190417 - CA-IN
Back to both eggs and yogurt and bacon. Head out at 7:30 AM as usual. Not too much exciting this AM. No one is working the fields yet. Traffic is light. River in the Quad Cities has finally gone down enough so that the people living along the river can get to their houses. Our 1st stop is in Walcott...
190416 - CA-IN
Last day in this unit:) I woke up a little before the alarm went off, even on the east coast. Been in all four time zones this trip. Breakfast, I want to be rid of this bus today so I'm a little more on edge than usual so I settle for two cups of yogurt instead of eggs and sausage. Something in our...
190415 - CA-IN
Same person checked us out in the AM as checked us in the PM. Breakfast was the usual. Local news was on in the breakfast area, they mentioned something about fires in OK. Yesterday it looked like we were driving through the southern edge of some smoke for a few miles. Looking online now it says tha...
190414 - CA-IN
A few notes from recent days. The morning after we picked up this bus, IA put two return RV's coming from just south of where we dropped ours, right back to their lot in IA. If we hadn't gotten this bus, we might have gotten a round trip. At one of our stops at a truck stop, somehow BB got involved...
190413 - CA-IN
Saturday the 13th, not Friday Breakfast is good, real eggs, real hash browns. Sausage is good too. As we are carrying our stuff out to the bus, the couple we talked to when we picked up the bus is getting ready to leave... to go to the truckstop buffet for breakfast. They had lots of 'hints,' but we...
190412 - CA-IN
Problems all day, but made it as far as we planned. Two other buses were here when we got in last night, and still here when we leave in the AM. And we aren't too speedy either. I did go down and get an egg patty to go with my meatballs from last night. Didn't eat the noodles. Still a lot more food...
190411 - CA-IN
GOT A TRIP to Indiana:) via I-40 more later Hung out at the motel until check out time. Then we headed down the road to the next exit to the Black Oak to eat. Good food, I did dare to try a chicken salad sandwich again but they suggested we double check before I start eating it. Good sandwich, but t...
190410 - CA
Up and ate breakfast shortly after it opened. We are TRYING to stay on central time. Breakfast here is in a very small area, 3-4 tables in a small area. But it's never been crowded. Before 9 AM we drove down to the rental car place and got the car switched from a one-way to a local, that will save u...
190409 - CA
Got up for breakfast. Asked for a late checkout. Ate the left over pizza from last night. Over all not too exciting of a day. Got another call from a co-driver, he has decided to move on to a new company. It will be interesting to hear about, the company pays most expenses but they are still contrac...
190408 - IA-CA
Running late. Delivered this AM, no bus tonight... BUT dispatch is paying my motel to stay in town until I get a bus:) Breakfast this AM does not have bacon, only sausage. That is when/why I remember I was going to only eat yogurt every other day, so I only have yogurt and juice. Still not much of W...
190407 - IA-CA
BB just had to keep digging until she found out there was something called the 'California King' bed... and we are in California:) We have an alarm to remind us to call in to work every morning... and that is when we got up. 10 hours or so of sleep. Coffee maker in the room didn't work, front office...
190406 - IA-CA
<<< I've added a couple of PHOTO's <<< I haven't felt like I've been sleeping good this trip, but I haven't gotten tired during the day so I must be getting enough sleep. ?? Here breakfast at the in-house restaurant comes with the room. And the place opens at 5 AM so we have never...
190405 - IA-CA
Up before the alarm as we are on most days. Especially when we are in the western time zones. Bacon was thin, but full of flavor. Eggs were real, juice machine was broken so it was in pictures instead. Waited until 7:30 local so we could call for permits before leaving the motel. Did not have my duc...
190404 - IA-CA
Weird dreams last night... but that is normal for me:) When we went down for breakfast in the AM, it was so foggy that we could not see the buildings across the street. The meat patties this AM were more like chopped ham than sausage. Front desk person was also the kitchen person... I went and told...
190403 - IA-CA
Guess I need to re-write this one. Not sure what happened, I remember some of what I wrote yesterday so I know I did it but tonight it was good. "One the road again..." Willie radio... XM.:) I'm getting old, I can't listen to anything soft or loud until about noon. But it is nice to have. Breakfast....
190402 - IA-CA
2 - Van RV's to Gilroy CA No need to get going early, so we didn't. Picked up our 3rd car from the shop, didn't want to leave it there the whole time we were gone, and we needed to pay them for all three. This one gets to have more work done when we get back, as does the van. Stopped at the Flying J...
190401 - IA-CA
Called and got trip to CA. Leaving Tuesday The work board is down to 9 by this AM, not sure how it dropped three units by on Sunday. At some point this AM there were two for Gilroy... SFO bay area this AM. But by the time we discussed it and understood what the other one wanted, they were gone. Not...
190330 - MN
En-route home last Sunday we get a call from my local work, there will be work on Monday. That gets moved to Monday, and then to Tuesday. Finally there is work on Wednesday. 5 drivers ride up, one heads out to BC, two get runs back to the office and the final two aren't ready by the time we will run...
190323 - OR-VA
Now that we have decided to get home today we need to keep moving. Up at 5 AM and rolling my 6:30. Breakfast was the usual. A couple was just checking in as we were checking out, didn't hear their story, but it did take them a while to check in. Will realize later that every minute counts. Frost on...
190322 - OR-VA
Up before the alarm, so much for sleeping in when we can. Breakfast was pretty empty for being full. A few of the soccer players were down for breakfast, some with parents some with small groups. Pulled out at 8:30 local. Not too much of note the first leg, we were going against traffic but still sl...
190321 - OR-VA
Slept in a little today, we are on the east coast but trying to stay on central time so we didn't get up until 6 AM local. Quick breakfast and we were rolling. DEF was down to 1/16th so I needed to stop soon for that. Also the closest stations were the last major brand stations before my drop so I a...
