1 trucks from NC to IL ... made it to Richmond, KY tonight.

Last night before we got to sleep, we heard the train. But that was it, never heard another one so not an issue.

When we got down for breakfast, all the hard boiled eggs were gone, we took the last of the egg patties, all the bread was gone, other things were gone also. And it was only 7 AM, breakfast lasts until 9 AM. I walked over to the front desk but the person counting the money never looked up and the other person never said anything either so after a few minutes I went back to eat.

While we were eating, they got their food delivery. They guy with the two-wheeler just dropped it next to the pantry door. A half hour later, that food was still sitting there ... (formerly) frozen and refrigerated items. Hope the next guests don't get food poisoning. The front desk didn't ask how things were when I checked out so I didn't tell them. It does seem the only time people ask is when they know things were good. The others don't want to hear it.

Plan today was to head home, get as far as just south of Indy.

But right as we were getting near Spartansburg, new trucks showed up on the board. I pulled to the side of the road, if I wait until I get to the next exit they will be gone. First thing that dispatch told me was they wouldn't be ready until after 5 PM tomorrow ... too late for us.

But now we were thinking their might be more work so we didn't want to go past Spartansburg, that is our turn to the trucks. So we got off a mile down the road and stopped at a gas station to use the restroom. Another couple miles down the road and more trucks showed up. I called again and got one. (more on that later)

This time I had pulled off the freeway right at the ramp I was going to take. When I was ready to pull back on, I watched the traffic and when I could see that no one was signaling to turn I pulled out.HHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOoook. Some people don't use their blinkers or get in the turn lanes where they are marked.

Then a few miles down the road there is someone parked on the side of the road, I see them start to move but I have no where to go ... they just start coming over into my lane ... They have miles of shoulder they could have kept driving on. This time it was me blowing my horn.

BB had said she didn't want a truck, which is often the case on leg two. But this time we hadn't made real good money coming down so I thought she might have thought about it. She had ... By my taking a truck, we are adding one more days rental car and one more days motel. BB plans on following me in the rental car. If she had taken a truck, our rate on this car would have gone from $75 to $200 a day and the same from Chicago to home. We would have spent 3-4 hours shuttling to get the rental car returned and another one picked up. And she would have worked for close to nothing. Not worth it.

Where we were in Spartansburg when we got the call was about 45 minutes from the pickup location. Any further down the road and we would have been back tracking.

My truck is going to Romeoville, same place as last trip.

We get to Shelby and find my truck. We've been here before and know the routine. It's raining so I get wet doing my pre-trip inspection. This pickup has large back side windows so I can hang my placards inside. I have some fuel, but we stop at the closest gas station and top off before leaving town.

BB has picked out are next stop, she had looked at a Ryan's where we'd eaten before, but the exit is in road construction so so picked a place closer.

Cracker Barrel in Flat Rock. She showed a close up of the map so I'd know where to go when we got there. But I didn't realize what town it was in. We had tried to eat there once before, but because they had three inches of snow that day no one could get to work so they were closed as was McDonalds. Gas station food it was last time.

This time it was open and we were in and out in under a half hour. Not bad for a sit down restaurant. By the time we were seated someone was walking over to take our drink order and also asked if we were ready to order. BB wasn't so that was a couple of extra minutes before they came back. BB had fish, I had the meatloaf.

From there we split up. BB likes to stop every couple of hours and I need to drive 65 mph. She still beat me.

My mpg so far has gone from 12 to 16. And I might be able to make it all the way on one tank full of fuel. But I plan on filling here before I leave as it is cheaper here. Plan is to put in most of what I need and then stop again a block from delivery if I need to to bring it up to the one quarter we need to leave in the truck.

Truck ... it is a Ford 250 with logos on it. Seems like someone could do that closer, but for us it's work.

I did call the drop at noon when we were stopped, told him we would be there tomorrow afternoon.

NC still has truck left on the board going to Romeoville. Not sure how many they put out today as once BB is driving she can't hit refresh ever couple of minutes. Iowa has work left on the board also. They were putting stuff out again this AM but that stuff was being grabbed right away.

We may leave out as soon as Sunday if the right work is there. We can call in on Friday for Sunday. Or call in Saturday for Monday but not likely anything will be new on the board Saturday.

If we were driving (just) the rental car home, we were planning on eating in the car to make better time. So we had planned on NO buffets for three whole days. But right next to the Quality Inn here in Richmond is a Golden Corral. Along with other places but back to the Corral we went. We left full.

We plan on leaving out about 7:30 AM and dropping about 2-3. We will go our own ways. I won't need a half hour DOT break if I can get there in less than 8 hours. Then from Chicago to home is another 7 hours. We could do it and be home by mid-night and save a days rental and motel. But we will get home about noon on Thusday and return the car.

I might work on Friday local. We'll see.