1 bus going to St Louis, IL.

... spending the night in Santa Nella, CA.

Late night will write more later.

Delivery is M-F, we will get there Saturday and Monday MAYBE a holiday for them. Should know tomorrow.

>>> posted later <<<

When we went down for breakfast I saw that one of our drivers was just getting to her bus so I walked over. We talked for a few minutes but she plans on delivering in FL yet this week so I let her go. A second driver also walked out while we were talking but I didn't stop her to talk. We have talked to the 2nd one a few time before. Nope, I don't remember their names.

Seeing we were now going to be gone for over two weeks, BB decided it was a good AM to do laundry. Once that was done, we were ... on the road again.

1st stop was the Winton Cemetery in Winton. With a good map from the front desk the marker wasn't hard to find.

2nd stop was the Turlock Cemetery in Turlock and here is where things got interesting. When we were in the motel, I had looked up some of the possible stops today. Part of the problem here came when I asked them about people who weren't at this cemetery. The other part of the problem was that they thought O'Harrow was (heart) Harrow like I was doodling. Once that was cleared up we found the marker and were gone.

3rd stop was also in Turlock, In-N-Out. BB got a single and I got a double double and was going to only eat one of the buns. But all the cheese and sauce was soaked in so I picked the bun apart until I got to the cheese. We also had fries.

I had thought we might have time to go to another cemetery further north, but when we looked at it and talked about it, it made more sense to visit that one with others in that area and we didn't have time to do more than one more today.

4th stop was in Tracy Cemetery in Tracy. All the cemeteries today had such original names :) Again with help from the office and a good map we found what we were looking for.

5th stop. Our outlet mall and walked for a half hour or so before it was time to call the dispatcher.

We are heading to St Louis, IL. And it sounds like the pay should be good. We soon realized that we would / could get there on Saturday and we couldn't deliver until Monday ... or Tuesday because of Presidents day. We knew we were going to have to get some kind of inspection done before delivery.

Before we drop the rental car we have to fill it, turns out the closest gas station is miles away. All kinds of other retail but no gas close.

Dispatch said we could get to the bus by 4:30, that is new. We knew that security doesn't start until 5 PM to let us in so we didn't know how we were going to get in. We sit and wait until some employee comes by with equipment big enough to trip the gate to open.

We had our bus number so we went and found it and got it checked out. Lots of other drivers standing around waiting so something was up. New routine. Dispatch doesn't drive the 30 miles in rush hour traffic anymore. Someone local does the paperwork and usually has it done by 4:30. Not today. Sometime after 5 pm they show up and start doing the paperwork. I think I was the last one to get mine, I'm not in any rush.

Met a few new drivers and a few old drivers that we've seen before. When I left the security guard said that was almost like a carnival today, he'd never seen so many drivers at once.

I gave BB a 10 minute head start and she got delayed dropping the car so she was just walking out of the building when I pulled up and had to hurry to our pickup spot.

Traffic on the freeway was slow ... and I pick the slowest of the five lanes, the middle one.

Got to the motel, no problem backing in tonight. I have a short bus and just make a U turn in the parking lot. Another driver had pulled in ahead of us but we never did see them, not sure where they slept or if the checked in while we were unloading.