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 wild turkey.

2nd stop is the shipper. When dispatch handed us our paperwork, I said something about 'getting something that wasn't being flatbedded.' That got their attention. One of them was the boss and he wanted to talk to me about getting me into one of those trucks. No thanks.

Today took us about 45 minutes. It has been taking us about 30 but that is when we are only taking one RV so both of us are inspection the one unit.

Poor timing on our part. We see this AM that the auction dispatcher has three metro to metro ones. We could have done all three of those in one day and been paid really good.

Then IA put out two more going to Gilroy. More miles and both going to the same drop. There were two on Monday and now two on Wednesday ... but we picked our work on Tuesday.

3rd stop was Pilot in Clear Lake for fuel and food. Subway. Temps are about 40 degrees so we eat inside.

I see a message come in while I am driving but do not look at it until we are stopped. My Mom has tested positive for Covid. Not good. She is 90+ and not in good health.

4th stop is the rest area in Ankeny. I didn't realize I had parked where the lines are yellow, opps. So I move and then next person coming in parks there. Oh well.

5th stop is the rest area in Adair.

Shortly after our stop in Adair we see an accident in the oncoming traffic. I hadn't noticed there wasn't any oncoming traffic before we got there ... usually I notice those things. Not sure what happened, it looked like a semi in the left lane drove sideways into a trailer in the right lane. Pretty hard to do with two lanes but it was buried in there.

There wasn't a whole lot of traffic just parked there, they must have gotten the road shut down pretty quickly or a lot of people made u-turns in the median. Then at the next exit they were routing traffic off the freeway. Not sure why, but they might have had a dozen people blocking the left lane before the exit. I didn't look at the mile markers but my guess would be traffic was backed up for the exit about 10 miles.

Oversized load were allowed to park on the freeway and wait for it to re-open.

6th stop was at the Kum and Go in Gretna for fuel. Easier to get in and out of than the Quick Trip. BB is busy making hotel reservations so I ask if I should re-start her fuel pump when it shut off. No. So I hung it up and got her her receipt.

Somewhere down the road she realizes her tank is not full. So now we need to stop for fuel in Cozad tomorrow. I'm not sure if I will add fuel there or not.

Did see a co-driver with an RV at the Kum and Go but didn't talk to them.

From the Kum and Go I called my drop. 2:30 is the latest I can get an appointment. And BB had to drop in Reno that AM. But IF we get to her drop when they open, then we will have three hours to play with.

I had thought of calling the west coast/bus dispatcher to let him know I am on my way ... but this trip I might wait until I am delivered on Monday. Plans are always changing.

7th is the Arby's in York for food. This is where we would stop during Covid as they always had the dining area open. Not today ... so we go next door to McDonald's. Now they are open for dining in. And the had the McRib so I didn't mind. Not very fast service.

The Super 8 next door was closed all last year and now it looks like it is mostly a new building since we were here last a few months ago. Not open yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if it opens as something nicer than a Super 8.

8th and final stop, the Quality Inn in Grand Island.

12 hour day, hopefully it is worth it. The last hour was driving after dark.

Load board

US - 302

IA - 79/75

MN - 8

WI - 13