2 RV's, heading to Greer, SC ... got as far as Lexington, KY tonight.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

BB was up before the alarm, we were down for breakfast before 6 AM. One other guest was down eating and started talking to us. He had gone from MI to CO and was on his way back. Yogurt was all expired, juice was ??? so I only had a little. So just eggs and sausage.

Windows were frosted this AM, but good dose of washer fluid got that off the front window, had to scrape the side windows.

Did our inspection at 6:30 so left out about 6:45. First light was at 7 AM with sunrise at 7:30. Not much traffic so headlights weren't an issue. Did almost get to see the start of the sun rise. IL is really flat but when we came out from a freeway overpass we could already see a little of the sun. Doesn't take long to be all the way up. (Not that I was looking AT the sun)

Last night after we went to bed we had talked about fueling right by the motel as the gas was cheaper. But that would change everywhere we had mapped out so we decided to stick with plan A. Good thing we did. New Years Day and the gas station was still closed as was McD's. at 6:45. Not sure what time they opened.

Shortly after daylight I saw a fox in the ditch who looked like it wanted to cross the highway. I honked the horn and it shrank down. I thought it was going to try to cross between me and BB but it waited until no one was coming.

1st stop of the day was for fuel in Morton. My low fuel light was on and it was no longer giving me a range. I'm guessing the range was about 20 miles. This place used to be a Mobil gas, but now it is just Circle K. When we saw the Arby's was closed we first thought that it might be hard to find food today. Then we realized it was only 8 AM (and most Arby's don't serve breakfast.)

Stopping short this AM for fuel threw our whole day off to try and only stop 3 times. About another 100 miles down the road we stop again.

2nd stop is the rest area/welcome center in IN. Covington is what the mailing address is. Quick in and out.

3rd stop was the Jimmy Johns in Brownburg, just west of Indy. We had thought of McAlister's Deli but that sometimes takes a little bit so we went for freaky fast. :) And yes, but the time I had paid and got my water, the sandwiches were done. Should have gone for one of their new 'slim's. But I thought I was hungry, until I was 1/2 done with my sandwich. Huge parking lot. It's in a strip mall that used to have a K-Mart that is now used for truck parking.

Early AM was really quite on the road, some of the rest area's didn't have any trucks and very few on the highway. By noon was we got close to Indy, there was more traffic but still not bad. No slow downs around Indy, went through at the posted. This let was the full two hours.

4th stop is at the Pilot in Henrysville just north of Louisville, KY. We had planned until stopping at the rest area until we realized we'd need fuel. These fuel pumps were all being used and there was not a good place to wait in line. But we just waited until there was. Also made our reservation from here. We had thought of going a half hour past Lexington and would have had daylight but it really wouldn't gain us anything.

5th and final stop was the Comfort Inn in Lexington, KY. We have stayed here at least once before, back when we were working for three companies we had issues with the licence on a truck and had to wait until the sent us something. It was a pain but we were finally getting the routine down when we left.

It was still kind of early when we got here so we waited an hour or so before walking across the street to Cracker Barrel. BB got fish and I had the meatloaf. Food and service were good ... BB likes their veggies.

Looking at the overall numbers for the last three years. This is just the totals of what was left at the end of each day. It does not reflect how many were on the board and gone before the end of the day.

2017 = 12,787

2018 = 25,778

2019 = 13,108

My plan for tomorrow is to wait until we deliver before I commit to my next trip. Maybe they will have something going closer to home? I did look at a truck going to OH. The plus side of the OH would be I would pick up Thursday an hour from the drop. Down side is that it is a truck and trailer. And even if we make Friday delivery, we would still not get home until Sunday and would have a two day rental car. So the income would be about the same.

5 AM alarm would be 4 AM central ... 6+ hours of driving tomorrow before we drop.