2 RVs, heading to Reno NV
... spending the night at home
We both kind of slept in this AM. We needed to call at 8 AM and we were getting up about 7:45. My first call went to voice mail so I re-dialed. We got them. (the other two that would have worked are still there at the end of the day)
We will head down to Albert Lea Sunday night. Then be at the lot at 8 AM when they open on Monday. We said we would get to Reno by Thursday, then we re-did the math. It will depend on how late they will accept the RV's and how much after dark we want to run each day. NE would be the easiest after dark. The next two nights would be through the hills/mountains.
Spent some time looking at our motel numbers for last year. We stayed in motels 168 nights, 5 of those for free. We 'cashed out' rewards points for 90,000 points and still have over 400,000 points. We can get some of our motels for 10,000 points, others are 12-16, 000. points.
If we just look at the motel nights we paid for, we averaged about $75 per night for two people. ($38 ea) If we include the free nights we did and could have used, we get down to $65 per night. And we stay at some pretty nice hotels with breakfast (before Covid)
Breakfast. BB is tired of eating Ho-Ho's and Ding Dongs for breakfast so we are planning on brining a soft sided cooler with on this next trip. We may bring food from home, otherwise one of our stops in the afternoon will be for food to eat later.
One guy I used to run with would cook on his days off and freeze some of it. The 1st two days he would eat the stuff that had just been kept cool and the 3rd and 4th days he would eat the stuff that had been frozen as it would have started to thaw by then. I doubt we will be that dedicated.
Load board
US - 313
IA - 134
MN - 1
WI - 18
CA has one trash truck coming back to Rapid City SD. Otherwise everything showing on the loadboard stays on the west coast area. The next east most load is to Denver, then one to SLC. Even going to Denver is rare from the west coast.
As of right now, there are three tractors coming back to MN, 2 from OH and 1 from AR. That's it. So hopefully we find work from the west coast to at least get us back to the mid-west. I will call Monday afternoon to let that dispatcher know we are coming.