I need some idea's...

What would you like to see more of on my blog? I'm currently working on taking photos of my loads although sometimes the trailer is already loaded and sealed so I can't open the door to snap a shot and other times I'm not allowed to take a photo of it on a customers property. I think it would be interesting to take requests from you guys, the readers. Do you have any questions for me? Any photos you want more of? Anything? I'm in need of some new idea's because the same old photos of me going down the road is getting a bit old for me and probably you as well... So send me an email: truckerchris@gmail.com or leave a comment here.



The I-10 Corridor is awesome. I really enjoy driving in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona on 10. Usually besides the bigger cites theres hardly anyone out there except for trucks and it's not one big race. You can actually hang out in the right lane for awhile before having to pass somebody... I like that.




I haven't had a white knuckle ride like last night for a loooooong time. I was about 50 miles east of El Paso, TX last night and I could see a big storm in the distance lighting up the sky with lightning bolts. It looked to be a bit to the north of El Paso and I was hoping I could beat it since I'm running real light and didn't want to have to fight the wind. Well, I made it to El Paso just as soon as the sun was going down and I realized the storm was right in the middle of the interstate between Las Cruces, NM and El Paso, TX. The section is notorious for having strong winds during perfect weather and now I was going to head into it at night in a thunderstorm! Just as I had thought I hit it and I hit it HARD! The wind started first from a couple gusts that moved me around a little bit. Now understand this. I'm Driving in a 80 foot long sailboat. When a gust of wind hits me I have to fight it hard by steering into it. Then comes the rain and then more rain and then a monsoon. The Billboards along the road with the bright lights and the car going east with their lights on (DON'T DRIVE WITH YOUR HIGH BEAMS ON PEOPLE!!!!!!) made it near impossible to see with the windshield wipers that wouldn't keep up. Right now I'm hauling a load of Whirlpool fridges and I must not have very many of them as I'm really light. I haven't ever thought about pulling off the road because of a storm but this one I sure did. But what was I supposed to do? Pull over and get hit from a car or truck behind me? Pull over and get blown over because of the wind? I had no choice other than to keep going. Well, I eventually made it out and just as quick as it started it was behind me. Thank god. The lightning show in my rearview mirrors were awesome. I continued down the road, turned up the music and opened an ice cold soda. This is trucking, and I love it.



A smaller cloud opening up in Texas.



Running on two lane roads through the back country is one of my favorite things to do. I'm really into those abandoned buildings that scatter the roads from times when the road was the main route across the country. Now, the interstates have come along and wiped these places out. I like reading the graffiti, looking through what people have left and just wondering what it was like when these places were bustling with people. Here I am parked along US90 in Texas, real close to the Mexico Border.



A buzzard circling above me while on the side of the road. It was 110 outside, maybe he was waiting for me to pass out from the heat?





A border control lock on a gate in the middle of nowhere.





Along U90 and other United States/Mexico border roads theres a fire road that runs along side the road. It's usually perfectly smooth as the border patrol grades and smooths it out constantly. I found out it's so smooth because when they come and inspect it daily the are looking for footprints!




Trucks and Trains, my two favorite things.

It's time to go home...

Yeah, I'm missing home right now and I couldn't be in a worse place. I'm in Mount Pocono, PA just about as far east as you can get from Sacramento... I think it's the fact that it's 49 degrees outside and I actually had to turn my bunk heater on for a little bit. It's August, what's up with this rainy and cold weather?

Anyways, I ended up taking a reset here at a motel in Mt. Pocono. The hotel was pretty run down but it turned out to be real nice staying there. I ended up meeting some people who are renting a room out for awhile at the motel and spent saturday night hanging out with them on the patio while consuming some adult beverages...haha. It was nice to get out of the truck and actually talk to some people. The hotel was built in the early 50's and the current owners are trying to fix it up but it's in a great location. Theres about 20 rooms and over 50 acres of nice green grass looking over above the trees. Their porch overlooked New Jersey in the distance. It was a nice night and it was warm, at about 75 degrees. When I woke up the next morning it was nasty and rainy but it was interesting sitting outside watching the clouds roll in and the lightning and thunder in the distance....


The Costco DC in Morris, IL gives you this transponder that goes off when they are done unloading you. It's exactly like what they give you when you go to a restruant back at home... Pretty cool.



A Tunnel on I-77 (I think)



This is exactly where I'm parked right now except now it's pouring down rain...




The Ameristar casino in Kansas City, MO... It's right around the corner from the SNI yard. It's HUGE inside and reminds me of Ceasars Palace in Las Vegas.




Backed up inside a building and getting loaded near Chicago, IL. I almost took my mirror off on the building... doh




Picking up an empty trailer at the Nissan Factory in Mississippi.




Another Nissan photo



Lookin' good in Kansas



Ever seen the Show on CMT called "Trick My truck"? This is where it used to be filmed at. The Home of the Chrome Shop Mafia but too bad they were closed... I was sad.




The "Mob Sled" displayed as their sign right across from the Joplin Petro in Joplin, MO exit 4 off of I-44




A Wrecked and a Burned down Schneider company trucks at the Dallas, TX Terminal.