Road Warriors @drivergeoff @Little_Trucker

If you've been in this business long enough you get to meet drivers from all walks of trucking.

Today @heydriver @drivergeoff and @Little_Trucker met at The Flying J in Ruthers Glen, VA. 

A flat bedder, bedbugger and a reefer healer.  Imagine that!

God's speed to all.

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Off the beaten path. US 360 S in Virginia.

US Route 360 S.

On the road to Walkerton, Va.

Avoiding Interstate 95 in VA.
Get away from the madmen.  Get down
the road safe and safely.

A lot prettier ride.

Later y'all.

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Good Morning. A panorama of a tractor in it's field. Used Microsoft's ICE (Image Composite Editor) to stitch the picture together.

A fine morning y'all.

I worked up a panorama of a field on a summer's day for y'all.

I'm playing with Microsoft's ICE (Image Composite Editor) program today.
It's free but you should be using .NET to try this program.

Has download options for 32 and 64 bit XP, Vista and Windows 7.

ICE is a very easy program to install and run.
I used 5 photos, dropped them into the program and voila!

What you see is what came out after cropping and some
color tweaking in Paint Shop Pro v.9

The really neat thing is the interface is about as simple as it gets.

If you search for Microsoft's ICE the first link should get you there.

Comments are encouraged and let me know what you think.

Enjoy the weekend.

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Good morning. Queen Anne's Ant "Lace"

Good morning and today we've
found the "ant" in Queen Anne's Lace.

Taken in Johnston, NY near the Walmart Distribution Center.

Have a great holiday.
Try to play nice and don't
blow too many fingers off!

Maybe a few thoughts on why we
celebrate July 4th. 

Enjoy!

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Good Morning A Gilded Goldie. #VFTC US Route 219 N. Springville, NY

The Sun's rays cast a golden light through the fog.

A beautiful day for a drive.

A relaxed ride to Buffalo, NY

Enjoy today.
We only get one day at a time.

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Peterbilt dashboard in retro. Main dash panel. #VFTC Artwork

Working on some artwork today.
Here is the main dash panel on Goldie.
Reworked in Paint Shop Pro v.9.
The photo was taken with my HTC Incredible with
an ISO setting of 800. 
Changes:
DPI set to 300 vs 72 default.
Unsharp masked.
Aged newspaper set to 67 yrs.
Just playing around on a Sunday Morning.
Hope y'all enjoy.

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Good morning. Arrrgh! We awake to the burning fireball. #VFTC

Morning to all.  Summer has started and today is going to be a scorcher. 

Air Conditioning don't fail me now! 
Stay cool y'all.

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Good morning at night.

Good morning at night.

On my way to Syracuse, NY
Onward and into the night.
Working through the night as I've
always done.

BTW. This is a test of the Heydriver posting network.

:) 

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Good Morning Playing with HTC Incredible Camera settings. Pilot, Hagerstown, Md. #VFTC

Just playing around with the camera settings on
the HTC Incredible.  Posterization, camera speed
set at 1240 and full zoom.

Trying something different today.

Now, I've said this before.  But, I should say again.
My "Good Morning" pics come at all times of day.
I have no set wake up time and my day begins
at all hours.

A link to my Flickr "Good Morning" page which
shows most of my shots for "Good Morning"

Enjoy

Maybe some Pennsylvania Mountain shots tomorrow and maybe
it'll be from the morning too!

:)

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Good Morning. Sunrise Fireball #VFTC I-76, E. Laural Highlands, PA Turnpike

The Sun rise through nature's filter.

Shot through fog on the PA Turnpike.
It overwhelmed the camera on this phone
a little.

Stay safe.  More to post later.

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Good Morning. From the Head Office.

Good morning all.

At home for now.  Working on paperwork.
Well, actually messing around with computers and settings.
In other words I'm procrastinating.  Something I do
rather well.

Just wanted to post a Good Morning picture with my favorite
coffee cup. 

Now, back to work!

Here's hoping for different pictures this week. 
Boss has decided that I need a WVa and KY fix this week.

He's right.

I do need it.

Please be careful and try to hang in there folks.

Later!

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Good Morning. #VFTC Fog and The Blue Ridge. I-66 E, Front Royal, Va.

Morning all.

