Up and down for breakfast by 6:30. Breakfast for me was yogurt. We ate way too much too late last night. I was up on the middle of the night because my stomach was still stuffed and hurt.

Rolling by 7 am. 1st stop was just over two hours down the road near Battle Creek. Got to cross two scales this AM, about 10 miles apart. IN has one as we exit the state and MI has one as we enter the state. Everyone was getting the bypass lane. Fueled at the Pilot in Battle Creek, I put in $10. At first I thought that was going to be way too much ... didn't think that a few hours later.

We had talked of splitting up and each going to our drops but we had time so I led the way to BB's fuel and drop. Both drops today had fuel within a half mile across the streets from our drops. At BB's drop we had to leave our paperwork and our phone number so they could call us. This place had enough office cubes they could run Cape Canaveral. Lots of visitors also. Not bad, we were in and out in an hour but that is about all I had before I needed to be heading to my drop.

Dropped BB at the Hertz about five miles away and I was on my way. I like to limit my route to about three roads so I can remember them. The trip from Hertz to my drop was 10. Missed the first one, got on "5 East." I was looking for 5 North ... had to be on 5 West for about a mile before it turned into 5 North. I did write down the street names but not the distances. But I found them all ... fuel tank was flat on E for about the last 10 miles. I had memorized my range before I switched to LOW FUEL.

Then when I got to my final fuel stop, I put in my fuel and checked to see how full it got. 1/8 of a tank. Thought crossed my mind to call dispatch and then I remembered. OPPS, I had only put in $10 worth of fuel, I needed to add $20 for final fuel. That did bring it up over 1/4.

At this location things were a little more laid back. Even with some chip damage I was still in and out in 15 minutes.

There wasn't any food close by so we went until there was some we could see from the freeway. 1/2 hour down the road, past Flint. Stopped at Wendy's for a burger.

Another two hours and we stopped at Kalamazoo for fuel at a Speedway. $2.43 likely as good as we'll buy it so we filled the tank. From there it was ... more than a few hours to Hampshire where we stopped for another burger at Burger King in the TA. This exit has changed since I was here last. The Citgo diesel pumps don't look like they are being used anymore. Speedway put in a new station with truck islands and there is a new Loves truckstop.

Traffic through Chicago. I drove over the speed limit for over a couple of hours and only passed two trucks. Both trucks were going well under the speed limit and one of the two had it's 4 way flashers on. All of the 1,000's of other cars and trucks passed me.

Another 45 minutes from Hamshire we were at Loves Park at the Quality Inn. Had thought we'd make it to Beloit but BB looked at the motel reviews and we are here instead.

Back in the double digits for RV's out of IA. Also a few trucks out of WI. Those would work for me if I was ready to go solo again. We'll see.

Rental car needs to be back with about five hours of driving left for the AM. Should be doable.