200529 VI R US
Didn't realize it had been over a week since I did a write-up. We have done a lot of talking about going back on the road, but we also have to remember... NOTHING HAS CHANGED, EXCEPT THEY NOW HAVE ENOUGH ICU BEDS A few nights ago we were talking about the 'lockdown' and going back to work and found...
200521 VI R US
Weekly (or Monthly?) company meeting with our over the road company. We listened in for the hour and a half meeting. First they had the general info, then they had each division do an update. Our drive-away update was so short that BB missed it, she was 'listening' but her mind must have been elsewh...
200518 VI R US
Watching the daily numbers. Still waiting for the numbers to be coming down before we head out. But at least they don't seem to be going up, or going up much, in area's that have been open for a few weeks. First day re-opened in MN. Didn't change what I've been doing. The last three weekends we have...
200512 VI R US
Same as the last post... listened in on our company phone meeting and then to the MN update. But first bad news for me. For the last five days my blood pressure is back up to where it had been before they added the newest medication. I won't pass my DOT again if it doesn't come back down. OK, I will...
200508 VI R US
We listened in on a phone meeting with work and then the state of MN update today. Sounds like our RV location in IA is up to about 1/3 of normal. And our CA buses should start... soon. Other places are closing down because they have run themselves out of parts. So it doesn't look to be steady for t...
200506 VI R US
Now, what do we do? We, my wife and I, are doing lots of talking about getting back on the road. But... Our death numbers in MN are still going up... We, and half the country, are still under stay at home orders...... the only upside is that the RV side is trying to open up this week. There now has...
200504 VI R US
I had another remote Dr visit this AM. Blood pressure is staying down so I should be good for my next DOT unless they find something new to focus on. I did ask my Dr about my working because of all the people we are coming in passing contact with on the road. Their guideline puts people into three g...
200501 VI R US
Wasn't watching the load board today but at the end of the day there were still 5 RV's out of IA heading to the places in CA we like to go. One of those routes would have taken us through Gallup NM, which is on a complete lock down. No one in or out. State patrol and National Guard at all 11 entranc...
200429 VI R US
Sounds like California (or at least parts of it) have extended the 'shelter in place' order through the end of May. 1st heard that from one of Dad's cousins that lives out there. She's over 90 but still drives and is still active, or was, in the community. Now watching the birds is the highlight of...
200424 VI R US
School is canceled in MN for the rest of the year. Some states are starting to open up, relax restrictions while others are still adding some new restrictions. The big death numbers are going down but some smaller areas are still going up. MN was still going up as of Friday but I think the number wa...
200422 VI R US
Sounds like the two RV's locations are still planning on opening up the first part of May... IF they can get parts. So likely not. AL is still shipping buses. CA is not. Sounded like NY was open but having issues getting parts. Locally our shuttle driver said he hadn't been taking anyone to get MN b...
200418 VI R US
Wisconsin has extended their 'lock down' until May 26. (MN's is still May 4, it has not been extended yet.) There was a company phone meeting today but I was by myself and didn't have my phone ready. Call went right to voicemail, but no voicemail was left and I didn't have a call back number. BB was...
200413 VI R US
Didn't do a write-up on Friday, not anything new. For the last two weeks there has only been four days (two of them the weekend) where there has been anything left on the IA board and that was only 1 or 2. The nation wide board is holding around 50 which might be close to normal. Some of the stuff h...
200408 VI R US
Another company phone call on Tuesday, now we are getting to the point where most questions have been answered before (but people may not have been listening) I was thinking about this and today it was confirmed. The companies that thought they were going to re-open are not. Too many parts are JIT,...
200406 VI R US
-0- left on the load board out of IA tonight. Earlier today there had been a couple of no-tows going to El Cajon... and rental cars back are $50 a day... or get one from CA to AZ and they come home with a rental for $15 a day. Not much for news today, company phone call is tomorrow. Longest run on t...
200403 VI R US
Yesterday I got a phone call from one of the drivers who I used to work with that has switched to another company. He is still running and is on his way to SFO and then flying home. One of his last flights had three other people besides him and the crew so he feels relatively. He wife doesn't see it...
200401 VI R US
We have now been off the road for over two weeks... and is this only the beginning? Did get a call from road dispatch today, they usually don't call unless they are having issues getting a load move. I didn't see the missed call until a while later so I did not call them back. They were looking for...
200330 VI R US
Another week, another phone meeting with the company we move the RV's for. Nothing really new, not as much is happening as the first few days when everyone was shutting down. It was mentioned that 'two of the bus companies' were trying to get exemptions so they could go back to business as usual. No...
