I just spoke to Mike, and he is rolling, rolling, rolling. He is pulling a reefer trailer filled with corn and will be bringing half of it to Keller, Texas and the other half to Houston. For those who don’t know, a reefer is the industry term for a refrigerated trailer used for hauling perishables.

The rig is running really well, but his Comdata card appears to only be working at Love’s truck stops. So, he asked me to check his route and find all the Love’s truck stops along his route. The Comdata card is company issued and is what he uses to get fuel.

I found a cool app (Trucker’s Path) to give me that information, but to get all the really awesome features in a more streamlined fashion, one has to pay for it (surprise, surprise). We are also using the free version of Life 360 so I can keep up with exactly where he is. Sometimes, he shows as a green dot and sometimes, he shows as his rig — as shown in the image below.

I am very much an app girl, and a lover of technology (for the most part), and having apps such as these will make it easy for me to help him when he needs help. I am sure there are better apps out there, but for now, these work.

The Qualcomm is funny … it knows everything and reports everything! If I were driving, I might not find it quite as amusing, though.

I may not be physically in the rig with him, but we will very much work this new venture together as a team.

He will have to take a break in about four and a half hours. This part of the team will more than likely be sleeping at that point, as I’ve been awake since 2 a.m. I will settle in, but it’s going to take a little bit of time.