Kittery, ME

Yeah, about that whole "heading south" thing I mentioned yesterday......I got hosed. So hosed. Overweight 5,000 lbs on my tandems hosed. I weighed in Turner, ME this morning and was told by my dispatcher that those scales were usually off, so I should use the scales in Auburn, ME. So I did, and they showed my gross weight was 2,000 lbs heavier than the first scales. Now I get to go back to the shipper to get reloaded. An hour away. And I'm low on fuel.

Turner, ME has the only full-service station I've seen in almost twenty years. Yes sir, they'll fill your car up and you can just sit there in the warmth. Only, don't expect them to be happy about it. It took me almost an hour to get fuel and most of that time was spent with the old codger of an attendant trying to arrange payment. I think he got ticked off when I used an apparently special card that cost $0.08 (he bothered to tell me each card cost $0.08), instead of a notepad, to write down the fuel authorization number. Whatever, man.

Back to Jay. I checked-in, dropped my trailer, and waited. For three hours. And my trailer was right where I left it. After I got some big-wigs involved, the trailer was moved to the docks and two hours later I was ready to go. Add it all up and I spent 21.5 out of the past 32 hours at the shipper (10 of which was a break). Wonderful. Anyway, I stopped here in Kittery to weigh again and guess what? This time I'm only 1,300 lbs overweight on my tandems, which I can fix....tomorrow, of course. Maybe then we can start to think about heading south.