210304 IN-MN
1 tree truck to Garfield MN (delivered) 2 RV's to Greer SC (tomorrow)... spending the night at home We've been on the east coast so we decided we could get up before 6 AM today. 5:30. Breakfast for me was yogurt, two of them. BB had the other half of her meal from last night. I should have. I don't...
210303 IN-MN
1 tree truck to Kokomo IN (delivered) 1 RV to Garfield MN... spending the night at Mauston WI Late alarm, 7 AM local (8 central) We aren't picking up the car until 8:30. We have an early AM text. We are grandparents again:) Breakfast, grab bag. Pop Tarts, cookies and water. BB didn't have any. I had...
210302 NC-IN
1 tree truck to Kokomo IN... spending the night at Kokomo IN Didn't get the greatest sleep, but the alarm still went off at 6 AM local (5 AM Central.) At some point I realize that I can't call in for my next run until 8 AM so we have an extra half hour this AM. Nuke breakfast burrito, yogurt and jui...
210301 NC-IN
2 RV's to Selma SC (delivered) 1 tree truck to Kokomo IN... spending the night at Beckley WV Alarm goes off, BB is up first to use the restroom as usual. Me next... drip... drip... drip. I hear something dripping from the ceiling. BB had noticed the floor was wet but hadn't heard the drips. The ligh...
210228 IA-NC
2 RV's to Selma SC... spending the night at Smithfield NC Alarm went off 6 AM local, we didn't get going until 8 AM. Breakfast was mostly back to pre-Covid except still no hot food, but nuke your own. So we did. Rain. Rain the first about three hours. Some times on intermittent and some times on con...
210227 IA-NC
2 RV's to Selma SC... spending the night at Chillicothe OH NO breakfast so we walk across the street to Pilot / Arbey's. Website says 24 hours. People hanging out say they will open at 9 AM. We are there at 7 AM. So we grab food off the warmer. BB gets an egg and bacon biscuit and I get an egg and b...
210226 IA-NC
2 RV's to Selma SC... spending the night at Walcott IA Alarm goes off at 7 AM, mountain time. 6 AM local.:) We have been in been in the central time zone for a few days now and BB's phone still hadn't re-set. So we shut the alarm off and drifted in and out for the next hour. Plan was to get to the s...
210225 IA-NC
2 RV's to Selma SC... spending the night at home Today we weren't in any rush to call dispatch. Usually we call in at 8 AM when they open or when dispatch adds something new. Mid-morning we decide to call. We called and got to no-tows to Selma NC. 1,200 miles. We plan on pulling out sometime tomorro...
210224 MN
... spending the night at home When one is rarely home we need to pack a lot in right way in case we want to head back out. So this AM I had my dentist appointment, and then headed to a driver license location that does not require appointments. Seven people were allowed in the building and there we...
210223 CA-WI
1 bus to La Crosse WI (delivered)... spending the night at home Breakfast - Hot food - But in stead of dishing up our own food, they had filled containers with eggs, sausage and potatoes. So I took one of those and a yogurt. It was a lot of food so I took two glasses of juice. Pulled out at 7:30 AM....
210222 CA-WI
1 bus to La Crosse WI... spending the night at Story City IA Cold. Last night the heat in the room was either on or off. It was not shutting off based on the thermostat. It would run up to 80 degrees before we realized and would shut it off. So we shut it off for the night and had the window open. S...
210221 CA-WI
1 bus to La Crosse WI... spending the night at Pratt KS Breakfast. BB had leftover Mexican and I had two breakfast bars from our stash. We wanted to leave at 6:30 local and that is when they would start handing out to-go bags. When I went to check out I did ask about a to-go back and my choices were...
210220 CA-WI
1 bus to La Crosse WI... spending the night at Albuquerque NM Breakfast, we point, they bag. OJ, yogurt and a nuke sandwich. Sun is not up when we go down to get breakfast, it is up by the time we are done with breakfast and leaving. About a half hour from Needles is the AZ Port of Entry. It is clos...
210219 CA-WI
1 bus to La Crosse WI... spending the night at Needles CA Breakfast... was selected off of a menu last night. I got a nuke-your-own breakfast sandwich, yogurt and fruit cup. I should have ordered a water, we always can use water. Went out started the bus. Heat was still not on. So I called the shipp...
