Day 3 of the Cascadia Evolution of Efficiency Tour

Count down to the start of day three

The morning began with normal preparations as we left Albuquerque, NM. Our group headed out on I-40 east. The day began with heavy pulls. We drove to Amarillo, TX to the Petro Truck Stop where we ate lunch at the Iron Skillet. After lunch, we continued on I-40 east towards Oklahoma City, OK. We experienced high winds with warnings of severe storms, hail and tornado warnings to our north. Luckily, we were able to get out ahead of the oncoming severe weather. We parked the rigs at ATC Freightliner in Oklahoma City and headed to our hotel for the evening. At days end, my mile per gallon from San Diego to this point had climbed to 9.26. The miles traveled on this day were 534 and 1,336 total miles into the trip.

Tomorrow, I’ll post the results from Day 4

Henry

Henry Albert

Henry Albert is the owner of Albert Transport, Inc., based in Statesville, NC. Before participating in the "Slice of Life" program, Albert drove a 2001 Freightliner Century Class S/T™, and will use his Cascadia for general freight and a dry van trailer. Albert, who has been a trucker since 1983, was recognized by Overdrive as its 2007 Trucker of the Year.