4:30.  Up and ready to head to Pennsylvania.  It’s 17 degrees with a wind chill factor of 3.   Getting out and going to the bathroom is going to be fun.   We have just a little over 400 miles to go this morning.  No snow accumulation last night so the roads are clear.   

DG:  Note; never get the first stall by the restroom door at a rest area in the winter time. You have your pants down and there is no protection from the wind.  Just saying.  

Annie – 1:30 pm We got our load delivered to Mars on time and got another load to pick up in Reading, Pennsylvania.  

We went through this little town on the way.   It said it was wide enough for trucks but just barely.   It’s called Tamaqua.   Little old run down coal town. Apparently it used to have 8 lines running through it but due to government regulations it only has one line operating now.   The houses are piled on top of each other.  I swear for a bit I thought I was going through Delbarton.   The population has dwindled from 12,000 to 2,000.  Sounds a lot like eastern Kentucky and western West Virginia.  

Then we come out the other side of the town in to the country and found where Christmas trees are grown.    For probably 3 miles there were Christmas trees on both sides of the highway on every hill and flat place that didn’t have a house or barn on it.  They also have flowering and fruit trees but there were thousands and thousands of Christmas trees from little sprouts all the way up to big trees.   I bet it is something to see with snow on them.  The name of the tree company was JC Hill Tree Farms.   

http://jchilltreefarms.com

5 pm. We got to Reading to pick up our load.  They can’t load us until tonight.  We are to go back in at midnight and sign up for the night shift and its first come first serve so that’s going to be fun.  So it looks like we are spending the night in the parking lot.   This is a candy place where they make the little hearts for Valentine’s Day with the letters on them like BE MINE, etc.  Looks like we got here just in time.   No samples though.   At least they have a bathroom! 

Pretty bridge over the Schulykill River in Reading.  

6:30. Knock on door.  We can’t stay in the parking lot tonight.  Have to go back down the road about a mile to Walmart parking lot.  Good grief.  Gregs clock is out of hours and we aren’t supposed to move but we will have to go now and then drive back at 11:30 for appointment.    

11:35 pm.  Time to get up and go back over to candy place.   There are several trucks in the Walmart parking lot, probably all waiting on midnight too.   

12:05.  Back at candy place.   There is a door open.  They told Greg to grab it and go back to sleep.   Guess we are going to be here a while.  Looks like 5 trucks ahead of us.    

Goodnight y’all.  

DG: The trick is not to go over 20 mph or else your clock will start. I managed to drive the mile to and from Wal Mart without starting my clock. There were a few cars following me that didn’t appreciate the time sensitive nature of my snail pace driving but I’m sure they are over it by now. 

Back in door 3 and back in bunk. You guys have a great day. We’ll be on the road in a little while. 

God bless.