17121 - NC to NE - Day 17
We were both awake early so today we got going by 6:30, before before sun up. First break is at Wright City, MO just west of St Louis. Not much for traffic early Sunday mornings. Lunch was at a Country Pride in Concordia. All you can eat. I stuck with just the salad bar, BB had the hot food also. A...
171216 - NC to NE - Day 16
Three things from yesterday... When we pulled out of McDonalds and onto the freeway, we were following a U-haul truck... with his back door open. Not sure if he had already lost stuff but stuff was lying out the door so the door couldn't be closed without moving stuff. I honked but he didn't stop. N...
171215 - IA to SC - Day 15
Slept in a little later this AM. Two weeks is a long time for us to be on the road, even if we did have two days 'off' in FL. We are rolling by 7:30 local, 6:30 home time. First stop is a rest area in Konards. Another bus load of kids, but this time they are just lining up to leave. Talked to a guy...
171214 - IA to SC - Day 14
(Didn't get this written up on the 14th and now its all a blur.) We didn't make it past Indy yesterday so we get to do it today instead. No problems, traffic wasn't bad at all. Speed limit most of the way. Our first stop was a rest area at Batesville, IN south of Indie. Then a fuel stop after anothe...
171213 - IA to SC - Day 13
Rolling before dawn this AM. Going to try to get 500 plus miles and past Indy today so we are driving 65 mph instead of our usual 60. Windy, that is the other concern. We are not to drive when wind gusts are over 30. And they are forcasted more than that today but we will try to stay ahead of the wa...
171212 - IA to SC - Day 12
Sleep in today. OK, we didn't set the alarm clock but were still up by 6 am and ready to go by 8 am. No work. This AM again they were putting RV's out one at a time. The did put two out to the Carolina's, one North, one South. But by the time we did the mileage to make sure they were not too far out...
171211 - IA to FL - Day 11
Breakfast this AM and out out the door by 7:30. We stopped at the first fuel station across the NE line. BP, it would not give me my discount and then once I got it started without a discount, it would not give me my receipt. Next stop was picking up at the Enterpise rental car. We had to cut across...
171210 - IA to FL - Day 10
Last night they told us that breakfast wouldn't start until 7 am, so BB ate the leftovers and I was just going to skip it. When we went down to check out at 6:30, a number of people were already eating. So we grabbed a couple of things before heading out. Had to scrape the windows again this AM. On...
171209 - IA to FL - Day 9
Didn't get going at the crack of dawn today. Lots of snow, maybe six plus inches of wet snow. Opps, still had the wipers on from last night so when I turned the key on, they started. The door was open and it dumped snow into every crevice in the door. It took a while to brush as much off as we could...
171208 - IA to FL - Day 8
This day did not start out like all the rest. BB has been getting up earlier and earlier and keeps most of the lights off until I am up. This morning she managed to knock her coffee off the night stand and when she went to wipe it up she could find much on the floor... because most of it ended up in...
171207 - IA to FL - Day 7
Forgot to mention that when I came out of the restaurant yesterday at noon, I noticed my glasses were falling off my face like when I get to sweaty... or they are broken. Not sure when it happened. They weren't completely broken but the frame was loose. I was able to use them until the evening when...
171206 - IA to FL - Day 6
No alarm clock this AM. Mid-morning we got a call that the shop should have been paid. So we give them about a half hour and then head over and pickup the RV. It is ready, nothing to sign. About two hours drive to my drop. I had put in plenty of fuel to get to my drop but the shop drove the RV about...
171205 - IA to FL - Day 5
No work today, RV is still in the shop. Finally a before noon I called the shop, they should get it in this after noon. We only had the first rental car reserved for one day so we drove down to near Tampa and got a second rental car. Near Tampa, I've spent hours tonight trying to find out what city...
171204 - IA to FL - Day 4
No early rising this AM, we got out of the motel at 8 AM local, (7 central.) The first thing I did was go and fuel up, it looked like this was the cheapest fuel we'd see for the rest of the trip. BB waited at the motel until I got back. Then 20 miles down the road, we are in FL. Three scales open, w...
171203 - IA to FL - Day 3
Didn't get on the road at the crack of dawn today, that would have meant getting up around 4:30. So instead we will drive 65 mph to get 500 miles today. Breakfast is supposed to be at 6 am, we got down there at 6:30 and they were still setting up. Someone hadn't shown up. Twice the variety as usual....
171202 - IA to FL - Day 2
I'm guessing most days for the next month will be like this, rolling by daylight and rushing to get somewhere before dark. Pretty much down to 10 hours of daylight. We both needed fuel, BB stopped across the street at WalMart then followed me down to a BP where it was supposed to have been $.20 chea...
171201 - IA to FL - Day 1
We were only home for two nights, but we hadn't planned on coming home at all, so it seemed like a long time. A long time looking at a computer screen watching things come and go, one at a time and we wanted two... Finally Thursday morning we decided to take the first FL run there was and hope somet...