20181217 - CA-TX
We were the only ones in the breakfast area this AM, took the last two eggs and the last two sausage. There were other cars, so either they were other people somewhere. Had to scrape the windows this AM. Only with a credit card but it's the first time in weeks. I call my 1st company before 8 and lea...
20181216 - CA-TX
Not a tight schedule, so no alarm this AM. But we were both up by 6 AM. BB had gone to bed last night by 7:30 and I by 9 PM. Still very few cars in the parking lot, we wait until breakfast opens at 7 before going down, still very little is set up. Fridge is still locked. I take the usual, eggs, saus...
20181215 - CA-TX
It was a long day yesterday, I know I forgot some of the things I was going to mention. Remembered them during the day and now have forgotten them again. SureStay, this was our first stay at one. On-line it says it is a new brand. What I have seen, most of the SureStay motels used to be BestWestern....
20181214 - CA-TX
WE MADE IT TO BROWNSVILLE...... too bad the bus didn't. We were up and down for breakfast again by 8 AM. No reason to get going... At 10 AM I make my morning call to the shop, all they say is 'they are working on it, call back after noon. 11 AM is check out time so we are out of there. We head to th...
20181213 - CA-TX
Up and down for breakfast before it's over. Then wait until 10 AM to call the shop. After being on hold for a while they finally come back to the phone and tell me to call back afternoon. So we reserve another car. With no good motels near the shop we will need a car as long as we are in this shop....
20181212 - CA-TX
Up before 5 am to get my final bid in on eBay, but someone had set a max bid higher than I was willing to go. Back to bed, but not really to sleep. When I get up later and make my daily checkin call, I see that the bus company had texted me over an hour ago, but I have my sound shut off... it's on n...
20181211 - CA-TX
Not expecting any answeres until noon, I finally get out of bed at 7:30. Down at breakfast they are out of bacon so I stick my head in the cook area and let them know. The gal asks me if I want ??? eggs. I ask her a few times to repeat it and then wave it off. Back at the table BB tells we that it i...
20181210 - CA-TX
We are up and ready to go by 8 AM when the shop opens. I give them 15 minutes and then call them. 'They are working on it.' I told them I would call back before noon. I call back just about 11 AM, and am told that 'They now have the parts'... but the crew is going to lunch and I wouldn't be able to...
20181209 - CA-TX
We knew for once we were not going anywhere today so we were in no rush to get up and around. We were still down for breakfast by about 8 AM. We made reservations early for tomorrow before asking for a late check out:) We are only about 15 miles from the Alamo. Left about 9:30, maping software has a...
20181208 - CA-TX
We are supposed to get a call from the shop at 10 AM so we aren't in any rush to get up and going. Breakfast is a little different every day. Today the sausage is cold. Other than that, all is good. No call at 10 AM. By 10:30 I call them, all I get is answering machines, no one picked up. We start w...
20181207 - CA-TX
Went down for breakfast before they closed at 9 AM. Called for a late checkout by 10 AM. Called the repair shop after 11 AM. They checked while I was on the phone, the parts are in, they are working on it. (At some point we will know if they have ALL the parts)... and they are not open on Saturday....
20181206 - CA-TX
I wake up at 4:30 and realize that the guy selling the diaries did it right, for him. He's not selling them as diaries, he's selling them as collectables for the news and entertainment newspaper clippings that are in them. I likely will not get them. I don't realize I have drifted off when BB gets u...
20181205 - CA-TX
Another day sitting in the motel. I wake up at 5 am and think that I should have asked if the bus company if they were working on both sides. I didn't get back to sleep after that thought. Finally at 10:30 I call the shop to get an updated. Parts did ship last night but they have not received them....
20181204 - CA-TX
Not much for excitement today. Slept in, no alarm. Usual breakfast. Later in the morning the guy from the bus company called me a couple of times, like to ask me where I was. Turns out that 3 out of 4 buses heading to Brownsville are now in the shop with seal issues. They think it is coming from the...
20181203 - CA-TX
Plan was to be up and ready by the time both the shop and the bus company were open. We were, but everyday while we are on the road we need to do an AM check call. So everyday I get a text comfirming my call. Today that text and a text from the bus company came in at the same time and because I knew...
20181202 - CA-TX
Still here. No alarms or anything else exciting last night. Breakfast was the usual. BB washed a load of clothes this AM, even if we leave the bus and head home tomorrow we will have been out over two weeks when we get home. At noon we were going to walk down to the Iron Skillet, Subway or something...
20181201 - CA-TX
After getting to bed at 8:30 last night I slept until 3:30 which is normal, but I was out again when the alarm went off at 5:30. Down for breakfast at 6:30. Not sure where my mind was this AM but I forgot to eat my yogurt until I was ready to pick up the container to throw it away. Omelette and baco...
20181130 - CA-TX
I drove a whole six miles today, and only because we wanted to be closer to food. We actually slept in, woke up about 7:30. Had breakfast as soon as we were ready. Cheese omelets, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy. Not many people down this AM, noticed one guy who loaded up for breakfast and then g...
20181129 - CA-TX
We were down for breakfast when it opened. Usual stuff, this time including bacon. There are signs saying trucks, trailers must park in the truck lot. Someone didn’t and they are blocking the route for others of us who didn’t. I need to drive through the truck parking lot to exit. Lot isn’t too bad,...
