2 RV's to Wilmington NC

... spending the night at Princeton WV

Breakfast today was ... yogurt.

We pull out at 7:30 central time. The sun is up and shining on our windows but there is still frost on them. But the frost was thin enough that it was gone by the time we were done with our inspection, paperwork and checking out.

No trucks in the ditch today. Either the weather had not been as bad here or they now have had enough time to remove them.

Going around Indy today I got behind an oversized load. Part of the time the pilot car was blocking a second lane but most of the time not. Did see one pickup pass the pilot car on the shoulder, and then it was stuck behind three other cars. Also two semi's passed the load at the same time. The oversized was in the center lane at the time and doing over the speed limit. The truck that was passing on the left thought it was going to use the merge lane to get past him but ran out of room. He couldn't have been more than a couple of feet ahead of the wide part when it he had to pull completely back in his lane.

1st stop is the rest are near Greenfield IN

2nd stop was in Dayton at the Loves, one exit past where we normally turn.

We talked about going to BK next door but couldn't tell if it was open. Only one car in the lot and the sign said 'hiring.' 1st we had fueled and by the time we had parked we could hear someone at their drivethru ordering. Not sure if they were open for indoor seating. It is warmer today. It might have been 10 degrees above zero at noon. Loves had a Hardees so that was lunch.

3rd stop was the rest area near Rio Grande west of Gallipolis OH.

4th stop was the rest area near Kimberly WV

Today I had my toll pass on my clip board. I had it pressed against the window but it wouldn't read it at the toll booth so they toll taker said hold it higher. That worked. So the next to toll booths I just waved the toll pass around until it read it.

From the Kimberly rest area we decided on stopping in Princeton tonight. It would still be daylight when we got there. The only plus side for pushing is we would have all of the tolls behind us (and we will be 30 miles further south)

5th and final stop is the Sleep Inn in Princeton. Lots of signs in this hotel reminding people when 'quiet time' is. I'm thinking it has been an issue. As we walked down the hall we noticed big signs on some of the doors with the list of who gets which room, also lots of high school age kids going from one room to the other. But so far so good, all is quiet.

Food tonight was from Dolly's Diner. It has the layout of a Waffle House but tonight had many times the staff of a Waffle House, and it was packed. Glad we walked, not sure where I would have parked. It was about a five minute walk. The food didn't get too cold before we got back.

BB had a breakfast wrap, I had a chicken salad sandwich. Good food.

Loadboard

US - 387

IA - 132

We have less than 400 miles for tomorrow. We could do our last fuel fill here but gas is cheaper down the road so we may do the math so we don't leave too much fuel. If we filled here we would arrive tomorrow on 'E' which is not the best plan.

Likely four stops tomorrow, we already have our hotel reserved for the next two nights. It should be 50 degrees when we get to Wilmington tomorrow. It will be below freezing in the AM. Then a high on Monday of 50 degrees. So it might not be a nice day to just hang out on the beach.

LOG

7:30 - Leave Comfort Inn - Crawfordsville IN

9:15 - Greenfield IN - rest area

10:45 - Dayton OH - Loves - fuel

11:00 - Dayton OH - Hardees (inside Loves)

1:30 - Rio Grande OH - rest area

3:15 - Kimberly WV - rest area

4:45 - Princeton WV - Sleep Inn

5:45 - Princeton WV - Dolly's Diner