2 RV's to Wilmington NC

... spending the night at Crawfordsville IN

Both the eggs and sausage were stacked high this AM, not much else for choice. Later I looked out the window and there was us, one car and one truck. I'm guessing the car was the person at the front desk. So why so much food?

We waited until closer to 9 AM to pull out this morning. We wanted it to be up to -0- before we left. We are driving gas units so no issues.

1st stop was the Flying J in Davenport for fuel. We don't need it yet but gas is $2.97 instead of the $3.30 it will be down the road.

Somewhere around Champaign IL we start seeing trucks in the ditch.

2nd stop is the Steak and Shake in Morton. We were going to eat inside so I wanted something other than McD's or BK. There were a few people in the place but when we left there was only one person and we were over six feet from them.

We both got their garlic burger. I ordered mine with no extra's and BB wanted pickles and a tomato. We have to use the kios to order and when the ticket printed out it had the pickle on one and the tomato on the other. The way the computer printed it was the way we got it. I told the person who have us our food what happened and later I could here them telling their manage about the error.

Roads here are not plowed very well so we had to make a run for it every direction we went.

There is a new Arby's across the street from the Steak and Shake. It used to be in a gas station down the street but last time we stayed at the Quality Inn next door they were building this one. Google doesn't have it even listed, just as well. Drive thru or carry out only today.

More trucks in the ditches ...

3rd stop is Oakwood. Plan was to stop at Pilot where fuel was $3.33. But it was now $3.45 so I saw that Speedway was still $3.33 so I go that direction. Opps, but I pull into the Phillips 66, gas is $3.45. Then I look at the Speedway sign, it now also says $3.45. I try to go forward but can't. They haven't plowed. So I can back up. I stop and talk to BB. We decide to go across the freeway where the sign still says $3.33.

Love's, we pull in and fuel before they have a chance to raise their prices.

Roads are getting worse. We have gone from dry to wet to large patches of ice on the roads. Time to get off the road, any more slow downs and we will not get to Greenfield before dark. So we decide not to go to Greenfield. We will stop at Crawfordsville instead.

Before we ate lunch I had counted 17 semi's in the ditch.

After lunch, before fueling I had counted 16 more semi's in the ditch and three that had just been pulled out. I though it was going to be 17 this stretch too, but when I got closer I saw that it was one semi, split in the middle.

Then the 45 miles after fueling we saw another 8 semi's in the ditch including one that looked like it had just gone in the ditch in the last few minutes.

We are now about a day behind the storm so my guess is that a lot of trucks have already been pulled out of the ditches, this is just what is left.

4th and final stop is the Comfort Inn in Crawfordsville. Their lot has not been plowed. No one had parked in the handicapped spots so there is still a nice foot plus of snow. Other places there is more or less depending on how it drifted around the parked cars. We park it where it lands.

When I was driving, I couldn't see the Quality Inn so I asked the desk clerk. At first they had no idea what I was talking about. Then I mentioned we used to eat there. 'Oh, Wings. I used to work there.' (And they didn't know it was attached to a hotel?) It's been gone a couple of years. Doesn't seem that long since we ate there. It was a chain so maybe we will find another location.

When we try to find food, the only thing close is BK, Subway and Cracker Barrel. And their website says Cracker Barrel is closed. We look at a lot of places in town but can't find anything we want. So I finally call Cracker Barrel, they are open. But BB tries to order online but can not because it is closed ... so I call back and order via the phone.

The usual. BB has fish. I have meatloaf. We drive to pick it up. Too much snow and too cold to walk. It's only a couple of blocks across a field. We do it in the summer but not today.

Load board

US - 401

IA - 141

NC - 20

We have our plans made for tomorrow. We will not be taking any shortcuts that take us off the freeway. Most likely we will be stopping in Beckley at 400 miles for the day.

I did call the drop today and they are closed on Monday's. So no chance of dropping early. We will have a rental car and likely will do something.

LOG

8:45 - Leave Comfort Inn in Cedar Rapids IA

10:15 - Davenport IA - Flying J

12:15 - Morton IL - Steak and Shake

2:45 - Oakwood IL - Loves

3:45 - Crawfordsville IL - Comfort Inn

5:00 - Crawfordsville IL - Cracker Barrel