2 RV's to North Canton OH (delivered)

... spending the night in Ottawa IL

Up without an alarm, even in the eastern time zone.

We could have paid for an in house breakfast, but we didn't know that ahead of time so we planned left overs. I had fruit, three deviled eggs and a yogurt.

1st 'stop' was dropping BB off at the airport a quarter of a mile away from the hotel. Very small airport, very quiet at 9 AM.

2nds stop was the drop. I pulled in and was grabbing my paperwork to take inside when someone directed me where to park. And they took my paperwork. And gave me the OK to leave so we could go get BB's RV.

Then BB gets there but doesn't see me. 1st she stopped in the middle of the drive and quickly realized that was not a good idea. So she backed into a parking spot. But by the time I got near her, someone on a fork truck was motioning with their hands and then throwing them up in the air. BB had parked in a 'service spot' and he was trying to back a travel trailer in there. Opps.

We finally found a safe spot and I was able to get in the car and we headed back to the hotel.

I had thought it would be a quick inspection but it ended up taking about 45 minutes for each one. We had parked the car next to the RV's but later were asked to move as more RV's were coming in. We parked where we could see the RV's and when we saw the inspector walking in, we walked in and got to the desk at the same time. No damage.

Nothing on the load board that is going to work for us, but we will keep watching it.

BB is already hungry but it is only 10 AM our time so we hold off until our first stop heading back.

3rd stop is at a oasis near Amherst for food. We get Popeye's chicken sticks. Good food, but I hadn't listened when BB ordered ahead of me and she had ordered spicy. The receipt says hers were mild, she had the meal, and that mine were spicy. Both seemed spicy to me, and neither one did to BB. Their ranch is good, their honey mustard is not. Not sure what it is about their chicken sticks but I like them better than anyone elses.

4th stop is at the same Loves between the toll ways for fuel. We don't need fuel yet but it is the cheapest we will find until Iowa. I also call on my rototiller. They had called a few days ago but we were already on the road. I should be able to get it some time next week.

While going through IN, BB was hitting refresh on the load board but nothing good showed up. There were two RV's to IA but we would have had to check on Saturday delivery and we were still hoping for something better. And it would have had to been open all day, Saturday as it would have been afternoon when we got there.

5th stop is the oasis near Portage. I finally eat my other yogurt that has been sitting in the car all day. Two yogurts was too much food for this AM.

When we got near Chicago I found a local (to me) truck that was going the speed limit and decided to follow them. It doesn't seem that as many people try to drive over you if you are following a slow truck. Turns out that most of the way past Chicago was running less than the speed limit today so not a big issue. It is rush hour here.

Not an issue for me, but we were running in the second lane from the right and at one point the truck I was following got over into the right lane with his tires, just as a truck was passing him on the right. And that truck was already up against the median so he laid on the horn and backed off. Things happen. For as many things like that as we see happen almost every day, I am still surprised that we haven't seen a huge accident up close.

6th stop is ...

RAX

In Joliet IL. This one is still open. The salad bar is gone, but the sandwiches are still the same. I look online sometimes to try to find out what I can about the company. Tonight I couldn't find anything new. In 2011 there were still 14 Rax open. I have heard that it got down to four but I can't find that tonight. Most of the ones open were in Ohio, but Joliet is the only one we have eaten at other than when they were open in MN.

(WIKI says:  "as of March, 2021 in Joliet, Circleville, Ironton, Lancaster and Harlan.")

7th and final stop was the Comfort Inn in Ottawa. We have been here before.

The 1st room they give us the AC will not stay running so we get a 2nd room.

Load board

US - 503

IA - 261

MN - 10

WI - 14

Tomorrow. We have eight hours of drive time to get home. As of now, there is nothing on the load board that is worth trying to do and get back on Monday. IF I don't have to be back on Monday, we may try a longer run. Or we may just work for my local company doing short, partial day trips.