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 piece of the muffin and it was still too dry for me.

Today we hung out. BB did laundry last night and today we just surfed the net. I mostly labeled my pictures that I have taken over the last couple of months.

Checkout was at noon and we got a late check out so we left about 1 PM. Then we went to eat at a Mexican place that had out door seating. We gotten take out from there before a couple of times. Started going because the Mike's Pizza in this strip mall did not have the buffet :)

Good food but we could have split the lunch special. I ordered a Mexican drink but when I tasted it I realized it had tea in it. ANY caffeine and I will not sleep tonight.

Then we went to Target so BB could pick up a couple of items. Most people are still wearing masks but that is supposed to change in CA tomorrow. Tuesday.

When we were done at Target we sat in the car for a little bit and then BB's phone went dead so we needed to run the car to charge it. So we decided to drive past the buses to see if any had moved. We drove past, half way past I get a call from dispatch.

Mine is the only bus done today. I already have the paperwork for last week so I can pick it up now. A quick u-turn and one block down the street and I am there. At 1st I forgot to go in and get my temp checked but I remembered before they told me.

We were in and out in 30 minutes. Calling for permits was easy. I just told them I needed the same permits as last time with new days. They had to confirm a few things were the same and that was all. BB had to fuel so I waited for her call before leaving the lot.

I had hoped we would get further down the road by getting an early start. But the hotels that were not full were another $50 more than where we do stay.

Final stop for the day is at the Quality Inn in Santa Nella. Too warm to walk to Anderson's Split Pea Soup. BUT the Mexican food we got from the food truck tonight was too hot, spicy wise. So that may be the last time for this food truck for us. We also picked up food for breakfast at Loves.

The hotel breakfast does not start until 6:30 AM and we hope to be gone by then. And it has been a choice of a half dozen pastries.

This is the 1st time someone was parked in 'my' spot at the hotel. A street sweeper was parked there. But it was early so I was able to park on the street right in front on the hotel. Two RV's are still parked by the hotel on the street but on 'homeless row' all but one of the RV's are gone. That street has been cleaned up.

Load board

US - 316

IA - 109

MN - 3

WI - 12

By leaving Monday, we will not make it to SC by Friday unless we drove 600+ miles a day. Plus we are going against three time zones. So we should get to the drop town on Saturday. I will call them mid-week and see if they will take delivery over the weekend. Otherwise I will have another re-start day.

Tomorrow we should get to Kingman AZ. The next major town with hotels is another two hours. Maybe later in the week we be able to drive a little over 500 miles without going 600 miles.

Now to start watching the NC load board. Tonight there are still trucks going to IN and IN. And we need to decide if we get one car and BB follows me or if we get a local in NC and a one way in IL / IN. IF they have a car when we get there.