📍 WHERE ARE WE TODAY?

📍 CURRENT LOCATION

Terrell, TX (Helwig Yard). Next: Hawkins, TX to pick up a load, then on to Lubbock, TX.

🚛 MILES THIS WEEK

New Ulm, MN → Burleson, TX → Fort Worth, TX → Terrell, TX. About 1,200 miles this week. A short week for a good reason: three days of home time.

🐾 POP PI REPORT

November 10

Big news from the passenger seat. We traded riders at the yard: my human's son hopped off, and Debbie Wisdom hopped on. I have already checked Debbie for treats. (Results pending.) We only drove about 1,200 miles last week because we went HOME for three whole days. Home has a couch. Home has a yard. Now we're rolling to Hawkins, then all the way to Lubbock. I hear Lubbock is flat and windy. I will be the judge of that.

❤️ OLIVE SAYS

Well, honey... three days at home and I didn't turn a single wheel. Parked and pretty. Only 1,200 miles last week, Minnesota down to Fort Worth and home to Terrell, but don't you dare call it lazy. That was rest. Now there's a new face in my cab. Welcome aboard, Debbie Wisdom. You'll learn quick: I set the pace, Pop Pi sets the mood, and Donya keeps us all between the lines. Next stop: Hawkins for a load, then west to Lubbock.

❤️ TODAY’S HEARTBEAT

Every goodbye at the yard is a hello somewhere down the road.

🗺️ FOLLOW THE ADVENTURE

Where have Olive, Pop Pi & I been? Follow our miles across America.

📍 TODAY’S STOP

Getting ready to hit the road!

Total Miles traveled: 11,502

States visited this passed week.MN, IA, MO, KS, OK, TX

☕ THE DAILY ROAD REPORT

Debbie’s riding shotgun, and we’re headed for the wide-open plains.

🚛 🚛 WE MADE IT BACK TO TEXAS...

❤️ TODAY’S HEARTBEAT

New week, new crew, same open road.

After a short 1,200-mile week from New Ulm, Minnesota, we got three sweet days at home. Now my son has hopped off the truck, and Debbie Wisdom has climbed on as our new travel companion. Next stop is Hawkins for a load, then on to Lubbock!

Pop Pi gave Debbie a sniff and claimed the seat right next to her. Olive says she’s “glad to have another lady on board, honey.”

People come and go from the passenger seat, but the road keeps rolling. Say hi to Debbie! ❤️🦴

— Donya

❤️🚛🐾

🐾 POP PI’S CORNER

New co-pilot inspection complete. Debbie passed. 🐾 😂🐾

🐾 POP PI’S THOUGHT OF THE DAY

🐾 POP PI’S THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Okay, big news. We went alllll the way to Minnesota. It was COLD. My paws have filed a formal complaint. 🥶 Then Mama drove us home to Texas, and we got THREE whole days at the house. I napped on a bed that doesn’t move. It was magnificent.

But then Mama said, “Load up, Pop Pi,” and my brother hopped off the truck. 😢 I was very sad for about four minutes. Then a new lady climbed in. Her name is Debbie. I sniffed her boots. I sniffed her bag. I sniffed her sandwich (for security reasons). She passed inspection. ✅

Now Olive, Mama, Debbie and I are headed to Hawkins and then somewhere called Lubbock. Mama says it’s flat and windy out there. I say it better have grass.

Thought of the day: new friends are just strangers you haven’t sniffed yet. 🐾

— Pop Pi, Chief Security Officer 🐶

🐾 POP PI APPROVED:

New Co-Pilot • Home Naps • Sandwich Inspections • West Texas Bound

❤️ OLIVE SAYS

“Honey, I hauled y’all through Minnesota in the freezing cold.

Lubbock better have a car wash and a Whataburger. 😂💖” 😂❤️”

❤️ OLIVE’S WORD OF WISDOM

Folks climb in and folks climb out, honey.
That passenger seat has held a lot of stories.
But every one who rides with you
leaves a little piece of themselves in the cab.
So make room, pour the coffee, and roll on. 💖
— Olive

📸 VIEW FROM THE ROAD

New crew, new miles, and the same big Texas sky.

TODAY'S VIEW

Some views make you slow down. This was one of them. 🍂❤️❤️

🚛 WHAT’S AHEAD?

Where the road might take us next…

NEXT UP:

🚛 Hawkins, TX for a load 🚛 Then out to Lubbock 🐾 Pop Pi’s ready 💖 Olive’s ready 👋 Debbie’s ready

Where Should We Stop?
We’re headed across Texas from the piney woods to the plains. Know a little town, diner or roadside stop along the way that we shouldn’t miss? Tell Olive, Pop Pi, Debbie & me! 🚛

One heads-up: your current version still has the line “And since you’re heading back through the South, it’s a good time to update Where Should We Stop? too:”. That looks like a note to yourself that got published, so be sure to delete it when you swap this in.

❤️ YOUR TURN

You’re part of this adventure too.

WHERE SHOULD WE STOP?

Know a little town, roadside attraction, restaurant, beautiful view,

or just one of those places we absolutely shouldn’t drive past?

Tell Olive, Pop Pi & me where we need to stop! 🚛🐾❤️

☕ ROAD TALK

Pull up a seat. There’s room for one more in this cab.

🚛 HOME STRETCH.


Six states, one fixed airbag, and a whole lot of Texas sky.

🚛 CREW CHANGE.

One goodbye, one hello, and a brand-new week on the road.

🦴 FROM MINNESOTA TO THE PLAINS
Some weeks are about the miles. This one was about the people.

Last week was a short one. We ran from New Ulm, Minnesota, down through Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, and rolled back into Texas, about 1,200 miles in all. Short weeks have their perks, though, and this one bought us three good days at home.

I didn’t set an alarm, and I ate a meal at a real table. Pop Pi slept on a bed that doesn’t move, and Olive got a well-deserved rest.

Then it was time for a crew change. My son hopped off the truck after riding along with us, and that goodbye at the yard tugged at my heart a little. But the passenger seat didn’t stay empty long. My friend Debbie Wisdom climbed aboard as our new travel companion, and Pop Pi approved her within minutes.

Now we’re rolling out of the Terrell yard, headed to Hawkins for a load and then west to Lubbock. We’re trading the piney woods for the wide-open plains.

People come and go from the passenger seat, but every one of them leaves a little something behind. 💖

— Donya

🚛 BEFORE THE FIRST MILE

The hardest part of any adventure might just be waiting for it to begin.

There's something funny about getting ready to go back on the road.

The truck hasn't moved an inch yet, but in my head, I'm already somewhere out there.

There are bags to pack, things to finish, and about a hundred little details I'm probably forgetting.

But underneath all of that is something I haven't felt in a while… excitement.

The highway is calling again. And this time, Olive, Pop Pi & I are answering. ❤️
— Donya