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I am helping move some OD loads from the southern edge of NM to the Arizona/New Mexico line.  Due to some permit problems, we were an hour and a half late getting started.  Then, we spent an unscheduled two hours waiting for some other issues to get clarified.  The bottom line was that we had to stop in Socorro, NM, early today because our route took us through some desolate areas of the state where there are no motels.  We couldn’t get to any place that had motels before sunset.

Actually I am thankful for the early stop.  It gave me a chance to catch up on my sleep.  Last night, I got about an hour and a half of sleep.  That gets harder as I get older.  There was a time when I went 44 hours without sleep during a war exercise in Germany.  I can’t do those marathons these days.

Today I also heard that the load that was scheduled to load this week may not load.  I did a route survey for this load last week.  It is 20′ 6″ high and 15′ 3″ wide.  It was supposed to have been loaded in Houston last Friday.  Now, there is a question whether it will go this week or not.  If it is delayed into next week,then I’ve got a scheduling conflict.  I am committed on an other OD load for which I also did a route survey last. Somehow it all will work out.