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Life Day 21749: Dawdling in Denver (part deux)

January 28, 2007 on 1:36 pm | In On The Road |

To finish up with Wednesday, Jan 24th, I picked up the load in Brighton about 1600. Before I left Denver, I recieved and accepted a return PrePlan. It was a load of pallets and return product from the store to which i’m delivering going back to the Distribution Center in Brighton. Cool, at least I know now what i’ll be doing most of the weekend. I drove to Rock Springs, WY where I stopped for the night.

Thursday:
I left Rock Springs at 1000. I drove to Idaho Falls, ID via US-191N to US-26W. It was a nice, leisurely, scenic drive. I walked the MMM and had lunch/dinner. I then drove to Hamilton, MT. The road became icy going over Lost Trail Pass on US-93 on the ID/MT border. I made it over the summit “barefoot” (without chains). I parked at the Consignee for the night.

Friday:
A little before my appointment of 0900, the unload/reload began. I took the opportunity to walk the MMM and get breakfast at Perkins Restaurant. They are usually pretty good, but I had a bad experience this time. I ordered hot tea and Eggs Benedict. When she brought the tea service, she brought a cup of hot water, an extra teapot of hot water, honey and lemon, and 1 (one) tea bag. I asked her how I was expected to use my only tea bag to make tea in both the cup and the teapot. She said that people usually made tea in the cup then added hot water from the teapot. When I asked her if she made 1 cup of coffee in the morning, then when it ran low, just added more hot water to it, she just walked away. Being relatively intelligent, I made tea in the teapot. I flagged down a busboy and dumped the hot water from the cup into his cart. This way, I at least got a cup and a half of tea, and a dirty look from the busboy. The Eggs Benedict and Poppy Seed Muffin were good. It was just the lack of tea and the attitude of the waitress that soured the experience. Needless to say, her attitude was reflected in her gratuity (or more accurately, lack thereof). When I returned to the truck, they were just finishing the loading. One more romp for the MMM, and off we went. I stopped in Lolo, MT for fuel, then drove to Livingston, MT where I stopped for the night. I only had 7.5 hours available today.

Saturday:
I left Livingston at 0800. I drove to Billings, MT and took a short break. Next, I drove to Casper, WY where I had lunch/dinner about 1500. At 1600, I drove to Longmont, CO where I stopped for the night.

Sunday, Jan 28th:
I left Longmont at 0830 and drove the remaining 25 miles to the consignee. I did the drop delivery, then drove the 25 odd miles to our terminal in Denver for fuel. According to my fuel guage (the “low fuel” light was illuninated), I was “sucking fumes”, but when I fueled, I only took 170 gallons out of a possible 240. Some day, I may figure out exactly how much fuel I have remaining when the “low fuel” illuminates, but for now, i’ll just use it as an omen to look for a place to fuel.
1500: no load yet.