Preparing to go out on the road

This is the first blog of our new adventure. My wife and I are getting ready to hit the road, but it will be awhile before both of us will be out there together. I just graduated, the first week of Feb., from Umpqua Community College CDL training. I have applied to a company and my application was approved and is being proccessed. Assuming they hire me, the next step will be going through company orientation, which takes about three days. I then will be put on with a trainer from that company. Training usually takes between one to three weeks, depending on how quick of a learner I am. Then I believe there will be more testing to show the company your ready to solo. If everything goes good then they will issue you your own truck. Once I solo then my wife, Carol, will be able to ride with me. When we do hit the road together, we would like to be as prepaired as possible.  We have been doing a lot of research and reading many trucking websites along with talking to truckers. We've gotten a lot of good ideas and thought of some good ideas of our own. In my next post I will be going over the things we've come up with to save time and money, and how to eat healthy and smart on the road.