171110 - IA to CA - Day 8
Up and rolling early, not much eventful on the last leg of this trip. Drove two hours then stopped at Pilot in Des Moines for fuel. Drove another two hours and stopped for lunch at Wendy's in Clear Lake. Another half hour and we were in Forest City picking up our car. From there we stopped about eve...
171109 - IA to CA - Day 7
No made to order breakfast this morning, back to the stuff off the warmers. Eggs, bacon plus yogurt for me and toast for BB. First stop is the Flying J in Cheyenne for fuel, same place as we stopped on the way west. From here BB took a turn at driving until a rest area near Sidney. I retyped some of...
171108 - IA to CA - Day 6
Another made to order breakfast, but this time it didn't cost $20, it was free with our room. We only had three choices but one was eggs and meat and juice. Five slices of thick bacon... plus what BB didn't eat of hers. No frost on the windows this AM, on the road at sun up so driving into the sun f...
171107 - IA to CA - Day 5
Today started the same as yesterday ended, with a meal at Mel's Diner. The motel doesn't have a free breakfast so we ate at Mel's before we hit the road. When you add that $20 to the price of the motel it isn't so cheap anymore. Once we checked out we were greeted with frost. More frost that the edg...
171106 - IA to CA - Day 4
Late leaving this AM... so a short day with sunset before 5 pm. First call at 6 am local was to dispatch on the east coast about a run on the west coast. Turns out everything out of that location is used, so I passed for then and it was gone shortly after that. Next call was for permits right at 7:3...
171105 - IA to CA - Day 3
4 AM? Due to daylight saving time ending and being in a different time zone... and trying to get an extra 60 miles today. We were down at breakfast before it was all set out, and then BB fueled this AM, I fueled last night. It was raining and about 34 degrees when we left this AM and hoping the stor...
171104 - IA to CA - Day 2
Left the hotel again before daylight, I needed fuel so I stopped before we got on the freeway. When I first fill the RV it says I should be able to drive over 600 miles on this tank full. But I am actually only getting a little over 300 per fill. First stop is a fuel stop for BB in York at a Shell,...
171103 - IA to CA - Day 1
We spent hours last night and this AM looking at numbers to see which trip might work and which would not. After close last night someone put two trucks from NC to OR on the board, almost 3,000 miles. Our first option to get to NC was gone yesterday but it would still pay really, really good with pl...