My First Week On The East Coast

Paul asks:

What was so difficult about Walmart? I'

It wasn't the Walmart part that presented the difficulty. G pretty much summed it up in his response. I'll put it this way. Pull out your Atlas, or better yet, pull up Google maps and zoom in where PA, NJ, DE , and MD kind of coagulate. It is a GIANT Spaghetti Bowl of intertwined Freeways, Beltways, Turnpikes, State Roads, and Surface Streets to navigate. The QC does not do you much good. Each delivery has specific written driving directions. You MUST follow them, PRECISELY! Now, if it were just one stop, you could take those directions, follow them backwards and return from whence you came. The problem lies in making multiple stops, then trying to figure out where the F&@# you are, and find a route back to the DC. Have you ever tried to use 5 or 6 pages in your Atlas, then add in multiple insets of Cities and make heads or tails of it? Not an easy task. As G mentioned, a new driver should be out with someone who is familiar with that area to help them understand which roads lead where in an efficent manner. Very good experience, not sure I would want to live it again. I promise to NEVER complain about driving in SoCal EVER AGAIN. (at least publicly on this forum)!

Should have just called me. Lol. I get there am calls all the time "I was.on RT 42 looking for I 295 in NJ and wound up crossing a bridge into Philly hhheeeelllllpp" hahha

Driving gets worse too. Once i hit Carlisle PA from the west and Baltimore from the south...I KNOW I'm home. People pass on the shoulder for no reason and try to hit pedestrians. Even the truckers double time it through the truck stops trying to avoid getting hit. I didn't realize until I traveled the country that drivers actually take he pedestrian law seriously lol. There's a higher chance of an idiot crossing four lanes of traffic to exit.

Rainy's two cents:

Should have just called me. Lol. I get there am calls all the time "I was.on RT 42 looking for I 295 in NJ and wound up crossing a bridge into Philly hhheeeelllllpp" hahha

If it was that easy, he wouldn't have needed to call anyone. LOL...

I'm pretty sure you had fun in the East haha! I just got back from Maine, picked up a Snow Shovel back to VA then get another load up here in TN.

I see, sounds very...fun haha. I got lost last time I went to Jersey because of construction detours, and I didn't even go into any of the cities.

Hey Paul W I wish I had known you were in Corrine last week. I am dedicated here and have been for about 2 1/2 years. Most of us Wm DC dedicates love our dc's. I live in Montrose Co so I nearly always get home for my 34 break. I was born in Montana and now live in Co. So driving in the mountains is really in my comfort zone. If you or anyone on here ever gets back to Corrine Ut. Wm dc. I'm the guy in the charcoal grey t680 with the flying pig hood ornament. Knock on the door, I'll cook breakfast (or lunch or dinner). We always have something on the grill. Any TT'S are certainly welcome Winter is upon now. Drove thru the 1st snow of the season today coming back from LV NV. For any swifties that are thinking about a dedicated run in the Rockies, we run In to Idaho, Montana, Western Colorado, Southern Wyoming most of Utah and all of Las Vegas. I average 2900 to 3200 per week. Best week was 3755. All solo miles. And yes. Most trips are 2 days out then you can take a local SLC trip when you get back and avg. 500 plus a day.