200327 VI R US
Another day for phone meetings. I remember why I never enjoyed them, but we now we have nothing else to do. Last week there were 1,500 people on the company meeting call, again today there were about 1,400. All locations are still open, people are calling every receiver before their truck gets loade...
200325 VI R US
Guess I will be posting more often than planned. My way of keeping record of how things were. In MN we received the 'Stay At Home' order. Haven't heard yet if the two main customers for the my local company are effected or not. One builds city buses, the other builds garbage trucks. The other intere...
200323 VI R US
Wasn't expecting to post again so soon but received news this PM that the mfg we drive for in IA is shutting down for two (+) weeks due do the virus... and changes in business (as in maybe no one is open to accept the units?) Also got accepted into the FaceBook group today so I can see that some peo...
200321 VI R US
Off the road until... As we were getting close to done with my last run, I was still planning for the local company through the end of the month. But the more I thought about it, the less like a good idea it sounded. Stay six feet away from people... try doing that in a five hour ride in a shuttle v...
200316 CA-IA
1 City Bus to Coralville IA... spending the nights at home Happy Birthday to ME. Yesterday we saw service stations with gas and diesel both below $2.00. (On the following Tuesday, I saw an article that said it may drop below $1 before it starts going back up) Also yesterday I saw a new sign on the C...
200315 CA-IA
1 City Bus to Coralville IA... spending the night in Ankeny IA Motels are still serving breakfast. No lock down yet. Some people were scrapping their windows as we were walking to the bus. No ice on the bus. Not sure the best way to come in next time. Same as this time if there is room, otherwise tr...
200314 CA-IA
1 City Bus to Coralville IA... spending the night in Kearney NE 6 AM Opps... now the road is closed between here and Cheyenne... and if we did get get past Cheyenne, the road in NE for the first 100 miles is ice covered. But, it should be close to 40 by mid-day so hopefully the ice melts off when th...
200313 CA-IA
1 City Bus to Coralville IA... spending the night in Laramie WY We are save in our motel, but Friday the 13th isn't over yet... Breakfast, this place has the good juice and a different type of sausage (turkey maybe?) Before we got back to our room I got a call from a driver from the other company. H...
200312 CA-IA
1 City Bus to Coralville IA... spending the night in Tooele UT Down to Mel's for breakfast. Third meal here in less than a week. All good. Just as the sun is coming up, we head out. Mostly no issues except when we were going up a slight hill. Full sun in eyes. Not much for traffic coming in from CA...
200311 CA-IA
1 City Bus to Coralville IA... spending the night in Verdi NV Awake at 4 AM local, mostly awake at 5 AM local, finally get up around 6 AM local. Have breakfast sometime around 6:30. Last time we had a bus and had to leave it at the shipper they called about 7 AM. Not today. Finally at 10 AM I call m...
200310 CA-IA
1 City Bus to Coralville IA... spending the night in Livermore CA The odometer says I drove over 200 miles today, and here I am in the same place. Almost, when we checked in, they gave us the keys to the same room but two guys were in there working still so we got upgraded to a suite. And it's a bre...
200309 IA-CA
2 RV's delivered to Davis CA... spending the night in Livermore CA Changes. A day of changes. Cold night, the room was warmer once we shut the heater off so it wasn't blowing cold air. Luckily it was still in the high 60's. No free breakfast here, down to Mel's for eggs and bacon. Good food, in and...
200308 IA-CA
2 RV's heading to Davis / Sacramento CA... spending the night in Verdi NV More later Breakfast at 6 AM. When we are getting ready, BB looks at the weather and it still doesn't look good for NV so we decide to wait 15 minutes so it is light out when we head out. No issues. Roads are all clear all day...
200307 IA-CA
2 RV's heading to Davis / Sacramento CA... spending the night in Tooele UT Good day, no issues. (almost no) Motel breakfast was late, 7 AM, because it was the weekend. We still wanted to be gone by 6:30 so we went down at 6 AM and got what we could. BB had her usual, toast, hard boiled egg and fruit...
200306 IA-CA
2 RV's heading to Davis / Sacramento CA... spending the night in Sidney NE More from yesterdays meeting. One of the manufactures chassis is on hold, the small no-tow trips are part of that hold. So at some point there should be a lot of units in a short amount of time. They also said at the meeting...
200305 IA-CA
"... on the road again... ":) 2 RV's heading to Davis / Sacramento CA... spending the night in Ankeny IA Alarm went off at 6 AM, rolling at 7 AM. No breakfast today. 45 minutes later we are at the safety meeting. Just before 8 AM I start calling dispatch, no answer before 8. BB is just getting back...