1 tree truck to Waukesha WI

... spending the night at Merrillville IN

Breakfast was Cheerio like cereal. They were out of yogurt. They did have frozen breakfast sandwiches but I wasn't in the mood for biscuits and sausage.

Rain. And my IFTA stickers were put on my placards with Scotch tape, house hold grade. I wasn't sure what to do, everything was wet. I didn't want to put BB's magnets on without also taping them and the tape was not going to stick. I left them as is but watched very closely all morning.

1st stop was Simpsonville Pilot for fuel. Forgot I was going to get fuel so was looking for a place to park when BB remembered. I am hoping this is my final fuel. Almost. This is about 400 miles from my drop and my range when full is about 400 miles. I could be coming in with the same range as I picked this up. No, I won't do that. But I didn't want to overfill.

Before we left BB remembered that I was going to put up my I-Pass. We got that put in place. We still have not gotten billed for our last trip so we sent in our paperwork and got paid for the rest of our prior trip yesterday. We will just eat the <> $5 toll.

2nd stop was in Whiteland at a Loves / Arby's. Our choices were Denny's, McD's or Arby's. Three truckstops at this exit. We park in the car area along the curb. Order and eat outside on the curb next to our truck. Later saw the fourth corner was a huge Amazon warehouse.

No problems getting through Indy on a Saturday. Some road construction but that was about it.

3rd stop was at a rest area near Wolcott for a quick break.

Somewhere on I-65 I was passing a truck and saw a car come up behind me. When I thought I should be past the other truck I looked over to see if I could get over and there was a car beside me. They showed me their bird and were on their way. I was still trying to figure out how the car could get past and beside me before I could even get over. Then that car caught up to the next two cars ... and past them on the right. That explains that. I've thought about getting bumper stickers that say 'pass me on the shoulder, it's illegal but so it speeding.'

4th and final stop - Supper was going to be the Honey Baked Ham but then we saw a billboard for McAlister's Deli. Plans changed.

When we got to the exit, we took a wrong turn and ended up behind a huge vacant mall. Small town so not an issue, just a little spooky. The buildings are mostly vacant, some have been removed. The parking lot is in very bad shape, but there are not vacant buildings on the perimeter, all are filled an open.

We found McAlister's. No one was eating inside at 4:30 but a few waiting for to-go. The wait wasn't long. BB had a salad, it was good. I had a half a French Dip and a cup of potato soup. They were good.

Our motel was the Quality Inn. No breakfast. It was cheaper than the Comfort Inn next door, about half the price.

So we are off the road by 4 PM today. Another short day tomorrow.

Nothing great on the board right now. Two sets of no-tows that would keep us busy but we will likely wait until Monday and see what new is loaded. They have been putting some RV's daily. And now we are watching the board for what may make a good two or three legged run.

Loadboard

US - 178

IA - 18

MN - 5

WI -0-