Tour of Duty 11th September 2020 to 8th October 2020
Part II: 16th September to 18th September

I arrived at the shipper and checked in and was pointed to the truck out front which was a beauty. I loaded my gear and did the inspection and found there were no emergency triangles or fire extinguisher. The shipper ended up finding and furnishing those items and I was good to go.

Trip: Oklahoma City, OK to Denver, CO 640 paid miles
Make: 2021 Kenworth
Model: Road Tractor with Sleeper
Transmission: Standard 18-speed
Governed Speed: 75mph
Route: Interstate 40 to Interstate 35 to Interstate 135 to Interstate 70
Highest elevation: unknown but Watkins, CO is listed at 5,525 feet
Highest diesel price: 2.199$ per gallon at Pilot Colby, KS
Lowest diesel price: 2.189$ per gallon at Love's Oklahoma City, OK

I headed over to truckstop to take on fuel. Then I headed to the Edmond, OK area and parked at Flying J and walked to Cracker Barrel where I had evening rations and I was able to dine in. Afterwards I continued north on the 35 and I spent the night in Blackwell, OK.

Thursday I entered Kansas and had midday rations at the service plaza in Belle Plaine at McDonald's. I was able to enjoy dine-in. I continued to Wichita where I exited the Turnpike and started my run north on Interstate 135. I made a pit stop in Salina before switching to the westbound 70. I stopped at rest area in Russell, KS and saw a just a little fall colour. I stopped in Hays, KS and had evening rations at Billy Sims Barbeque and again I was able to enjoy dine in and I saw the sunset. The skies looked hazy and smoky but I didn't really smell smoke. I stopped to take on fuel in Colby, KS and I entered the Mountain Time Zone and shortly thereafter I entered Colorado and I spent the night in Burlington, CO.

Friday I thought I would get a trip from Independence, KS to Phoenix, AZ and I booked an air ticket from Denver to Tulsa. I stopped in Limon, CO to take on Diesel Exhaust Fluid and I learned that I did not get the trip I hoped for. I was dispatched on two trips: Whitestown, IN to Cincinnati, OH connecting to another trip out of the same location from Cincinnati, OH to Gonzales, LA. I canceled my air ticket to Tulsa and changed it to Indianapolis. I arrived at the receiver and made delivery and learned from after hours dispatch that the trip from Whitestown, IN to Cincinnati, OH was not going to happen. I looked at changing the air ticket to Cincinnati but instead had a rental car tacked on from IND to CVG as the truck in Cincinnati would not be able to be picked up until Monday. I booked a hotel with airport shuttle and got Uber and after checking in I went to Denny's for evening rations. I spent the night in Aurora, CO.


My ride from Oklahoma City, OK to Denver, CO