Swift Trailer fire

Driving east on interstate 80 in Illinois today i saw black billowing smoke coming from in front of me. I turned on the CB and heard that there was a trailer on fire in front of me. As i approached I realized that it was a Swift trailer (my company). At first traffic was passing slowly by the fire and when I approached the officer on scene stopped me. So I had the opportunity to take a few pics. So here is what a brake fire looks like.. not too pretty!

Republicans are against americans!

WOW .. way to go house republicans! All plus 1 loser democrat voted against extending unemployment so thousands of Americans tomorrow will be cut off. This is after several called Americans collecting unemployment as lazy, druggies, hobos, spoiled and compared them to stray animals "don't feed them or they will breed".. sickening!

Watch the video from the Rachel Maddow show.

My idea to help the Gulf

I was thinking the other day of a way we could all as a country get together and help the Gulf of Mexico recover from the tragic oil spill. We could all take our vacations down in the gulf, in an affected area. There are volunteers needed to help clean up oil from the beaches. The business need revenue to stay open. This would be great for a family to do, the kids would not only learn a valuable lesson, that would last a lifetime, the businesses would be getting much needed business, the hotels, the restaurants of the area are open and ready for you. We can all sit around and complain about things not getting done or we could do something about it. If every family that was to vacation this year made the effort, the impact could be tremendous. And after a day or two of picking up oil off the beaches, the rest of the vacation would be yours to explore the area and rich history of the Gulf states.

donners summit

at the top!

Donners

Still snow up here..

donners pass ahead

zzzzzz....zzzzzz,

hers soooo sleepy! lol