Good breakfast, lots of food. Just none of the huge bismarks they have in Bismarck. :)
Rain, and it will rain most of the day. Hopefully they are getting some of this in MT. Our first stop is at a rest area just east if Bismarck/Mandan. Then on to the Pizza Ranch in Jamestown. Then fuel in Fargo. For some reason my fuel has been dropping since I got out of the mountains. It was up to 24.5, then it dropped back to 23.1 before going up a little on the last leg in MN. Could have had something to do with a strong headwind.
Dispatch had called yesterday AM and asked if we could pick someone up in Alex and take them a few miles to Sauk Center. Sorry we are still in western MT. Today they call and ask if we can pick someone up tomorrow in western MN. Sorry we are going to be home by then. It would be nice to be able to help but there usually is little to no money in it ... even if the timing was correct.
After Fargo it was to a rest area near Alexandria, then to pick up a rental car in St Cloud. We chose to pick one up in St Cloud because we weren't sure we could make it back and it would have been close. Even with no traffic.
We got to our lot in Eden Prairie and I did my photo's and paperwork, then our electronic logs. BB and I have been practicing with them even though we are exempt as driveaway drivers. It's interesting.
Got to meet the current / temporary boss as we were leaving.
Then a final meal at Schlotzsky's by Southdale Mall. I guess this is the last one in MN. The Mall isn't doing that good either. Recently they had added Gordman's and the mall was looking mostly full. In March Gordman's pulled out and just last month Penny's pulled out.
Now we are home, but we do need to use the rental car to go and pickup our van tomorrow, so that will take over half the day.
The next 10 days I am working local before we take a trip/vacation to CA.
1st stop was Bismark, ND at a rest area
2nd stop was Jamestown at Pizza Ranch
3rd stop was Fargo at Flying J for fuel
4th stop was Alexandria at a rest area
5th stop was St Cloud to pu a rental car
6th stop was Eden Prairie to drop of the car from WA
7th stop was Edina at Schlotzsky's
8th stop was home