2 Rv's to NC, one to Mocksville, one to Concord

... spending the night at Englewood (Dayton) OH ...

Breakfast ... NO breakfast. No one mentioned that to us last night. When I questioned them this AM they said it very's by state. (It seems to very by location) But at under $50 a night I'm not going to complain too much.

On our way out, we stopped at the same McD's we ate at last night and got two breakfasts for under $10. BB had opened a bag of nuts in the room before we decided on McD's and then she realized that a few nuts was not going to be enough.

We shouldn't have any scales this trip, no Port of Entry's. We are under 10,000# and so far all the scales have been closed.

IF we had stopped in Walcott last night for fuel we would have saved about $4 on fuel there and then not fueled again until IN. But that would have been a couple of extra stops for less than $10 savings.

1st stop is in Bloomington IL at the Walmart. TA truckstop doesn't have gas (?) and the Pilot is always very crowded. We expected the Walmart to be crowded but no one waiting for pumps the who time we were there. And it is on the correct side of the highway for south / east bound.

2nd stop Crawfordsville at the Pilot truckstop for a Subway. We have eaten at a couple of other places in town ... before Covid. We got our food and sat out on the step of my RV in the sun and ate our sandwiches. Not sure how, but we ended up taking 45 minutes. When we got there, there was a guy, and likely two younger family members, trying to re-mount a truck tire on a rim. Tires were laying on the ground and the crew was gone when we left.

We decided to make our own route from here. We take a state or county road to get over to Lebanon and onto I-65. 18 miles across and at least four cemeteries. A couple of 45 mph 'towns.' Houses close together for a couple of blocks. Other than that it is farm country.

For the first, or one of the first, times we take I-65 into downtown Indy from the north and catch I-70 east. Not a lot of warning but it is a left exit.

We go past the Lafayette Sq Mall, it looks vacant from the freeway side, I've looked at the mall many times when we pass, tonight I looked it up. At their peak, they had six anchors. In 2007 the mall did a major renovation, but the stores continued to close. One off name department store and a dozen small retail stores in a mall built for 100+ stores.

Pretty much from Indy to the OH border it is 55 mph because of road construction. We are the only ones doing 55, unless we are passing a cop with it's lights flashing. Does great for the gas mileage.

3rd stop is at the rest area near Greenfield for a break.

4th and final stop is at Englewood at the Comfort Inn and Panara. Lot at the mote is almost empty tonight and we end up parking in the truck spots. When we leave to go get food, we walk the stairs and out the back door. The garbage can is smoking, I look in and everything in the bottom is ash. I go around to the desk clerk and let them know ...

We walk down to a Mexican place, but they don't have outdoor seating and we didn't order ahead. BB wants food NOW. So we walk next door to the Panara. We are eating within a few minutes with outdoor seating. In the sun, but it is under the clouds half the time. Nice change from McD's.

Back at the motel the desk clerk thanks me ...

Right now there are three options for me to take back to MN. But the rental car is so cheap going to MN that we should bring it all the way back. It will cost 4-8 times more to drop the car in Indiana or Ohio than bring it home. There is a truck in OH going to Circle Pines, a truck in IN going to ND and an RV in IN going up by Alex. All would pay $400-$500 for an extra days work.

Tomorrow we will likely fuel here at the grocery store. Fuel is cheaper here than down the road and this should be BB's last fuel, and if my mileage keeps going up it could be my last fuel too. I only have 40 more miles to go than BB. Not sure how, but I am getting paid less per mile on fuel than BB and am making less mpg.

Still can't figure out my dash. In some other language and now it is the weekend. Can't find anything online, only about the radio and this is not the radio.

Load board for Saturday.

US - 269

IA - 99

MN - 10

WI -0-

29 large RV's out of IN, two going to MN. Down to five out of NC and none coming home direction.

Besides the RV's in IN and the truck in OH, there is a truck in Jamaica ... NY ... on Long Island coming back to MN, but that one is a little too far out of route.