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 in Northfield for car fuel.

Got to Forest City a little after 11 AM. In most places the water has gone down. We did notice that in southern MN and down here it snowed yesterday or overnight. This late in the season it is melting off fast.

With only 10 RV's on the board, our main lot is just about empty and the 2nd lot just has the rental RV's in it. They have a specific day/days they are supposed to ship.

Seems both companies I work for got dinged by the DOT recently. One, because their signs/placards didn't say 'operated by,' and the other because they didn't have the 'LLC,' which is part of their full name on the signs ... and both have been running this way for years.

Small RV's so we are in and out in under an hour, full sized ones still take an hour.

Checked GasBuddy and Garner fuel is cheaper, but their prices were last updated online two days ago. So we go through Garner just in case and gas is still cheaper. We save $.03 a gallon on 30 gallons ... WOW.

15 minutes later we stop at The Other Place in forest city. Always good food. Today BB gets the soup and salad, I go for the soup and chili. AND then I have throat issues, 1st time in three months. First of the year I started a log to keep track of this issue.

Two hours down the road we stop at the rest area in Ankeny. Cop sitting next to one truck when we pull in, hope the guy keeps the cop busy until we are gone. Before we walk back out of the rest area, I have eye issues. I've had random issues with my eyes since I was in high school. Always seem to clear up in a few minutes and the Dr's have never found anything. What happened this time was different but it still cleared in a few minutes.

Plan was to stop for fuel in Council Bluffs two hours down the road. OPPS ... the road has changed and I didn't see the signs. They have been working on this section for the last two years and now they seem to be almost done. IF you follow the signs for Omaha you can't get off in Council Bluffs. We needed to exit on to I-29 for local exits.

So our next stop was the motel. We had checked this AM to make sure the motels were not still full from the flooding, they aren't. We made our reservation from the parking lot, checked in, and then walked next door to the Mexican place.

Good food. We've learned to order small portions here. Still stuffed.

Did check this AM when I was in the office, my last RV to VA still is in the shop so I still don't get paid. Dispatcher mumbled something about it now going to FL instead ... ?

Board is up to 13 so lucky we grabbed when we did. 6 of the 13 are going to WA so that wouldn't be a bad run. About the same distance to the buses as from San Diego.

Short days, cheap motels this trip.