It was after 7:30 when we left the motel this AM. It's too far to make it home yet today so we aren't going to push it.

1st stop wasn't for 2-1/2 hours. Emporia at the Flying J for fuel and restrooms. This is about as cheap as we will find fuel. Did see it for less at a un-manned Cenex in some little town earlier today.

2nd stop was Freddies. First time we've stopped at one. They have them in MN now but we haven't stopped. Burger was good, so were the cheese curds, I just don't need that many. My 1st choice had been Stroud's. But the only one we drive past doesn't open until 5 PM. We have stopped at the other one, it's a few miles out of route and wasn't that good. Not bad, just not worth driving out of route to get to. So 2nd choice was Texas Roadhouse. When we were a few miles away we were looking again for directions ... and saw that this place also doesn't open until 4 PM. So we decided to just go with what ever was at the exit. Freddies it was. Didn't try any of the ice creams this time.

3rd stop was at Eagleville. Again a fuel and restroom stop. Last chance for cheap fuel. Have gotten up to 40 mpg on this KIA SUV, not bad.

4th stop was the Ankeny rest area. I waited in the car.

Again, this is now the 4th time on this road in a couple of weeks so not much new. Did see a full skid of something laying on the freeway. Also someones golf clubs and bag were being driven over. Lots of road kill but not much for live wildlife.

5th and final stop was Story City at the Comfort Inn. Ankeny and Ames were sold out by this AM. Not a great deal to use points for, but we are anyways. A new rewards program starts in a few days. For every two stays you can get a $50 gift card. Last year we cashed in on over $1,000 and we were still at over 300,000 points before tonight. 8,000 points will get a good room at lots of the hotels if its not peak times.

Storm was rolling in so we didn't head out to eat until it was mostly past. Ate at a little Mexican restaurant attached to a ma and pa motel. Food was good and plenty of it.

Board is down to under 70. LOL

Looking at last year and it was only over 10 one or two days in the next six weeks. So still lots of work, we will just need to look close at each run. Only 1 to CA, 0 to OR and 1 to WA and 1 to AZ. We can't grab work until Friday AM so what is out there now is just something to look at.