I've decided to keep posting pics from the road.
I like posting them and I know a many enjoy them.

I've been using Posterous and am very
happy with it. 

But, I want to start using Google's Buzz as a sort of
one post outlet to my other social pages.

So, we'll see what happens.  Maybe I can get a single picture post with text
to properly propagate across the web?

I can dream...oh yes....I can dream!

Have a safe and sane weekend.
Remember that this is the weekend when
JQP decides they can drive just like a trucker.

Watch out for the sleepy four wheelers.

ciao 

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Good Morning. #VFTC Another shot of the Tappen Zee Bridge. Goldie's looking different.

Howdy all.  Hope this Monday has found you hearty and hail.

Decided to dress Goldie up a bit.  Handles and a hood ornament.
She's looking spiffy.

I can dress her up....and take her out!
:)

Have a great week.

btw.

South on I-87 in New York
Crossing the Tappen Zee Bridge over the
Hudson River.

cya!

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Good Morning #VFTC Crossing the Susquehanna River at day break. US Rte 30 W. Near Wrightsville, PA.

A fine good morning to all.

Crossing the Susquehanna on yet another trip to Norfolk area of VA.

Instead of a front shot, I took one looking up river out the right side of the cab.

Hope this fines all y'all well.

Have a great weekend and try something different.
For example, don't towel or dry your self off in the same way.
i.e. if you start with your feet, try to start with your hair...etc.

Back out and back quiet...toodle loo buckaroos

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Good Morning #VFTC Heading east on I-80 near Clearfield, Pa. Chasing the front.

On a two day run through the Wilds of Pennsylvania.

Descending from the highest elevation on I-80 East of
the Mississippi River.

Just an interesting view of the clouds and forest.

Enjoy the day.

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Good Morning. #VFTC A fine ride. US 460 E near Lafayette, VA

Howdy all.

Why run the Interstates if you don't have too?

Whenever I visit my Mom in Christiansburg, VA, I take US 460 back into Salem, Va for my
delivery. 

On I-81 there is a steep set of hills to drop down on heading into
Salem, Va.  Many wrecks happen in this area.

So, when traveling along I-81 I try to pay attention to the
overhead warning signs and use US 460 and US 11 to get around
these backups.

Something I learned when I was working for UPS many years ago.

"Know your route!" 

I always try to have a plan B.  You never know when you'll
need it.

Have a great weekend.

toodle-loo buckaroo!

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Good Morning #VFTC Descending Afton Mountain in a fog. I-64 W. Near Waynesboro, VA. Landing lights?

Howdy y'all.

Visiting with my Mom (Mum) in Christiansburg, VA.

On the way over Goldie and I had to cross over
Afton Mountain in Virginia. 

Man was it foggy out.  You'll notice the lights
embedded into the shoulder of the road.
aka Landing Lights.  These little lights
are on a sensor that activates them when the fog rolls
in.

It does look pretty when the lights are on.  Of course, that is
all you can see at times.

Drive safe and be kind to yourself.

AMF! (adios my friends)

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Good Morning. #VFTC Crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. US13 S. Looking at the north bound side.

A bright sunny day in the Tidewater region of
Virginia. 

Moving south and crossing from the Delmarva
(Delaware, Maryland, Virginia) Peninsula towards
the Tidewater area of the mainland in Virginia.

One of my top 10 routes.  From the Philadelphia
area to the Norfolk Va area on US Route 13 is the best
and fastest way to get there from here.

No Washington DC or Baltimore traffic.
Quiet ride and many, many farms to look at.

And then a nice ride out across the Chesapeake Bay.

Gotta love it.

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Sneaky sneaky. #VFTC Not supposed to be doing this on the Verazzano Bridge.

The east tower of the Verazzano Narrows Bridge between
Staten Island and Brooklyn.  I-278 W heading back towards
Staten Island.

Not supposed to take pics on the bridge.  But, sometimes I's can't help
it.

Enjoy.

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Good Morning. Ducks and Ducklings. Geese and Goslings. On parade at Home Depot in Virginia Beach, Va.

These water fowl were enjoying a little pond
on a hot day.  Most friendly I've seen in a long time.

The adults seemed pretty calm at a human presence near
the young ones.

Sometimes ya just got to get out of the truck.

Quack, Honk and a Caw from one lone crow.

cya's

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