190320 - OR-VA
Breakfast was eggs and sausage. I looked out early and there were two pickups blocking the truck next to me in, but they were already running. Those people left while we were eating breakfast so the other truck was no longer blocked in. We pulled out at 6:30 and the guy still wasn't up and around ye...
190319 - OR-VA
When we were checking in last night we had to wait for the Red Cross people to check in. Not sure what was going on, but the desk clerk went and put a sign on the entrance door while we were waiting to check in. Seems there were quite a few of them staying here and for some reason they had left ther...
190318 - OR-VA
A little twist on breakfast this AM. Egg patties, ham and French toast sticks. Headed out at 6:30 local. Still dark, but lighter than yesterday. A little bit of traffic to start with, all going to the next town of Sinclair for work. A little dense fog for just a couple of minutes and then clear agai...
190317 - OR-VA
If the desk clerk told us last night, we forgot. Breakfast does not start until 7 AM on weekends. We were stilling down there at two minutes to 6 waiting for the doors to open. Finally we asked. Opps. But they were nice about it and let us grab a couple of cold items. All I was going to get anyway w...
190316 - OR-VA
6 AM breakfast, rolling by 6:30. Someone parked in front of me so I had to back up to swing around but no problem, lots of room. 1st stop is an hour down the road at a Love's for fuel. Not a fan of OR. OR and IN have numbers you are supposed to type in before you can fuel at the diesel islands. For...
190315 - OR-VA
First a little about the RV. It's 45 foot long, most of the buses are 40 foot. Most of the RV's we drive have the suggested retail price in the window. This was does not, but we were told it's worth about a half a million dollars. So a little bit more than our house. Spent a lot of time this AM work...
190314 - CA-WA
RV - OR to VA This is written a day late. We were up at 4:30 local, 6:30 AM central time. Breakfast doors were to be closed until 6 AM so we went without. I went without. BB had saved half her sandwich from last night so she ate that before we left. Even though this motel was almost in downtown, we...
190313 - CA-WA
Happy Birthday to me... a $400+ fine (for forgetting.) On the up side, we got a 3,000 mile run to VA. Now we just need to get back to OR before 3 PM. Up and ready before 6 AM local. One minute to 6 AM, I call dispatch and get right in. We get the OR to VA run we had looked at. The only down side is...
190312 - IA-CA
Heading to Seattle with a bus. This is written thee days later. No early AM today. We are less than an hour to the drop, there will be a line and we don't want to drive in rush hour traffic. Traffic isn't bad for CA. But the right lane keeps ending so we have to keep merging. Our final fuel is at th...
190311 - IA-CA
They are working on making this motel a better place, doing a few upgrades. First thing I noticed last night was they had moved the check-in desk. Some things in the room looked new and the breakfast area is now twice as big. Looks like they knocked out a wall to one of the motel rooms. I ate way to...
190310 - IA-CA
Roads are still open. This AM at breakfast they had ham instead of sausage or bacon. Other than that the usual... and strawberry-kiwi juice. Pulled out at 7 AM local. No issues at all on the first leg of the trip. Couldn't see where there had been any snow or accidents. Usually there is something le...
190309 - IA-CA
Slept in this am. Breakfast was the usual. I was just going to stick with yogurt, but BB said this bacon was good so I had some of that too. Sidewalk was a little icy this AM, as were our mirrors. No one else had parked near us so that was good. Made it easier to get out. Almost as soon as we got go...
190308 - IA-CA
I have lost the use of my computer mouse and won't be posting until I either get an external mouse or a new computer. I'm back. We got going early in the AM, but when we got to Forest City our paperwork wasn't in the box. Even though they gave us the code to get the paperwork, they didn't put it in...
190307 - IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis CA Stayed up last night writing here until 10:30 so I tried to stay in bed until 6:30. Trying not to eat as much lately so I've either skipped the yogurt or only had yogurt. This AM it was eggs and sausage. Something in the breakfast area smelled sour. BB didn't smell it but I did ev...
190306 - NC-NE
Another long day trying to stay ahead of the weather. We didn't have to be up extra early but BB is still waking up at four something and then I get up a little later. Breakfast wasn't supposed to be until 6 AM but we were down there before that and everything was out. All the juices said 'refill ne...
190305 - NC-NE
Write up later Lot's of people in the breakfast area, all working folks, none looked like travelers. Plenty of food. I had parked at the end of a row of car spots, looks like someone in a truck had driven across the curb to get to an open spot next to some other trucks. Without going across the curb...
190304 - IA-SC
Way too much food last night, didn't sleep well. So this AM breakfast was just yogurt. Hope this doesn't jinx us but we have been really lucky on the road. Neither of us have gotten really sick. Plan is to get to the customer by 8 AM so we can be sitting there with our car when they start checking d...
190303 - IA-SC
No alarm this AM. We've got less than 300 miles to go and can't check into most motels until 3 PM. Motel was loud, we thought the breakfast area would be packed from all the noise. Turned out there were just a couple of other people there. Only 1 yogurt so I left it for someone else. Had an egg and...
190302 - IA-SC
Plenty of cars in the lot this AM, everyone must have got in late last night. Breakfast was almost made to order. I thought we'd be the only ones this AM so that they would only put out what we could eat. Almost. We took the last of the eggs and left one sausage, but they did bring out more before w...
190301 - IA-SC
No need to set the alarm, can't call in for work until 8 AM and then they need time to get the paperwork ready. Person at the front desk I think was new. They were busy mopping the floors, vacuuming, etc while people were still trying to eat breakfast. When I checked out, it sounded I was the first...