We will not be home for Thanksgiving and while this is a negative as usual we turned it into a positive.  We have friends who delivered their load near us and we all will be heading for the Petro Truck Stop in Las Vegas for a Thanksgiving Buffet Feast.  While some might wrinkle their nose about going to a truck stop for Thanksgiving I believe most would be pleasantly surprised.  
 
TA/Petro for many years has gone above and beyond on Christmas and Thanksgiving to prepare a fantastic meal that would outdo many home cooked meals.  The restaurants are filled to capacity most of the day with not only truck drivers but also the local area residents.  There is not doubt we will have a great Thanksgiving dinner that will be shared with friends. 
 
Our holiday fun will not stop with fantastic meals as we all have tickets to go see a Cirque Du Soleil show in the evening.  We will be seeing Beatles Love, as this is one that none of us have seen.  Does the holiday weekend stop here? NOPE
 
We all will next head down to Indio, CA to see more driver friends and go out for a fantastic Sushi dinner with an evening of fun.   All of us have hauled the same type of freight, have been to many of the same customers, and enjoy each other’s company.  While our time will not be spent with our immediate family it will be spent with our trucking families.
 
The holiday weekend will finish up with us getting a restart before we all go our respective ways to pick up our next load.  There is a lot to be thankful for.
 
Happy Thanksgiving!!!! 
 

Comments (7)

Linda Caffee

Bob and Linda started their driver careers after their children left home for college in 2000. Bob started as a driver for a large motor carrier with Linda as a rider. They decided to enter the Expedite industry as team drivers in 2005 and purchased their first Freightliner. Both, Bob and Linda have had their Class A licenses since the early 80's starting out driving in the oil field and hauling grain as fill in drivers where Bob worked as a diesel mechanic. Linda worked at the local country courthouse in data processing.

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Follow up to a fantastic holiday weekend! We had Thanksgiving dinner at the Petro in Las Vegas with two other couples and then we went on towards our next pickup with one of the couples and met up with some more friends! We are able to park near their house and we spent lots of time playing games, watching movies, and going out for meals. The time was well spent renewing friendships and enjoying each others company. Today on Monday we are getting ready to pickup our load and start the count down to Christmas.

December 02, 2013 8:57:19 AM

We had Thanksgiving at the Petro in Las Vegas with 4 other Expedite couples and had a great meal. One couple we had just met the other was a couple where we had made plans to meet.

November 29, 2013 13:30:43 PM

We had Thanksgiving at the Petro in Las Vegas with 4 other Expedite couples and had a great meal. One couple we had just met the other was a couple where we had made plans to meet.

November 29, 2013 13:29:56 PM

Very nice article Linda. Sounds like it will be a great few days. A lot of people would call us crazy but our local T/A is my wife and my favorite place to eat. We have went there for Thanksgiving and have even went there for Christmas with our family and in-laws. We have had great meals and enjoyed wonderful company. I'll take a truck stop any day over most other restaurants.

November 29, 2013 10:03:06 AM

It is the Bob and Linda Caffee traveling Thanksgiving-well done-and really appreciative to all the Truck stops and their employees who make being on the road at Thanksgiving easier.

November 28, 2013 6:27:32 AM

We spend so much time away from home that the truck stops become as oasis for us. The TA/Petro Thanksgiving buffets have been enjoyed by us for many years. The staff at these truck stops have our appreciation for all they do on a day when their families are missing them.

November 28, 2013 6:10:06 AM

Linda,
I agree T/A and Petro go out of their way to make holidays out on the road as close to a at home experiance possible. I might make it home for Thanksgiving evening so I will be enjoying a T/A buffet for a late lunch today. Its only fitting as many of these travel centers become a little like our home away from home .

November 28, 2013 5:07:24 AM