2 RV's to Mocksville, NC (delivered)

1 Semi tractor to Indianapolis IN

... spending the night at Cross Lanes WV

Last night BB had listened to the doors to try figure out where the crying was coming from. It was through the 'adjacent' door into the next room. We didn't think much more about it until we went to bed. All quiet in the room and we could hear the child crying/screaming. That was about 9 PM. That went on until 'Dad' came back and then we could hear a male voice. Up to that point we didn't hear anyone put the child. I seemed to drift in and out, with a pillow over my head to deaden the sound.

BB had a clock on her side of the bed and had looked at it at 1 AM and 3 AM when they were screaming / yelling.

Alarm went off at 6 AM, by then it was all quiet.

Breakfast for me was two yogurts. Apple juice was water, OJ was bad enough that I dumped it.

When I checked out, I commented to the desk clerk about last night even though they didn't ask how my stay was.

1) We didn't complain because that never ends well for the child. And we didn't want to move in the middle of the night.

2) We were on one side of the screaming. The office was on the other, why did they not hear it and do something about it?

3) We had gotten put in the only handicap room they have. No one is supposed to be put in that room unless they need the roll in shower.

1st stop is the rental car place. Google puts it in what is now a medical building. We ask someone in the lot where Avis was ... 'Well this used to be Sears ...' So Avis was likely here at one time. It is now on the other side of the mall. Huge mall. It still has three anchor's and two vacant area's where the 4th and 5th anchor's used to be.

I had driving BB there, she picks up the car and follows me to our next stop, 20 miles down the road.

2nd stop, the TA in Mocksville where we stash my RV for now.

3rd stop is back at the motel to pick up BB's RV.

4th stop is back at the TA in Mocksville where we both fuel. We also unload all of our stuff into the rental car.

5th stop is the drop in Mocksville. I go in and let them know we are here and then go out and wait for the to come and inspect. I had hoped they would do mine first, I was first in line and then I could log off duty earlier. But they did BB's first, then mine. Not a big deal as they had both units inspected in 15 minutes. No issues with either.

Then we walked the mile back to our rental car parked at the TA. We had talked about bringing one down first, getting that one inspected and then bringing the other one down. Or shuttle both down before letting them know we were there. It sounded like a good day for a walk, before we started walking.

6th stop was back at the TA to pick up our rental car.

BB wanted Chic-fil-A but that exit was closed. So we took a '20 mile detour' to get to the place. Only to find that this location has two drive thru lanes and both were wrapped around the building. After all that driving we headed down the street. Next food was saw was a Cook Out. We stopped there.

7th stop is Statesville for food and to pick up my next truck. BB ordered a chicken sandwich and a malt. So I ordered a burger ... and a malt. The burger was one of the best I have had there. The malt might have been good too ... but I didn't have time to eat it before I got to the truck so most of it got dumped.

The pickup location was easy to find. But amongst a bunch of very run down buildings which don't seem to be being used. I found the portable office and showed them my paperwork. They made copies and said to wait outside the gate, they would bring the truck out.

While we waited, we watched a guy hook up his tow car to another semi tractor. It looked like he was using a chain and tie straps to secure his tow car. I tried to get a picture but it didn't turn out well.

I really didn't know what to expect. Turns out the extra paperwork I received was for the delivery to fill out. And I got a NEW semi tractor to drive. I waited about a half hour for them to bring out the truck and then it took about 15 minutes to inspect.

Paperwork said there was three inches of fuel in the tanks. That is not much in a 150 gallon tank. I asked BB to follow me to the closest truck stop. It was less than 10 miles away.

8th stop was the Loves in Statesville. I put in 35 gallons to get it off of flat E.

Somewhere after I fueled I realized I couldn't see any mud flaps. That is a huge no-no. So when I stopped to pick up BB at the rental car place I got out and looked. They were there, I just couldn't see them from the cab.

We ended up having to bring the rental car back to where we picked it up. Rental cars in NC are really tight right now. So I am putting an extra 40 miles on the truck and most of an hour of time because we couldn't drop it near my pick up location.

So now we are back tracking to Indy. All the same roads.

VIRGINIA

9th stop is for more fuel. I put in another 35 gallons. That may get me to my drop, if I get 10 miles per gallon. it started out at 4.4 mpg. BB goes in to use the rest room while I fuel. I am done fueling and moving my truck ahead when she comes back. She walks past me twice and then throws her hands in the air when she doesn't see me. I finally had to blow the truck horn at her to get her attention :) She was right in front of me.

Plan was to stop at the rest area in VA. Two miles past it I realized I missed it when I saw the one in the on coming lanes. We both missed it, and all the signs before it.

WEST VIRGINIA

So we stop at the first oasis in WV.

10th stop is Camp Creek. From there I call the drop. He want's it delivered somewhere else. I tell him I will need new paperwork from the office. He gives me where he wants it dropped by I copy it down wrong.

Next call is to dispatch. They will let me know. So a couple of more calls to dispatch and we will be dropping at a different location. The rental car will be a little more but not much. Mostly just a pain as we had everything all planned out. The rental car place had called BB an hour or so before my call to confirm that we needed the car. We did then. Now we need a new location.

11th and final stop is the Sleep Inn in Cross Lanes. Huge parking lot. Plan was to walk across the parking lot for food at Cracker Barrel. But when we checked in, we saw that they had evening soup. At first I said no, but when we got to the room I tasted BB's and it was good, just too spicy. So I went back down and asked for a cup for me and extra crackers.

They also had popcorn and two kinds of cookies. They suggested we try one of each, so I did.

Load board

US - 433

IA - 218

MN - 7

WI - 6

The run I had been looking at back to MN was gone first thing this AM and nothing new is interesting. So most likely we will just head straight home from Indy. Not quite straight. We should have enough time to stop and pick up our van and still be home within 24 hours.

Lots of good runs, lots of good pairs. Including two no-tows to CA.

But random work in the midwest dried up. No new RV's out of IN going near home.