201202 MN
Load board tracking 8:00 - 108 (includes all IA loads) 8:30 - 105 9:00 - 104 9:30 - 104 10:00 - 113 (we are heading to CA tomorrow) 10:30 - 109 11:00 - 108 11:30 - 107 12:00 - 107 12:30 - 107 1:00 - 102 1:30 - 101 2:00 - 112 (the 3rd Davis is still there, now also 3 Gilroy and 3 Westminster CA) 2:30...
201201 CA-PA
1 bus heading to Pittsburg PA (delivered)... spending the night at home Awake before the alarm, that is what happens when you are heading west. We ended up getting going an hour earlier than planned. We grabbed breakfast on our way out instead of eating in our room. No yogurt as I was driving. Got a...
201130 CA-PA
1 bus heading to Pittsburg PA (delivered)... spending the night in Ottawa IL 4 AM?? (5 AM local) It doesn't sound like such a good idea this AM. 6 AM we go down for breakfast, they have the old usual, they just have to dish it up for us. Scrambled eggs, sausage, yogurt, juice. Still dark out when we...
201129 CA-PA
1 bus heading to Pittsburg PA... spending the night in Belmont OH Breakfast is not until 7 AM, again. Means more driving in the dark in the PM. Breakfast was ready and waiting when we got down/over. Nuked sandwich, juice, yogurt. Checked out at 7:30. There was only one room left when we made our res...
201128 CA-PA
1 bus heading to Pittsburg PA... spending the night in Edwardsville/East St Louis IL 6 AM alarm, 7 AM breakfast on the weekend. We pick from a list and they bag it. Yogurt, pastry and juice. All of 10 cars in the lot, no trucks. Hope it is enough to keep the doors open. 60 mph minimum on the OK toll...
201127 CA-PA
1 bus heading to Pittsburg PA... spending the night in Oklahoma City OK Breakfast. You point, they bag. I picked two Rice Krispy bars and juice. BB picked emergency supplies. As she was going to eat her left overs from last night. So I had one Krispy bar and ham. Leaving out at first light. 1st stop...
201126 CA-PA
1 bus heading to Pittsburg PA... spending the night in Edgewood NM Real breakfast. My first hot breakfast in weeks. We tell someone what we want and they dish it up. Scrambled eggs, ham/sausage, hashbrowns, pineapple chunks, mini-apple pie. Fresh, good stuff. Not going to be hungry by noon. But all...
201125 CA-PA
1 bus heading to Pittsburg PA... spending the night in Kingman AZ This place was not serving breakfast until 6:30 AM so we ate from our stash and after we checked out we grabbed stuff to replenish our stash. And I hadn't called last night so this AM I called to get my AZ and NM permits before we lef...
201124 CA-PA
1 bus heading to Pittsburg PA... spending the night in Santa Nella CA We will be sitting in the motel for part of the day so I will watch the load board even though we are 1,000 miles away (today I am using the total out of IA, not just RV's) 8:00 - 87 8:30 - 82 9:00 - 79 9:30 - 76 10:00 - 76 10:30...
201123 IA-CA
2 RV's heading west. 1 to Carson City NV, 1 to Davis (both delivered)... spending the night in Livermore CA We had first planned on leaving at 6:30 for our 8 AM appointment. But that would only get us there on time if everything worked like clockwork. So we had decided 6:15 last night. But this AM w...
201122 IA-CA
2 RV's heading west. 1 to Carson City NV, 1 to Davis... spending the night at Fernley NV Breakfast, pick from a list and they fill your order. BB likes fruit so she got an apple, delicious. She doesn't like delicious so that will be my snack tonight. BB had frost this AM, I did not. We scrapped so i...
201121 IA-CA
2 RV's heading west. 1 to Carson City NV, 1 to Davis... spending the night at Tooele / Lake Point UT Breakfast wasn't until 7 AM this morning so we got a later start. Pre-packaged items. I had a ham croissant. When I start my RV there is an alarm going off. My landing gear is down. On RV's they call...
201120 IA-CA
2 RV's heading west. 1 to Carson City NV, 1 to Davis... spending the night at Sidney NE This place still has breakfast, the kind we used to get at the Days Inn/Super 8. Basic packaged stuff. Plus yogurt. Headed out a 7:30. Light traffic. A very uneventful day. At times I had to focus, just to stay f...
201119 IA-CA
Today's load board out of IA 8:00 - 16 8:30 - 9 9:00 - 8 9:30 - 7 10:00 - 7 10:30 - 7 11:00 - 19 11:30 - 12 12:00 - 12 12:30 - 9 12:38 - WE HAVE WORK 2 RV's heading west. 1 to Carson City NV, 1 to Davis CA... spending the night at Ankeny IA No alarm today. We were up some time around 7 AM, down for...
