171129 - IA to IN - Day 6

Saint Paul  • 
We were up before daylight today to get the rental car back before 9:18 AM. If we had noticed the pickup time didn't get changed when we switched cars we would have had another hour. Lot is very empty of RV's this AM. We quickly move our stuff from the rental to the van and we are out of there. Just...

171128 - IA to IN - Day 5

Forest City  • 
Rolling again before sun up, heading away from the sun, but it was still shining in my eyes via the mirrors. Two hours on the road and we stopped at a rest area near New Paris. Then by 11 am eastern, (10 central,) BB was hungry so we stopped at McD's in Crawfordsville. After a couple of hours, I was...

171127 - IA to IN - Day 4

Chillicothe  • 
Nice motel last night but the breakfast was bad. No yogurt, scrambled eggs, sausage, hard boiled eggs were all 'room temperature.' Most of the plans we thought we had yesterday were gone this morning. Called at 8 AM to get a trip from NC to OH, it was gone on Saturday but they forgot to take it off...

171126 - IA to IN - Day 3

Raleigh  • 
We have less than 500 miles today, but we are still up and rolling at first light. They just turned the lights on in the breakfast area when we got down there. The usual for each of us, BB noticed there was oatmeal... after she had her food. Not too many up at 6 am on Sunday morning. One lone guy an...

171125 - IA to IN - Day 2

Chillicothe  • 
Break at Gilson rest area Fuel in Le Roy (it would have been cheaper at Shell) Lunch at Pilot/Subway in Crwafordsville Break in New Paris rest area Eat Sleep in Chillicothe OH

171124 - IA to IN - Day 1

Moline  • 
Worked local Mon and Tues, appt Weds, turkey Thus... We had looked hard at the CA runs on the board, but then there was a trip to NC and four trucks out of NC to CA. The trucks out of NC were gone by the time we could reserve our trip but we still took two RV's to NC. Left out by 8 am, quick stop at...