2 RV's to Davis CA

... spending the night at Sidney NE

Leftovers for breakfast and then yogurt and juice from the hotel.

Headed out at 7:30, it looked like the lot had been mostly full last night. There must have been a light rain overnight and it left a dry spot each place a car had been parked. A lot of cars were gone by 7:30.

Lot's of traffic and a couple of slow downs ... in Des Moines ... during rush hour. After that it was the usual 'tag' with other truckers up and down the hills.

1st stop was Adair rest area.

The IA scale heading west on I-80 was actually open. Today may have been the first time I have had to cross it, ever. I'm a little worried about our placards as they can not be seen from

… (we dropped WiFi so I haven’t found the answer.)

2nd stop was for fuel in Gretna, we had planned on the Kum n Go because it is easier to get out of. But fuel was $.10 cheaper across the street at QT/QuickTrip so we stopped there. It may be a good idea to keep stopping at QT as the Kum n Go was full of Amazon delivery trucks.

3rd stop is in York for food at Arby’s. Temp is 62 when we eat, it hits 71 later in the day, today being December 1. Last time we were here the lobby was closed so we ate next door at McDonalds. Today it is back open. Their 'Brisket' is my new sandwich, for as long as it is the special. A month maybe?

4th stop was supposed to be the rest area near Cozad, we both had enough fuel to get to Ogallala when we left Gretna. But the winds have picked up and my mileage went from 11.1 mpg down to 10.8 mpg. Not much but enough so that I now do not have enough fuel that I would chance it to get to Ogallala. So our stop is at the Casey's in Cozad and we each but in enough to get to Ogallala.

I was going to by a case of water here but they don't sell it by the case. So we just got two bottles. This Casey's used to have a few tables that always seemed to be full when we stopped in. Now they are gone and it is just a big open area.

The first NE scale was closed this AM but the 2nd one was open. Everyone ahead of me, and me, got the bypass. BB got flagged in to cross the scale. So I pulled off at the next exit and waited. Just had to cross, didn't get called inside the scalehouse. Yet. That will happen some day. We've been doing this almost six years and she has never been flagged in alone yet.

5th stop is Ogallala. All 10 fuel pumps are full when we get there, down to 3 being used when we leave. When we first got there I watched as someone walked out to their car and I thought they would be leaving. Nope, they moved it about three feet, then walked out into the parking lot and started talking to someone. I drove away and BB took the spot ahead of them.

It is still early ... enough. So we make hotel reservations in Sidney.

When we get back on the freeway there are two Amazon vans that pass me. No placards and running on temp plates instead of transporter plates. That was it today for other driveaway. Did see a few travel trailers, but I call that towaway. We saw one at a rest area that may have been towaway. It was just sitting there in the lot, no pickup attached. Not a logical place to leave it, it didn't look like it had a flat. It also didn't look like it had a plate so likely was towaway.

Before we got to Sidney there were four cops that had a pickup pulled over. Cops were down on their hands and knees looking that one over. Must have suspected something.

6th and final stop is Sidney. First we stop at Margaritas. One car pulls in behind us but we get in the door first. We just ask for a menu and the others get seated. Today it took about 15 minutes to get our food and in that 15 minutes the place filled up. Had we gone to the hotel first it would have been a half to an hour wait for our food. Food. It is good, but the last few times it has been cold. And it comes in tinfoil so we can not nuke it. We need to carry extra plates.

The other half of this place is a gas station and the two Amazon trucks are here fueling. Fuel here is $.30 more per gallon than back in Ogallala.

Too bad we had to put fuel in in Cozad. That is the only place yesterday, today or tomorrow where we will have paid over $3.00 a gallon. So we are doing good on price, but our mileage is still around 11 mpg instead of the 15 mpg that we should be getting. The wind did die down after Ogallala so my mpg is back up to 11.

Checked into the hotel and the person at the desk says it has been a while. I don't remember her but she remembered us and it was likely May or June the last time we were here. But we do stay here a lot.

Load board

US - 430

IA - 237/234

MN - 1

WI - 1

When I looked the auction trucks were up to 9 coming back to the Twin Cities. Later there was also one in Miles City coming back to MN, that would have worked really good on our last trip.

We think we have a plan for this trip. Wind is still down for tomorrow and NA for Friday but we don't want to wait for no wind. So we should get to Rock Springs Thursday night. Then Elko on Friday night, and then stay two nights in Rocklin for the weekend.

Once we are past the 'wind area' tomorrow, I will call the drop and the west coast dispatcher and let them know we will be there on Monday.