1 tree truck to Waukesha WI, delivered

... spending the night at Albert Lea MN

Breakfast? I had two cups of yogurt and BB had a bowl of cereal and fruit. They also had muffins and packaged rolls.

We had made the rental car reservation for 9 AM so we didn't get going until after 8:30. Opps, computer routed us on a no-truck route.

1st stop - Dropped BB off to pick up the rental car.

Another Opps. Seeing I was not to be on the no-truck route that I had planned, I had to find another route. The one I found had fewer turns but more miles and I had not looked on line at it. The opps was that when I got to an intersection I had a red light but I was making a right turn. There was a truck coming with it's right blinker on and it had slowed enough to make the turn onto my street so I pulled out. Once I am in my lane I look in the mirror and that truck is RIGHT behind me. It had not turned so I had pulled out in front of it. I guess I need to wait until they are turned.

2nd stop was at Kwik Trip for one gallon of fuel. That would/should get me back above a range of 50 miles. I forgot. A lot of the trucks and RV's will not re-set the range unless you fill the tank to at least a quarter or a half. So I put in a gallon of fuel and my range did not go up.

Then I missed my turn and went miles out of route. So my range ended up showing 38 miles instead of over 50.

3rd stop was at the drop. I could see the trucks from the street so I knew I was at the right place. I started packing up as BB wasn't there yet and I didn't want to leave our stuff sitting in an unlocked truck. When BB shows up with the car we get everything moved and then I go to find someone to sign. No need to worry about the fuel. The guy signs the paperwork in his office and never sees the truck. Two other new trucks were sitting there and two more trucks to come.

Nothing on the board so we are heading back.

A half hour later there was a truck from Milwaukee to Des Moines, but we were gone and decided not to go back. It is still on the board tonight. An hour earlier and we likely would have at least called on it.

A few times this AM the rain was so hard that people were either pulling over or driving with their four way flashers on.

Somewhere the AM the cruise quit working because the radar quit working. I do not understand, I drove cars for 40 years that had cruse but no radar.

4th stop was in Mauston for fuel and Wendy's. Pulled up to a pump and when I got out I realized the fuel fill was on the other side. That was OK because I wanted to move anyway. The speaker was right over our car and it was LOUD. So I pulled to another pump and the fuel fill was still on the wrong side :) Third times the charm.

I ordered a small burger as I still had three potato skins left to eat. Kind of a trick to eat those in the car but I did it. Found out why I got the big burgers last time at Wendy's. The #2 is the Baconator AND/OR the Son of Baconator. So don't order by number. Also there are three different ways to get a burger with bacon and three different prices. Now that I know that I won't be getting the Baconator anymore.

Not sure how many miles down the road and the cruise quit working again.

5th stop was in Le Crescent to reset the cruise and BB used the rest room. It seems all it takes to re-set is to shut off and re-start the car.

6th stop was at Marion MN to reset the cruise.

A half hour down the road it quit again and I drove the rest of the way without it on.

BB had wanted to stop to use the restroom before we got to Forest City but we got talking about something else and I forgot. Opps.

7th stop - the first business with an open restroom was the Kwik Star (Kwik Trip) on Forest City. Did see two new RV's filling, we didn't talk to the drivers.

8th stop was the office/lot in Forest City. I dropped off the paperwork and then we moved our stuff from the rental car to our van. A few RV's in the lot getting ready to pull out but we didn't talk to any of them.

9th stop was in Clear Lake for fuel for the rental car and van. I had the van and hadn't planned on stopping but I had to stop for the light and BB seemed to be having an issue at the pump. So I stopped also. Seems her issue was that she had forgot to open the fuel cap from the inside of the car.

10th stop was the rental car place in Mason City.

11th stop was at the Culvers back in Clear Lake. Place was mostly empty and not much of a line at the drive thru. I did get a malt that I didn't need. Also did get a sandwich.

12th stop was at Walmart in Albert Lea for water and a few other things.

13th and final stop was at the Comfort Inn in Albert Lea. Plan had been to stay in Mason City but the rooms were $20 more for a lesser motel. We are now 15 miles further from Forest City than we would have been in Mason City but that much closer to home if we head there.

Plan is not to head home before another trip. They did put a lot of good things on the board today but not two good things at the same time. There were runs to CA, OR, WA, AZ, TX, FL. But none that worked for us. There are still two going to OR and we used to be able to get cheap cars out of OR. W have gotten them for as little as $100 for the trip home. Today there are $800. No money in that.

Every time dispatch would start putting RV's on the board, BB would hit refresh every few seconds until they seemed to have stopped. No matches. There are two going to IN that we would do OK on but then we would be dead heading back. Nothing good out of IN right now.

Plan is to watch the board tomorrow, first from the hotel and then ??

Load board is at

US - 164

IA - 14

MN - 1

WI - 1