210628 MN-IA
1 trash truck heading to Davenport IA (delivered)... spending the night at home We had done the math and thought that if we left the house at 8 AM we could deliver by 3 PM. We got going about 7:30. 90 miles non-stop to the shipper. It takes almost exactly 90 minutes. Before I get to the shipper, I h...
210627 MN-IA
1 trash truck heading to Davenport IA Moving it on Monday... spending the night at home We stopped by the office today to pick up my paperwork. Four other drivers had paperwork waiting for them. One truck in the lot with a ND plate on it so that likely was the one they offered me. No Regrets. Plan i...
210624 MN-IA
1 trash truck heading to Davenport IA Moving it on Monday... spending the night at home Didn't get any calls for work for today. We did get one call late today that we could do either tomorrow (Friday) or next week. BB and I quick talked about it and decided next week. We will do it on Monday and do...
210623 NC-KY
1 van heading to Corbin KY (delivered)... spending the night at home Woke up during the night and it sounded like the AC was making a funny noise. Then I realized it was raining. At breakfast it was still raining. Finally something for breakfast here. For over a year this location has not had anythi...
210622 NC-KY
1 van heading to Corbin KY (delivered)... spending the night at Lexington KY No alarm this AM, but BB was still up at 6:30. I was up shortly after. Breakfast was hot food, but we needed to wear plastic gloves. Gloves but no masks. We had omelettes and sausage. People could eat in the breakfast area...
210621 NC-KY
1 bus heading to Spartanburg SC (delivered) 1 van heading to Corbin KY (delivered)... spending the night at Lexington KY Breakfast - we ate what we had purchased on Saturday. We are ready to pull out at 7:30 local. We had noticed yesterday that where the sleeping bag was by the building the two stac...
210620 CA-SC
1 bus heading to Spartanburg SC... spending the night at Duncan SC Day off, I can not deliver until Monday. No alarm. Even though we bought breakfast last night, I walked down to the breakfast area to see what they had. The only breakfast items where yogurt and pastries. They were only supposed to b...
210619 CA-SC
1 bus heading to Spartanburg SC... spending the night at Duncan SC Breakfast today was hot. Omelettes and bacon. The juice machine wasn't working so they had juice cups. That was plenty. Good morning. Someone parked right in front of me. That is why I (almost) always leave room in both front and bac...
210618 CA-SC
1 bus heading to Spartanburg SC... spending the night at Tupelo MS Bagged breakfast bag, BB went down to get the food and was not impressed with the staff.... later when I was checking out, I noticed that they had charged me $1.50 for the safe in our room. Normally I would have asked to have it take...
210617 CA-SC
1 bus heading to Spartanburg SC... spending the night at Shawnee OK BB ate her leftovers for breakfast. I went down for breakfast. Interesting, I could use the common serving spoon to get my own eggs and sausage but had to ask for them to get anything out of the fridge. They also had bowls but no ce...
210616 CA-SC
1 bus heading to Spartanburg SC... spending the night at Edgewood NM I had woke up at 3 AM and thought it was time to get up, until I looked at the clock. BB went down to the breakfast area for coffee because they do not have coffee makers in these rooms. No decaf. Just a few pastries. But pull out...
210615 CA-SC
1 bus heading to Spartanburg SC... spending the night at Kingman AZ Alarm woke us both up, BB asked if we should just go back to sleep:) But neither of us sleeps much after being woken up. BB just hadn't slept well, and I ate too much of the spicy Mexican food. BB ate less than half because it was t...
210614 CA-SC
1 bus heading to Spartanburg SC... spending the night at Santa Nella CA Breakfast was pre-bagged per our check list. Last night the desk clerk had wrote on our lists, apple and orange juice. The AM desk clerk didn't know anything about juice. We each got a muffin sandwich to nuke. I only ate one pie...
210613 CA
1 bus heading to Spartanburg SC (delayed or canceled)... spending the night at Livermore CA Went down and got breakfast. On the way back to my room I remembered I had leftovers from last night in the fridge. Ate them instead of what I had gotten from the hotel. Ended up leaving that in the freezer i...
210612 CA
1 bus heading to Spartanburg SC (delayed or canceled)... spending the night at Pleasanton CA Ate breakfast, hung out at the hotel until check out. 1st stop - Chik-fil-A at Tracy. We couldn't figure out how to get to the drive thru so we went inside to order and sat outside to eat. When we got to the...
210611 CA-SC
1 bus heading to Spartanburg SC (delayed or canceled)... spending the night at Livermore CA Alarm at six, rolling at seven. We did look in the breakfast room but there wasn’t any good ‘road food,’ so we decided to wait until later. One good thing already, 1st day in three that my blood pressure wasn...
210610 CA-OR
1 bus heading to Medford OR (delivered) 1 bus heading to Spartanburg SC... spending the night at Red Bluff CA Another late night... should pick up tomorrow AM and drop on Wednesday in SC. 2-3 days home from there. (The rest is written one day later) We want to get delivery before the drop closes for...
210609 CA-OR
1 bus heading to Medford OR (delivered) 1 bus heading to Medford OR... spending the night at Livermore CA (The rest is written two days later) Today is an 'up and rolling in an hour' day. I don't eat breakfast or even look into the breakfast area. We are both tired. The AC or something was making a...
210608 IA-CA
2 RV heading to Davis CA (2 delivered) 1 bus heading to Medford OR... spending the night at Vacaville CA Bus dispatch called me before I could call them. Three buses going to Medford OR. 350 miles one way. Later talking to dispatch he asked if we would give the other two a ride. No rental cars back...
210607 IA-CA
2 RV heading to Davis CA (1 delivered)... spending the night at Galt CA Today's breakfast was made to order, and we had to pay. The more you pay for a hotel room the more likely you will have to pay for breakfast and WiFi. We had omelettes. The cook was the person at the front desk. As we are waitin...
210606 IA-CA
2 RV heading to Davis CA... spending the night at Notomas CA BB had leftovers, I had a cup of yogurt. BB had to fuel or she wouldn't make it to Wells, so she fueled across the street at a Sinclair. Put in a couple of gallons to get to Wells. 1st stop - Wells, Loves. No where for me to park so I park...
210605 IA-CA
2 RV heading to Davis CA... spending the night at Wendover UT Last night when I shut down quickly, my computer said 9:30 and I knew the alarm was set for 5:30. Then after I shut down, I realized that my computer stays on CST and we are now on MST. BB needs to fuel in this AM so we stop across the st...
210604 IA-CA
2 RV heading to Davis CA... spending the night at Laramie WY Breakfast, the only hot food would have been waffles. I had yogurt and a hard boiled egg. I'm in the habit of taking the stairs out of a hotel. Today that is what I did, took the closest stairs and out the closest door. I was in the back o...
210603 IA-CA
2 RV heading to Davis CA... spending the night at Lincon NE Rolling around 8 AM. One stop for fuel at the Kwik Trip in Owatonna. I have a quick trip rewards card, this is the 1st time it has given me $.05 a gallon discount. 2nd stop is at our RV lot on Forest City. A new dispatcher gave us our paper...
210602 IA-CA
2 RV heading to Davis CA... spending the night at home We finally decided to work and called in 1st thing to get to RV's to Davis. Normally in Davis, we can walk across the street from the drop and pick up a rental car. But not now. Not even a local one. -0- cars available. So we are going with the...
210601 MN
We are off the road for family reasons. We spent an hour or two a day over the long weekend looking at the load board and doing the math. The only long trip that had rental cars AND paid was a trip to VT. Other than that, the best trips are doing short ones like we did last week. First thing in the...