20181128 - CA-TX
We got down to the breakfast when they opened. The doors were open but the sausage wasn’t ready until we were leaving. I had biscauts and gravy instead. When I went to check out I asked them to remove the safe charge. For everything I said they had a reply. It didn’t seem that ‘the customer is alway...
20181127 - CA-TX
Long day... the next two should be shorter. Will post more later. BB slept good, I, not so much. We were down for breakfast when it opened at 6:30. The usual fare, except no apple juice. No one crowded my parking spot last night so I had plenty of room to back around and get a good swing to get out...
20181126 - CA-TX
:):):) Both of us slept very lightly last night. Not sure if it was that we had rested all day or what. Not as many people for breakfast, today they had hash instead of spicy eggs so no yogurt for me again today. Got going just as the sun was coming up. Two people decided to part along the driveway....
20181125 - IA-CA
Another noisy night. This time it was just the people being loud getting to their rooms. Doesn't help that we are still on central time and have been sleeping for two hours before others are getting to the motel. The place was packed this morning for breakfast. Usually early Sunday mornings are pret...
20181124 - IA-CA
Much better night last night, did wake up to hear someone upstairs squeaking a board over and over again. It was like they were doing their exercises right on the only squeaky board in the whole room. That was about midnight. Got down to breakfast just as the 1st door opened. Had the usual, tired th...
20181123 - IA-CA
Ggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrr ! ! ! ! ! ! I need to be more pro-active. Our room last night was right next to the elevator so there was a lot of noise in the hall. Once it quieted down, I could hear a dog yapping. That was about 9 PM, I should have called the desk then. Instead I put a pillow over my head...
20181122 - IA-CA
Alarm woke us up, need to make use of the daylight. Breakfast was eggs, sausage and a little biscuits and gravy. Then I had a little yogurt but all they had was a banana mix. Rolled out at 7 AM. Glad we didn't wait for rush hour to get over ;) We had the highway mostly to ourselves. Likely about as...
20181121 - IA-CA
Headed to CA A little background to being gone this year over Thanksgiving. We had planned on being in town. For most of the last 20 years we had been going to my brothers, as this was the only holiday we got together for. And the last few years we had been going there for noon and then BB's sisters...
20181117 - IA-OR
The alarm actually woke both of us at 6:30 this morning and we are back on central time. Breakfast was the usual eggs, sausage and yogurt. It was raining when we headed out. Had to scrape the ice, not frost, off the windshield. The end of the drivers washer fluid nozzle was frozen over so I had to o...
20181116 - IA-OR
The usual breakfast in the now closed Denny's. Left out shortly after sun-up. Mileage is not nearly as good today. It started out at 20 mpg and the gauge dropped in the first few miles. I finally ended the day with 38 mpg, that is the highest we got. 1st stop at a rest area near Kearney. 2nd stop wa...
20181115 - IA-OR
We did not get up as early as we had been getting up, so we didn't get rolling until after daylight. Breakfast was in the same restaurant we ate at last night. Nothing special, same layout and kinds of food, just using the tables in the restaurant. Eggs were real, bacon was good, juice was fresh. Fr...
20181114 - IA-OR
Wide awake before the alarm went off at 5:30, our bodies are still on central time. We were down at breakfast as soon as they opened. Today it included bacon. Juice tasted OK but it was room temp so I only took a sip before switching to water. Not quite sun up when we pulled out. We were not able to...
20181113 - IA-OR
Too many nights of getting too much sleep and we were away at 3-4 am this morning. Breakfast was at 6 am. Breakfast was eggs, sausage and honey yogurt. Have never had that flavor before, it's OK. 7:15 we head down to do my pre-trip inspection. Rolling by 7:30. A little bit of frost on the windows bu...
20181112 - IA-OR
Opps, ran all day with my log showing 11-12-13 instead of 11-12-18. Plenty of sleep again last night, I just keep looking at home time on my computer instead of local time for going to bed. Breakfast. We were down before 6 am and most everything was out. Juice wasn't turned on so I just had water. B...
20181111 - IA-OR
A big crowd at 6 am breakfast for a Sunday. Not sure what they do or where they were going, but they all were dressed for 40 below. Last night looked at the time on my computer and it was almost 9, BB had already gone to bed so I shut down. When I climbed into bed I realized that it was only 8 pm lo...
20181110 - IA-OR
Just noticed that the map locations are off by one day, I haven't found yet where I can change that. A couple of things I had noticed yesterday. People are still working in the fields even though there is snow on the ground. One guy was out spraying with one of the older large three wheeled sprayers...
20181109 - IA-OR
Breakfast was so - so this AM. I could smell the juice was bad before I tasted it, both the apple and orange. Ended up drinking water. Sausage gravy looked fresh. Nothing was outdated so that part was good. Good news though, the person at the front desk was able to print out all our permits for us.:...
20181108 - IA-OR
This has been the down side of driveaway. Back in the middle of October we needed to be home for one evening and decided to come home early and get your misc errands done before the event. Then the plan was to head out right after. That was three weeks ago and we are just heading out now. There has...