2 RV's to Wilmington NC

... spending the night at Wilmington NC

Breakfast - This is a 100+ room hotel and it has about 10 small tables in the breakfast area. Very crowded, not much food. No yogurt of refrigerated items. All sandwiches must be requested at the front desk. I got a bacon, egg and cheese biscuit from the desk and one Pop-Tart from the breakfast area.

For the hotel being full of kids, the only time we heard anything was last night when some of them lined up in the hall outside of our room to race down the hall. They were trying to decide what to do when they got to the doorway part way down the hall.

Last night we also had a dog across the hall backing for a little bit. BB opened our door and when it barked she would yell 'Shhh,' it would stop and then bark again. But after a few times it was quiet and that was the last we heard of it.

When we checked out I saw there was another $1.50 safe fee on my bill. That took more than a few minutes to get taken off. This is the 3rd time recently. The other two times I did not take the time to have it taken off. We can go for months without seeing a fee and then back to back nights. Corporate says there is nothing they can do about it, it is the local hotels.

We left the hotel about a half hour later than usual. Partly because we were in no rush and partly because I get started on something on the computer and loose track of time.

1st stop - Wythville - Flying J. Plan had been to stop at the Speedway next door but gas was $.10 more today than what it showed on the computer. When I looked at the Circle K sign it had the cheaper price when I was coming up the ramp but then I watched it go up the $.10. Again? We just missed it?

So we go to Flying J and while I fueling there I see that the Circle K sign is going back and forth between the cash and credit price.

About the only excitement for the day was when we were going through Winston-Salem. There was a guy driving about 30 mph on the freeway without his hazards on. No accident while we were there.

2nd stop was the TA/Popeyes for lunch in Whitsett. Never been here before, didn't know where to park so we parked in the car spots along the edge. It is 40 degrees but that is still too cold for BB to eat outside ?

We ordered and got our food. I was wondering what they did to our order to make the price so high. When our actual order was correct I looked at the receipt. They had charged me $2.99 for a cup ... of water. Same price as pop. And it is listed as 'water' so it wasn't something the person did, it is how they have the computer set up. I was going to go back and complain but there was always a line. Not worth the wait.

3rd stop is the rest area near Benson - BB made reservations last night for the hotel so no need to do that today.

4th and final stop is the Comfort Inn in Wilmington. Easy to find. Just stay in the I-40 until it turns into a city street and then it was on the left after a few stop lights. Five miles back to the rental car, three miles forward to the drop on Tuesday.

If we would have fueled in Princeton near the hotel, our fuel range should have brought us in to Wilmington on -0-. Instead we went 40 miles down the road to Wythville and filled so we should have had a safe 40 miles range when we got to Wilmington. Nope, better mileage so we got to Wilmington with a range of over 100 miles. Two units that is over 5 gallons too much, $15+ left in the tank.

There is a bar next door that opens at 4 PM but when we get there at four the place is still empty. When we go for a walk later there is still only one car and an OPEN sign. While walking we see a Mexican place and BB would rather have that than bar food so we order there. It is kind of like a Subway that the food is all made in front of you as you go down the line. I had a enchiladas and when I saw how small it was I also ordered two tacos.

We ate in our room.

This place is another 100+ room hotel, this one has five floors and a huge parking lot. Maybe 10 cars and a few trucks? Pretty quite.

We spend hours ??? before we shut off the lights talking about what our plans are. First it is stay south of the snow line. But it is month end in IA and there is already over 100 on the load board. It will likely be up over 200 before month end. We still do not have a plan. But we do know that most places we are looking at, the cars are cheap again.

LOG

7:00 - Left Sleep Inn Princeton WV

8:00 - Wythville VA - Flying J - fuel

11:00 - Whitseth NC - TA/Popeyes

1:00 - Benson NC - rest area

3:00 - Wilmington NC - Comfort Inn

5:00 - Wilmington NC - Islands Fresh Mex