DG:  Wal Mart DC.  Who would have thought. These gigantic warehouses are all over the place. It’s unbelievable how much merchandise is funneled through this organization.  And although it is the largest of its kind it is by no means the only one. How much stuff do we need?  How much stuff are we going through?  If you think of where we’ve come from, a farm where very few things were purchased to today where nothing is made in the home and everything is purchased it boggles the mind. Of course if a majority of us were to go back to the farm, what kind of impact would that make on the economy?  

There are other things here to consider as well. The construction and maintenance of such facilities, the operational cost. Energy consumption.  All tied together and dedicated to making sure we have whatever we want. 

Annie – Guess who snuck in to bed with mommy and daddy last night.  Haha.  She is a snuggler.  

Well here we sit and sit and sit.   Walmart is not known for getting truckers in and out quickly.  They want us to get here at our appointment time and up to an hour early so we can sit.  

DG:  Haha. The first Wal Mart to unload in record time. Less than two hours from appointment time. 

Now we wait on KLLM’s planners.  This is something we still do not understand.  They know where we are going to be, when we are going to be there and approximately for how long. So why does it take so long to get a trip?  Surely they don’t wait to contract for a load until we are ready. That don’t make no sense. 

Two and a half hours later we get a trip that was ready at 9:00 this morning. And it’s 358 miles of dead head to take to yard in Morrow 164 miles down the road. The only thing we can figure is they could not get anyone else to take it. Oh, by the way, its destination is California, but don’t tell Annie. Bless her heart.  This is crazy. 

Anyway, out of time for the night we are crammed in at a Pilot for the night. 

Live to all. God bless.