(Lots of shunting activity to watch.)

On the move:-
http://www.bigrigtravels.com/gallery/5887451_UGyaU

State by state anti idling rules

http://www.atri-online.org/research/...ium7_11_08.pdf

Steve is out photographing Fort Morgan, Colorado as load not ready.

Ah! That explains things. Thanks.

Night trunking . . .

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=41.10833&l...=9&l=0&m=h&v=2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Platte

Approaching half-way:- http://wikimapia.org/#lat=41.545589&...=9&l=0&m=h&v=2

USA fuel prices Jan 2009

Below are the regional prices per gallon for diesel as reported by the Department of Energy.

. East Coast: $2.358
· New England: $2.595
· Central Atlantic: $2.498
· Lower Atlantic: $2.268
· Midwest: $2.245
· Gulf Coast: $2.204
· Rocky Mountain: $2.243
· West Coast: $2.325
· California: $2.296

USA
Federal Motor Carrier rules etc

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regul...egulations.htm

Back on the road again.

Time to re-fuel.
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=41.372686&...=9&l=0&m=h&v=2

200 miles to go - Steve should make it today (estimated 8pm local).

Anybody remember this?:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umvbqPUMoKg

No but do remember Car 54 where are you

100 miles left:- http://wikimapia.org/#lat=41.71393&l...=9&l=0&m=h&v=2

Last stop? 44 miles to go . . .
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=41.599013&...=9&l=0&m=h&v=2
7pm local.

Yep! Me too, vaguely!:) Didn't one of the "Officers" in that series later become "Lurch" in "The Adams Family"?

Yeah, I know, you don't have to tell me, "Off Topic"!!

Shunting activity.

Rolling - but is Steve mobile again or just repositioning?
Does today count as 'duty'?

What is this?
 

This shows a 'Gantry' where trucks park nose-in. Do they have electric hook-up for heaters or for the fridges?

Bigger image.

Moving around the yard - heading out?
N. Baltimore, OH - Napoleon, OH - Maxton, NC (744 miles)
Truck wash next I believe.

On highway now.

Arriving - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=41.403596&...=9&l=0&m=h&v=2
(I think)

Off again . . .

Hundreds of parked trailers.
Row after row . . .

Steve just had to get the yard shunter to 'bump' the front of the parked trailer up a few inches so he could get his tractor under.

hundreds of parked trailers
 

My first paperwork this morning had the wrong trailer number on it and it took me 20 mins to find the trailer with the right load and we only had 40 trailers left in the yard.
Hope they have the right trailer number on his paperwork.
reguards Les.

Steve has been running on a two-way road - the Grand Army of the Republic Highway . . .
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=41.3705609...14&l=0&m=h&v=2

Looks that way and could be a system as described below

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IdleAire

http://www.todaystrucking.com/featur...TOKEN=49757639

Thanks!
http://eerc.ra.utk.edu/etcfc/pix/Idl...allingUnit.jpg
http://rv-roadtrips.thefuntimesguide...b-services.jpg
http://images.google.com/images?q=idleaire

Pricing and details

http://www.idleaire.com/imagesLive/U..._asofAug08.pdf

Don't know whether that's reasonable or expensive.

Steve would be the one to ask or a USA forum member.

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=39.552765&...=9&l=0&m=h&v=2
Circleville is home to the Circleville Pumpkin Show. It falls in the third week of every October. It is billed as the Greatest Free Show on Earth

Circleville Pumpkin Show
http://www.pumpkinshow.com/


Comments from a USA trucker on Idleaire -

IdleAire was too expensive when fuel was cheap, and when the truckstops finally jumped on the bandwagon, so many drivers had gone to APU systems. IdleAire also takes up so much room that there is less parking where it's been put into place.

APU system
http://www.cumminsonan.com/apu/

Get ready to dance:-
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=38.4944439...=9&l=0&m=h&v=2
The first permanent settlement, Ft. Lee, was built in 1788. In 1791, Daniel Boone was a member of the Kanawha County Assembly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boone

Steve seems to have stopped at one of those gantries . . .