211125 ND-MN
1 pickup to Shakopee (delivered)... spending the night at home Thanksgiving Day, we had hoped to be home before this but here we are will three plus hours left to go this AM. I haven't found the traffic deaths from last night but I feel much safer driving home in the daylight. And not much traffic f...
211124 ND-MN
1 pickup to Shakopee (delivered)... spending the night at Worthington MN To bed at 9 PM last night so we were up by 5:30 AM Breakfast was eggs, sausage and cherry yogurt. Rolling at 7 AM. 1st stop is the drop in Shakopee. Mileage wasn't as good as yesterday so I delivered it with a range of 68 miles...
211123 ND-MN
1 pickup to Shakopee... spending the night at Alexandria MN Pffff Alarm at 5 AM central time. I had told the shipper we would be there at 7 AM. Both of us ate too much food last night and neither of us slept well. At one point I woke up wet with sweat which is very, very unusual. So for breakfast bo...
211122 IA-MT
2 RV's to Bozeman MT 1 pickup to Shakopee (Tuesday)... spending the night at Bozeman MT Breakfast ? Denver omelet and sausage and juice. They had a different juice but I tasted it when it didn't look right and it tasted like soapy water. I dumped it. At 6 AM local I call the east coast auction dispa...
211121 IA-MT
2 RV's to Bozeman MT... spending the night at Bozeman MT Alarm for me, BB is already up and ready before the alarm goes off. Not much for a breakfast at this 'higher end' hotel. Nuke your own burrito or waffles. We took the burritos. The filling was about as big as a pencil and the wrap was five lay...
211120 IA-MT
2 RV's to Bozeman MT... spending the night at Rapid City SD Alarm at 6 AM, breakfast before 7, rolling before 7:30. No good bacon patties for breakfast, I thought they would have the good stuff on the weekend when they have closer to a full house. 30 plus cars in the lot instead of the usual half do...
211119 MN
... spending the night at Albert Lea MN We awake and wait. We watch the load board, we wait for emails. Nothing that is of interest to us. We ate breakfast. We both had eggs, BB had potatoes and fruit, I had bacon and yogurt. I finally contacted the auction dispatcher, opps, he had thought he had up...
211118 MN-IA
1 pickup to Shakopee MN (delivered) 1 pickup to Marshalltown IA (delivered)... spending the night at Story City IA Breakfast, two cups of yogurt. I didn't care for any of the frozen sandwiches that would have had to have been nuked. We ended up leaving about 9 AM, could have left earlier, could have...
211117 MN-MN
1 pickup to Shakopee MN 1 pickup to Marshalltown IA (Thursday)... spending the night at Plymouth MN Slept in until almost 8 AM, no rush to get up. By 9 AM the 'auction dispatcher' had put out trips we were interested in. By 10:30 we were leaving the house. I had called an requested two trips but wit...
211115 CA-WI
1 bus to Milwaukee WI (delivered)... spending the night at home Up at 6:30, rolling by 7:30. BB stayed in the hotel for now so only one of us had to be getting ready. Breakfast, eggs, sausage and yogurt. After we had gotten our breakfast and were walking down the hall, we met a mom with four kids al...
211114 CA-WI
1 bus to Milwaukee WI... spending the night at Oak Creek WI We looked at our reservation for last nights hotel and we do not need to check out until 12 noon. So no rush. Breakfast was scrambled eggs that were cooked like quiche and then cut, not scrambled loose. Sausage was not 'hot,' yogurt was goo...
211113 CA-WI
1 bus to Milwaukee WI... spending the night at Mauston WI Breakfast was leftovers, again. More than enough. Short day ahead so we left an hour later. 1st (kinda) stop was in Forest City to pick up our car. I let BB off at the car and got turned around. She got the car moving and I left, I never real...
211112 CA-WI
1 bus to Milwaukee WI... spending the night at Ankeny IA Breakfast, in a bag. Besides the water and the muffin, there was also a sandwich to nuke, yogurt and a cup of fruit. So not so bad after all. But I had my leftover burger from last night. Still good. We left an hour later today, we are only go...
211111 CA-WI
1 bus to Milwaukee WI... spending the night at Kearney NE WY road maps were clear this AM but by 7 AM they were closed to high profile vehicles again. Now we are watching the weather in IA, light snow but with the wind it will be hazordus. Called the drop this AM, they did not offer to check me in o...
211110 CA-WI
1 bus to Milwaukee WI... spending the night at Laramie WY Breakfast - No hot food so we both had yogurt. Sunrise was at 7:20, we rolled out at 7:30 so I got a few hours driving into the sun. We could have gotten going a half hour earlier to make use of all the daylight. Within a mile we have to cros...
211109 CA-WI
1 bus to Milwaukee WI... spending the night at Wendover UT BB is awake at 5 AM today and looking at the weather. Chains are required for Donners Pass. I'm not awake until 6 AM and the chain restriction is lifted by then. I call for our NV permit based on us leaving the hotel by 7:30 AM and getting t...
211108 CA-WI
2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Manteca CA (delivered) 1 bus to Milwaukee WI... spending the night at Rocklin CA NEW YORK CITY ? ! ? ! (Written up two days later) Eggs and sausage ?... it was two days ago. We pull out of the hotel at 7:30, we have about five miles to BB's drop. We are heading out of town...
211107 IA-CA
2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Manteca CA... spending the night at Reno NV This hotel must not enforce their 'one parking spot rule' for everyone. When we got up this AM there were two larger trucks and a pickup with a trailer all taking up a few spots each. For breakfast I had juice and my leftover san...
211106 IA-CA
2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Manteca CA... spending the night at Elko NV No alarm this AM and we actually slept in. Breakfast was eggs and sausage... and leftover pizza, just the toppings. And the last piece of bacon from yesterday. Too much food. We finally pull out at 11 AM at check out. That gives...
211105 IA-CA
2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Manteca CA... spending the night at Lake Point UT No alarm, short day. So we are up at 5 AM local... This place is still being remodeled so the breakfast area is the front desk. We saw the fridge, but then the clerk said their was also hot food that they could dish up. Egg...
211104 IA-CA
2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Manteca CA... spending the night at Rawlins WY No alarm, but of us were up just before it would have gone off. Breakfast is in the restaurant that isn't open at the moment. Buffet style. Not a lot of choices but lots of what there is. Today was eggs and sausage and OJ. Not...
211103 IA-CA
2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Manteca CA... spending the night at Grand Island NE Alarm at 6 AM, leave the house a little after 7:30. No noticeable rush hour traffic. 1st stop is Northwood IA for the rest area. Just coming into town there was new road kill with feathers still flying. Someone had hit a...
211102 IA-CA
2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Manteca CA (Wednesday)... spending the night at home I was NA today but BB was watching the load board and got us these two trips. That is what was on the board at the same time. The one from yesterday was gone, at the end of the day there was one other CA left in the nort...
211101 MN
Dr's visits for both of us today so no work and because we were still in town I planned a family day for Tuesday. Lot's of work including a few longer MN-MN auction trips. Late in the day there were two trips heading to CA that looked good but we would have to leave Tuesday if we grabbed them today...