210218 CA-WI
1 bus to La Crosse WI... spending the night at Livermore CA Breakfast. We point, they pick. I picked bacon and omelette plus two juice. BB had toast and an egg. They had to do the toast so no one was touching any common surfaces. Rolling at 7:30 local. A few miles down the road I remembered we neede...
210217 OR-CA
1 truck to San Diego CA (delivered)... spending the night at Escondido CA Opps, not wanting to stop around LA cost me about $50. Breakfast, BB had the rest of her burrito, I walked down and got juice and a pastry. We got going at 7:30 AM. No problem dragging as I exited this parking lot with this tr...
210216 OR-CA
1 truck to San Diego CA... spending the night at Santa Nella CA Breakfast. We point, they bag. I got juice, yogurt and a breakfast burrito. When we leave in the AM, most of the trucks have left so no issue pulling out. When I am doing my morning inspection, BB notices that I have taped over/covered...
210215 OR-CA
1 truck to San Diego CA... spending the night at Roseburg OR Breakfast. We point, they dish it up. Scrabbled eggs, but no sausage out. And I had yogurt and juice. We got going at 7:30 AM just as it is getting light out. The temps did not drop below 45 degrees all day, but rain. Lots of rain. I don't...
210214 OR-CA
1 truck to San Diego CA... spending the night at Medford OR Major issue. At some point (either last night or) this morning, we were trying to decide which route to take to Portland. And noticed that the highway we were on, US-101 is now closed. Closed an hour up the road. Not sure if we would have m...
210213 OR-CA
1 truck to San Diego CA... spending the night at Eureka CA Major change of plans. We had talked about moving trucks within CA but it wasn't until this AM that we looked at moving trucks TO CA. We have talked about it on previous trips but not this AM until BB brought it up. We looked at our options,...
210212 CA
(waiting)... spending the night at Livermore CA No work. We are wake long before daylight. When breakfast is open we head down. A nuke sandwich and diet yogurt are breakfast. BB eats leftovers from last night for breakfast. Closer to noon, I eat my last night leftovers and BB eats what she took and...
210211 IA-CA
2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Davis CA (delivered)... spending the night at Livermore CA We are both awake before the alarm goes off, that happens when you are two time zones from home. Breakfast is an apple, a muffin and a breakfast bar. Plus a short bottle of water. We pull out about 7:30. 25 miles o...
210210 IA-CA
2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Davis CA... spending the night at Fernley NV After BB had set the alarm last night, we realized that if we got going as soon as we could order our permits in the AM on Weds, we wouldn't be able to get out of the state before our permit expires. So we decided to get our per...
210209 IA-CA
2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Davis CA... spending the night at Lake Point UT (as you can see by where we are spending the night, we did make it out of WY today) To get going at sun rise we set the alarm for 5:30. One of the first things we do is look at the road report. The roads are open:) Then at 5:...
210208 IA-CA
2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Davis CA... spending the night at Laramie WY Road was open last night at 7:30, closed this AM when we got up at 6 AM. This place has two people working the breakfast area. We order, they bring it to us. Today's hot food is 'eggs,' hash brown and chicken fried steak' (steak...
210207 IA-CA
2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Davis CA... spending the night at Cheyenne WY We made it, 106 miles today ! Breakfast, nuke and go. All yogurt was peach. I think it was all peach last time we were here also. Likely the same yogurt waiting to be used up. It snowed overnight and I could see where two cars...
210206 IA-CA
2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Davis CA... spending the night at Sidney NE Alarm at 6 AM, breakfast at 7 AM. For our exercise we walk down the 7 floors, but not back up them. Breakfast, scrambled eggs, real ones. Someone else was dishing up the eggs so I could see them. I haven't usually been even looki...
210205 IA-CA
2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Davis CA... spending the night at Omaha NE Because of the weather, we hadn't planned on getting going very early. But at the last minute we did set the alarm so we were up and just about ready to roll at 7:30. Made a couple of stops before leaving town. Roads weren't bad,...
210204 IA-CA
2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Davis CA... spending the night at home We've been talking for days, but by 8 AM we were still talking. A few minutes after we called in and got our 1st choice. No questions asked. The 1st few times we called the lines were all busy and we went to voice mail so we kept dial...