I started my day in Marshall, Illinois and fully intended to make it to my destination of Carrollton, Texas by the day's end but, before I could even get started this morning my dispatch contacted me with new plans. Instead of taking the load to Texas, I was instructed to go to Kansas City, Missouri and swap out with a team that had been trying to get home to Dallas. Usually I dread swaps because, I always seem to get there first and slowly watch all of my available hours tick away while I sit and wait for the other half of the swap to arrive. Today it actually worked in my favor for once. The team I was swapping with arrived about three hours before me so, when I arrived the transition went quickly and I turned around and started heading right back where I just came from. Plenty of time on this one too. I wonder what happened. For several weeks now it always seems there is too little time on the run and you really have to hustle to make your appointment. But the past three loads I've been on have had an extra day or two more than what is really needed. Kinda nice to be able to stop and smell the roses for a change.
I saw this cool little bridge in the rest area where I spent the night. When I arrived it was dark and I wondered what the purpose of this bridge was. The ground was sloped enough that water would never build up here and even if it did, I just couldn't see why anyone would put a bridge there. The next morning I climbed out of my truck for a closer inspection and discovered that the Illinois Department of Transportation had relocated it from it's previous location where no one would see it and moved it to the rest area for travelers to enjoy.
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