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Josh's Domain

The digital home of Joshua Tubbs, a YouTuber, Twitch streamer, flight simulation enthusiast, and accessibility evangelist.

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Road journal

Newest entries first.

  1. achievement earned

    World Through a Wet Windshield: You drove through the rain and kept it civil. The whole world goes by through that glass, with the wipers keeping time and your following distance keeping order.

  2. delivery completed

    bulk materials, 39,066 pounds, delivered from Indio to Riverside over 78 miles on time. Delivered without new truck damage.

  3. achievement earned

    Westbound, Foot Down: A load delivered headed the other way. Westbound and willing, you drank the weak coffee, pushed the sun down ahead of you, and put it on the dock.

  4. achievement earned

    Just Can't Wait to Roll: Five career deliveries logged. That itch to get rolling down the highway again finally has a stat line that agrees with you.

  5. delivery completed

    retail goods, 25,631 pounds, delivered from Blythe to Indio over 98 miles on time. Delivered without new truck damage.

  6. achievement earned

    A Mile Past the Last Marker: Snow or crosswind, you kept the trailer in line and the wheels turning. The kind of grim stretch that earns roadside markers stayed in your mirror, not the headlines.

  7. delivery completed

    retail goods, 27,928 pounds, delivered from Oceanside to Blythe over 246 miles.

  8. achievement earned

    Five-by-Two and Out: Ten hours in the bunk and you woke up legal. Unglamorous sleeper math -- and somehow the most heroic move on the whole board.

  9. achievement earned

    Smokey at the Scale: You rolled through an inspection with the paperwork in order. All that radio mischief stayed outside while your axle weights behaved themselves indoors.

  10. achievement earned

    Bumper-to-Bumper Blues: Heavy traffic, and you kept the following distance sane. The road runs long and life moves fast on it, so you let the jam breathe instead of tailgating into a mess.

  11. achievement earned

    Eastbound and Gone: You ran a load net eastbound and put it on the dock. East is east, the hammer was down, and the receiver never had to wait on you.

  12. delivery completed

    retail goods, 19,644 pounds, delivered from Santa Barbara to Oceanside over 184 miles on time. Delivered without new truck damage.

  13. achievement earned

    Honky-Tonk of Cones: You crept through a construction zone like every cone had a lawyer on retainer. The swagger shrank down to posted speed, orange vests, and patient merging.

  14. achievement earned

    A Working Man's Receipt: You fixed the rig in a proper garage instead of cobbling it together from borrowed parts. Honest work and an honest bill, and the truck rolled out earning its keep again.

  15. achievement earned

    Pretty as a Billboard: You delivered with barely a scratch on the rig. The truck's still pretty enough to smile down from a billboard -- not one new dent stealing the look.

  16. delivery completed

    shipping containers, 42,044 pounds, delivered from Oxnard to Santa Barbara over 39 miles. Delivered without new truck damage.

  17. achievement earned

    Mama Warned You About This: You bunked down before the fatigue started steering. Somebody once warned you about staring down that centerline too long -- this time you listened.

  18. achievement earned

    Foggy Mountain Haul: You ran through fog thick enough to bend a banjo string and never lost the road. Headlights, GPS, and brake distance picked up the tune.

  19. achievement earned

    Slow Rod Lincoln: A whole run and not one speeding strike. The souped-up itch tapped the throttle once, then you sat it down to think hard about the insurance.

  20. achievement earned

    Beat the Clock, Fewer Days: You hit the dock before the deadline. Didn't take most of a week behind the wheel to manage it, and dispatch only ever reads the timestamp anyway.

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