On The Road Again or In My Truck v.2.0

SPEEDY MCCREADY

mickeyrat said:

Yep. About 8 miles from osu.

So? Are you going to the Stones show?

mickeyrat

No. Like em well enough but not doing a 100k seat show. Besides I have an overaxle ticket to pay for. And a wedding ring.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

mickeyrat said:

No. Like em well enough but not doing a 100k seat show. Besides I have an overaxle ticket to pay for. And a wedding ring.

So what am I going to be dealing with as far as parking my vehicle at OSU? Will it be a complete clusterfuck? Do I have any other options other than parking at the venue? Just curious.

mickeyrat

For games they shuttle from the fairgrounds about 3 miles away. Ticketmaster or osu should have a link to parking.

mickeyrat

Of course there's a huge group of lots north of the stadium. Plus they are pretty good at moving traffic.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

mickeyrat said:

For games they shuttle from the fairgrounds about 3 miles away. Ticketmaster or osu should have a link to parking.

Thank you. I was just curious, if I was in downtown Columbus that afternoon, if there were parking garages and any type of public transportation to the venue. But I guess I should find out how close the venue is to downtown Columbus. hahahaha

mickeyrat

A couple miles or so. If you are staying downtown then walk to high street and grab a cab or a pedicab not sure how late bus service runs anymore. But it IS walkable. Plus you pass any number of bars.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

mickeyrat said:

A couple miles or so. If you are staying downtown then walk to high street and grab a cab or a pedicab not sure how late bus service runs anymore. But it IS walkable. Plus you pass any number of bars.

I wont be boozing, so we are avoiding all bars. But we are thinking of heading downtown in the early afternoon for a nice lunch/dinner. Was just curious if we could leave our car in a parking garage and walk over to the stadium. Or like you said, grab a cab. Don't feel like dealing with a parking lot full of 50,000 cars.

mickeyrat

Oh yeah. Be the way to go imo. Google short north. Good restaurants down there. High end too. And concept casual.

Columbus is happening now. Particularly that area between downtown and OSU.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

mickeyrat said:

Oh yeah. Be the way to go imo. Google short north. Good restaurants down there. High end too. And concept casual.

Columbus is happening now. Particularly that area between downtown and OSU.

Well I hope you and your future bride, are able to meet us downtown Saturday, and we can enjoy a nice meal together. Don't necessarily need a fancy, schmancy, high end meal, but something nice.

mickeyrat

Hyde Park Steakhouse. Pricey but an excellent rep. Plenty of options.

mickeyrat

Dude theres a ton of places. Arena district has a bunch. Short north has a bunch. I'll talk to her. She should be up for it.

mickeyrat

Now let's take this to the stones in columbus thread. hehehe

Wobbie

God bless you, Mickey....any time I drive more than 6 hours I think, gawd I would hate to drive a truck everyday.....especially in today's blizzard.

mickeyrat

Why thank you Rob. Sick in the head or the drug use caused brain damage but I fucking love this racket.

Currently shut down in Breaux Bridge Looozeyanna. At Pilot CASINO truck stop. Wtf? Not to far west of Nawlins. Had hoped to make a stop closer to there but no go. Still have 800 or so to go for this trip. Next goal is to get to NE of Atl. We'll see how THAT goes. Coming in from the SW. Traffic is the worst in the country there. 8-9 lanes each direction and just fucking crawls. Have several options if my plan goes to shit.

Today was a first. Been seeing roadkill armadillos again. But today I saw a fucking 3-4 ft gator on the shoulder. Trippy. Gotta get a dash cam with mega sd card data.

Amongst the Ani

Please take pictures of the wild life and good luck.

mickeyrat

Gotta get that cam.not safe other wise. Fish or crawdad farms along I 10. Shit ton of egrets fishing. And one heron flying today

Wobbie

Truly, you guys are the salt of the earth. I'm sure there are bennies and I, myself, do enjoy alone time.....but I don't think I could do it. Do you ever get out west?

mickeyrat

East Texas (dfw/houston)up to Egan Mn. is our Western edge.

Will be going to Vegas this year though. My brother accepted the Fire Chiefs position at Nellis coming back from the same job in Guam at Andersen. We will get married there or just honeymoon. But not til he has bought the house and gotten settled.

Wobbie

Fire Chief @ Nellis = gravy.

mickeyrat

Fire chief at andersen= gravy X2

mickeyrat

631 miles later I am in Commere Ga. about 40 miles NE of Atlanta. stretched my driving clock to the limit. 3 minutes left when I hit the lot.

mickeyrat

The Tamarack. WVa turnpike service area. Exit 45. Beauty of a sunset over the mountains too.

mickeyrat

Speedy!!!! Chi town timing help please.

Was earlier than I needed to be to a delivery in the burbs. As a general rule of thumb the outerbelts move pretty good outbound during morning rush dont they? We have a spot thats a regular pickup in Villa Park and a coupel customer to deliver to not all that far from there. So 80 outbound and 355 and 55 seem to be the primaries for me unless I am going through to Wi. Then I take 294. How much time is reasonable ot add with going overboard on trip planning for that time of day? I usually try to hit the dock at opening around 0700 0800

SPEEDY MCCREADY

mickeyrat said:

Speedy!!!! Chi town timing help please.

Was earlier than I needed to be to a delivery in the burbs. As a general rule of thumb the outerbelts move pretty good outbound during morning rush dont they? We have a spot thats a regular pickup in Villa Park and a coupel customer to deliver to not all that far from there. So 80 outbound and 355 and 55 seem to be the primaries for me unless I am going through to Wi. Then I take 294. How much time is reasonable ot add with going overboard on trip planning for that time of day? I usually try to hit the dock at opening around 0700 0800

Sorry, I am a little late in reading this. How did the city traffic treat you?

Amongst the Ani

Chicago traffic was the only one that ever caused me to have to piss in a water bottle while stuck in grid lock. When I was stationed in GB my wife was in Chicago for a while so I drove down every weekend to spend it with her. Loved Chi town but my god they need to work on the highways. That and all taxi drivers should be hung by their testicles.

mickeyrat

ok, its been a minute since I have posted in here. Tomorrow I have my court hearing on the overaxle ticket. Currently shut down at a former operating center we now rent some of the space back or a drop yard. Woodhaven Michigan. Right behind The Detroiter truck stop. I-75 exit 32.
Will be unhooking from this empty account trailer and bobtailing my tractor to the courthouse for the hearing. Was going to take a cab, b ut the rates are outrageously high . Rate fiinder website liste dmy distance as about 9 miles. estimated cost one way. $61 FUCK THAT.

mickeyrat

So, I now owe the Wayne Couty courts $2300. Because its no longer required in that county to have physical signage posting seasonal weight restricted roads.

mickeyrat

Company paying half. Currently in Milroy Pa. 25 miles SSE of State College. Beautiful ride but a lot of work.

mickeyrat

Here I sit in Norwood Mass due to a clusterfuck in the office of a 3rd party broker. Load # I had was picked up 2 days ago.

Closing in on 5 1/2 hrs left on my 14 hr clock. To now I have driven 126 miles on the day. Nice drive though. Scenic route from Springfield Vt.