stckers anymore but these guys insisted on an inspection. The upshot was they did the inspection, I got my sticker and didn't have to stick around to be "a guest of the state", if you follow my drift.

Then, my PrePass won't work, so I have to go through each weigh station. *sigh*

Then just dealing with the drivers....Gah!!

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Do You See The Price Of Diesel??

It's the green price. Egads!! We only got 75 gallons. I guess CA doesn't really care if it gets our biz or not. We have enough to get us to our customers and back out to saner prices.

And CA wonders what is wrong with their economy...sheesh...

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