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 hotel later I had to look at an areal photo to see how to get to it.

2nd stop - Turlock at a cemetery. I had three people I that I asked the office for locations on, one they could not find because I said 'Owen' instead of 'Owens.' We spent about an hour and a half walking in the sun, and 90 degree heat, looking for markers. This location has them marked but they don't use the easy method of where they are. Next time we will re-find the makers and and ID for me where they are.

3rd and final stop - Best Western in Pleasanton. The price had gone up by $50 for where we were and we would not get the same rate of rewards points if we stay two nights in a row. The Best Western in Livermore was sold out as were other hotels we looked at. So we ended up here. A block from where our car was broken into a year and a half ago.

I make sure I park right outside the entrance. Not that that made any difference to the thieves when they were where BB got her bag back.

We get to our room and as soon as I open the door, it smells like smoke. We go get another room.

We didn't want fast food and the closest slow food was the Black Bear. We didn't want to leave our car there while we ate so we got the food to go. I only saw three tables inside, but enough staff for a full house. They did have an outside area but not sure if it was being used, no one was out there.

A while after we are done eating, we can still hear the dog in the next room barking. It was barking when we got to the room but we thought maybe someone had just stepped out. Now it has been two hours. We head down to get a 3rd room. Luckily they were not full.

As long as we are not working, we should find a hotel with a laundry. This one does not, where we stayed the night before does not. I need to get a mileage number from dispatch so I know how far out of town we can stay when they are paying.

We will likely be at the Livermore Best Western Sunday night. Depending on price and rooms.

Load board

US - 332

IA - 118 - 113

MN - 1

WI - 17