Glendale, KY

I left Lake Park this morning and had an uneventful ride up to Atlanta, where I stopped and met up with Daniel for a nice lunch. As tempting as it was to spend the evening at home, I got back on the road and made it here just as my 14-hr clock expired. I believe I've around 600 miles or so to the receiver in Shawano, WI, so I'll probably do about 500 tomorrow and knock out the rest Monday morning. No sense wearing myself out to get there tomorrow.

Today I had my first introduction to a bonafide asshole trucker. Well, we weren't technically introduced, but I waved with one finger as he ran me and another truck off the road. I jest. Sadly, I didn't have time to wave. I was cruising in the granny lane 'cause I have a slow truck and that's how I roll, and another truck was passing me on the left. Suddenly, this truck starts drifting into my lane and doesn't stop, so I was forced completely onto the shoulder to avoid a collision before I even had time to grab the horn. At first I thought he just wasn't paying attention, then I realized it wasn't his fault. The road was three lanes and the left lane was ending, so traffic had to merge to the center lane, which is where the passing truck was. Well, a third truck decided he was going to merge into the center lane whether there was a truck there or not. Thus, the near collision with three big trucks.

I was going to complain about the cold weather again, but it's futile. It's January and I'm headed to a city in Wisconsin that's north of Green Bay. Just use your imagination.