So here I sit, 689 miles after leaving my starting point this morning, at a Love's in Domino, Texas. It's 76 miles from the yard.  I will have to sit here for 10 hours.  Why? Because the Federal Government finds it necessary to impose the same one-size-fits-all hours of service regulations on millions of truck drivers nationwide.  

I could easily drive this route out, not fatigued, not going to crash into people and kill them, and be done with this trip  

Would you like some wine with that whine? Why yes! Yes, I most definitely would! 

There isn't going to be much to write about the property, at least in it's acquisition, for some time now.  This is the lull period and it's going to go on for quite a while, until the appraisal comes in and I can close on this property.  

Now, there are plenty of things that I still need to get dialed in on, such as credit card payments, a website, an official name for the park, an online registration system - lots still to research.  

And I'm still trying to wrap my mind around how I want to set everything up. IE: how many pull throughs to install, how many driveways - tho I'm definitely sold on 3 at this point, I would actually need 4 driveways to set up another row of drive throughs.  

Anyway, there is plenty of research left to be done and so, that will attract my attention for the next - 5 weeks.  I will likely still go back to the property between now and then, I did with the Finklea property and took the dogs.  It's pretty hot out now but a shortened version of a walk/run will work. Oh, I can get the dogs in without cutting the lock on the gate.  I've asked 3 or 4 times for that code now, the senior manager avoids answering that question every time.  

The house....the grandmother left this morning with the oldest boy and now things are sort of returning to normal.  It takes those kids a while to "readjust" to the normal way of things where they don't get their way with grandma. 

The dispastcher attempted to send me out on a run for tomorrow morning.  I had to remind her that this run is going into 4 days because of the 9 hour hold up at the receiving plant and ensuing erosion of my 14 hour on duty hours.  I didn't want to turn the run down, it's a Brownsville run, but to be honest, I want to go home for at least a little while after being out this long.  And, my refrigerator quit working - I just threw out everything.  Meats, cheeses, dips, condiments, chicken wings, whatever else, it all went into the trash behind my truck. Loves is good about that, they literally put trash cans everywhere.  

I'm going to Decatur, Alabama on Sunday.  It's a little more miles than the Brownsville run - and the Brownsville run isn't getting any detention pay right now. It's go down there and come back up. This run? You get about 3 hours of detention pay.  

Anyway, I have a portable refrigerator I'll bring for Sunday's run, I'm not a fan of just heading out on the road without food to eat.  Sure, you might be able to find food everywhere, but what kind and what quality? Junk/garbage/filth mostly.  Might taste good, not good for your system.  

Okay I don't really have much else here.  Posts may not be flowing in on a daily basis for a while, here and there if something is going on or something to report on the land.  

Verizon reception here is terrible and the Love's free customer wifi is equally as bad. No vidoes/movies for me tonight, I'm going to call it an early bed and get up - really early and get home.  

G'day