Right then here goes now that premod is over here`s another trip i made in January for those of you who like to see the job out here.
Day 1
Into work and on the road for 8am heading over to Portage la Prairie MB to collect a load of oat flour going to Frito Lay which is Walkers crisps out here going to there plant in Modesto California.
A nice warm start to the day 
Soon loaded and ready for the off
Make my way across the Trans Canada Hwy 1 throu Saskatchewen, 2 53ft trailers, not for me thank you
Double stacked container Choo Choo
Parked up for the evening in a rest area at Walsh Alberta
13 hr day covered 1036 kms 10 hrs driving.
Day 2
On the road for 7.30am and make my way to the border crossing at Sweetgrass Montana throu in no time at all and head south on I15, its a nice place to drive throu Montana
A quick stop for fuel in Great Falls MT then push on south down to Idaho Falls ID for the evening
12hr day covered 1043 kms 10.25hrs driving.
Day 3
Leave Idaho Falls ID at 6.15am a nice easy drive down to Wells Nevada, had some more snow on the way, thought Nevada was in a desert so whats with the snow 
Spot of lunch in Wells then head west across the deserts of Nevada on I80
Time for a truck wash in Reno NV as it must be clean before going into California 
All nice and clean in a moody evening shot
11hr day covered 984 kms 9.25hrs driving
Day 4
A nice lie in sees a 10am start to the day no rush as i am not booked into my drop 11pm but should get tipped when there late shift starts at 4pm fingers crossed :laughing: Start of the day is running over the Donna Pass from Nevada into California a stunning drive and the weathers clear so no snow chain laws on thank god :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: A few pics of the pass run   been quite deep in places the snow   Brake check area on the top  Not far now just south of Sacramento a bit  Old Skool quality :sunglasses:  A couple of hrs passed in the Flying J at Ripon CA weathers warmed up nice now after the start of the trip  Around to my drop  tipped in no time and back to the J at Ripon as my reload is only 15 mile away and cant load untill the morning.
8hr day covered 390kms 4.5hrs driving
Day 5
A short run north get me into my reload at Lathrop CA
If i was collecting a load of diamonds then i could well understand, but FFS it was a dried dog food factory
Soon loaded and on my way heading to Costco in Airdrie Alberta which will see me retrace my route back over the Donner pass and up into Canada
A few more pics throu Nevada
After a lunch break in Reno NV i push on to Wells NV for the evening.
12hr day covered 877 kms 8.5hrs driving.
Day 6
Run from Wells NV to Great Falls MT, an uneventful day apart from the weather getting back to more like winter still was nice while it lasted
It`ll soon seem like a waste of the $65 it cost to have the truck clean for just a couple of days
12 hr day covered 1029 kms 10.25 hrs driving
Day 7
Another nice lie in untill 10am as its sunday and i can`t tip untill monday
Moody looking sky on the way back north
Another break, it must be from my BRS days
So i make it from Great Falls MT upto Airdrie AB and park in the Costco yard ready for a 6.30am delivery.
8 hr day covered 552 kms 5.5 hrs driving.
Day 8
No problems here at Costco Airdrie they have a really good system for trucks delivering into there rdc here in and out within the hour 
A quick call to the office see`s me with my next job, a load of animal bedding from Olds AB going to Regina SK.
On the bay in Olds, nice light load this one for a change.
There was a nasty storm the night before on the route i took across AB/SK and there were plenty wrecks about, going to take a bit to get this poor chap out the ditch
Get as far as Chamberlain SK for the night
13hr day covered 874 kms 8.5 hrs driving.
Day 9
On the road for 8am and just a hours drive to my delivery,
i spoke with the customer who gave me some very good directions to there horse breeding farm 6k on this gravel road 3.5 k on that gravel road and so on, as you can see from the pic there are no gravel roads to farms in the winter in Canada
Get to it in the end and soon have the load off
Another call to HQ and i am on my way the short distance upto Regina for a load back to Winnipeg MB
Loading for home
Now in great need of a wash 
Some more Old Skool Cabover quality spotted in Regina SK
Make way back to our yard fuel and wash then put it away untill the next trip
13hr day covered 783 kms 7.75hrs driving
Hope you`ve enjoyed reading as i enjoyed the driving untill next time stay safe out there
and wish that I could turn