201118 MN
... spending the night at Albert Lea MN Breakfast was yogurt, fruit and toast. They also had cereal. But this was before the Governor's new guidelines tonight. We were ready to go at 7:30 AM to get to the airport by 9:30. Non-stop, brought the rental car in on 'E' with the warning light on. Then we...
201117 CA-TX
1 truck heading to Houston TX (delivered)... spending the night at Albert Lea MN Alarm at 6 AM, ready to leave at 7 AM. Brought our stuff out to the car and then went in to get our grab bag. They must make them one at a time because it took a while even though we said we would be right back in. The...
201116 CA-TX
1 truck heading to Houston TX (delivered)... spending the night at Edmond OK Late wake up. We can't get the rental car until 9 AM. Breakfast was just a grab bag, sealed. Nothing else was available. I looked in mine 1st, then BB also grabbed a bag. Each bag had a yogurt, fruit and a breakfast bar. Mi...
201115 CA-TX
1 truck heading to Houston TX... spending the night at Houston TX BB went down for breakfast, very little there so I did not go down. I ate my left over chicken and potato salad from last night. Last night the parking lot had been pretty empty. 3-4 times as many cars this AM. But no more trucks. A c...
201114 CA-TX
1 truck heading to Houston TX... spending the night at Ozona TX Breakfast was a sandwich we had to nuke. We did get out of the motel by 7 AM but it still took us a while to get going. Then I wanted to see where the CNG pumps were so we went through town (the fact that this move made me miss the weig...
201113 CA-TX
1 truck heading to Houston TX... spending the night at Lordsburg NM Went to bed last night at 10:15 so I stay in bed until after 6:15 to get my eight hours bed time. I'm awake at 4:30. My system is still on home time. Those 1st six hours were the best sleep I have had in a few days. Last night when...
201112 CA-TX
It's past midnight home time. We are safe in Indio. No issues, just a long day. NOTE: It is now two days later and I am trying to remember. Breakfast was someone handing us the food we ask for. No hot food, but food. I hadn't asked what time the customer opens, but we head out at 7:30 and get to the...
201111 IA-CA
2 RV's to Rancho Cucamonga CA (both delivered)... spending the night at Livermore CA We are heading to Houston... with a truck, tomorrow. Today's breakfast was the same as before Covid. Except you had to say what you wanted and they would hand it to you, but same selection. BB was up an hour before...
201110 IA-CA
2 RV's to Rancho Cucamonga CA... spending the night at Barstow CA Breakfast was a sealed bag lunch. A carton of juice, an apple, a muffin and breakfast bar. At least it wasn't Hostess treats:) We left one of the apples, we'll be crossing into CA today and no fruit allowed in. We left out at 7:30 loc...
201109 IA-CA
2 RV's to Rancho Cucamonga CA... spending the night at Gallup NM Lots of train noise. I'm guessing in this part of the country they have never heard of a 'no train horn' area. Not only are there lots of street crossings for the tracks but we are at the junction of two train tracks so we get them com...
201108 IA-CA
2 RV's to Rancho Cucamonga CA... spending the night at Dalhart TX Slept better, not great. Breakfast. Down at 7 AM, lots of people at the same time. 'Hot food' was nuke your own sandwich, BB had one. I had yogurt. Someone this AM was not understanding the 'grab and go' breakfast bags. The idea is th...
201107 IA-CA
2 RV's to Rancho Cucamonga CA... spending the night at Ottawa KS Breakfast. Scrabbled eggs, sausage and yogurt for me. Hard boiled egg and toast for BB. We are ready to pull out at 7 AM. And I remembered to stay away from the motel building. They were shingling last night and who knows where all the...
201106 IA-CA
2 RV's to Rancho Cucamonga CA... spending the night at Albert Lea MN We spent the day doing the math on trips and hitting re-fresh. There were those runs that I mentioned yesterday that would all work, but I didn't want to set up anything until after noon. I had thought we might call the local dispa...
201104 - MN
No work today. I called the local dispatcher and they were going to call me back if there was work. They never did. I've watched the board for some of the last two days and it hasn't changed much. WED AM 08:00 - 33 08:30 - 22 09:00 - 22 09:30 - 22 10:00 - 22 10:30 - 22 11:00 - 24 11:30 - 22 12:00 -...
201103 - IA-MN
1 RV to Ramsey MN (delivered)... spending the night at home We were up around 5 AM and rolling a little after 7 AM. About the only good thing we can find to say about Covid is now there isn't much for rush hour traffic. As we pass Owatonna we see that gas is $1.60 a gallon but we are past. We end up...
201102 - MN-WI
1 straight truck to Eau Claire WI (delivered)... spending the night at home We did a quick early run to the store to get 'emergency supplies.' My wife had planned on doing that the day before we left for our final trip before Covid and when we got to the store changed her mind. Opps. This time we st...