Headed out at daylight, one of the other trucks were already gone.

I looked at a lot of options for getting my permit printed, then when I went down in the morning the person at the desk said 'no problem.' So a little time wasted for nothing.

First stop is about an hour down the road at the AZ port of entry. Slow day for them, the guy in the guard shack just seemed to be letting everyone go through. Most were stopping at the wrong window, then leaving when no one was there.

Planned on stopping in Kingman for some cheap fuel at a truckstop before town. I thought they had cheap fuel but neither of us had ever looked at the price. It wasn't cheap, it was the truckstop rate. But this place didn't get it's own exit when the freeway went through so it was a ways off. I opted not to turn around and kept going the local road into town. Past the road construction, very narrow lane, they aren't expecting big rigs.

We still needed to stop for a rest room so it was going to be the TA. Then at the last minute I saw that the 76 across the street was $.30+ cents less than the TA. So I swung in and filled up, thinking it might be the cheapest fuel I see. Easy in and out but it was kind of on a hill so I was careful on the in/out.

A couple of hours to WIlliams. Loves there has CNG, not something I needed or that they have a sign for anywhere. They also had a Carl Jrs and a Subway. Subway it was again. Not much for traffic.

A couple of interesting sights, it didn't look like anyone was hurt either case (only cop cars.) The first was a pickup and RV upside down, top completely gone off the RV with stuff spilled. Second was a car somehow got stuck under the back of the semi. Looked like the ICC bar and got stuck under the trailer. Didn't look like it was a major crash, someone just was going a few miles faster than the truck and slid under until they couldn't get out.

Stopped again in Holbrook for even cheaper fuel, Maverick (old Flying J convenience store) Main pumps were full so I came in backwards. No problem fueling but I didn't get a receipt so it took a few minutes waiting in line inside. Guess someone was bugging BB for me to get get moving. Not sure what the rush was. None of the trucks could pull ahead after fueling, small station. I did pull out of the way, stopped and did my logs and they still hadn't started fueling. Guess I was just in their spot when they wanted to be there.

Oh yeah, I did get the one finger salute at least once today so I guess my day was complete.

An hour or so after Holbrook is the NM port of entry near Gallup. I had both my Bill of Lading and permit, two sides of one bag. Handed them to the officer, he looked at them and I was on my way. First time on the interstate when I haven't had to go in. Makes things go a little faster ... If I can get them printed ahead of time.

One more stop at Jamestown at the Flying J that used to be a Pilot that used to be a ... something else.

It's going to be dark by the time I get to Albuquerque. 500+ plus miles but a few more stops than yesterday. But on a clear day, daylight lasts long past sunset so it wasn't 100% dark.

Not too many cars at the Quality Inn when we got in so I had my choice of where to park, almost. Someone was parked ahead of me when I got there but they were gone a short time later so I moved ahead so I was up against the curb for Saturday morning when I wanted to leave.

We walk about two blocks to a Mexican restaurant.

We had looked at taking my day off in either Witchta Falls or Shrevport but price wise this worked out best. I did cut it close tonight, I was completely out of hours for the day. But still would have had enough hours to get to the drop by limiting my hours each day. Now I'm good IF we get more work instead of going home.