1 tree truck to Romeoville IL (delivered)
2 RV's, 1 RV to Greer SC, 1 RV to Myrtle Beach SC
... spending the night at Albert Lea MN
Rare day that BB share her dream from last night ... she was pregnant. The dream might have something to do with us just finding out we are going to be great-grandparents for the first time. And having a grand-niece being born yesterday.
Breakfast - I don't remember.
We leave the hotel at 7:30 local, most of the other trucks are gone.
1st stop is in Hebron at the Pilot for fuel. I do the math and put in an extra gallon.
We sail through Chicago before 9 AM without hardly slowing down. Also we were not getting run off the road. A rare good day in Chicago traffic.
2nd stop is the airport in Romeoville. Not sure where the terminal is, the rental cars were in one of the sheds. The parking lot there was smaller than some McDonalds parking lots. But it was almost empty so there was room enough for me to turn around and park with a truck. No one else was coming or going so we switched our luggage to the rental car.
From there it is another six miles on city streets. Still working on the roads, we had hoped they would be done by now.
3rd stop as the drop. I pull around back and the doors are all still snowed in so I call my contact. Park it on the end of the building and bring the keys and paperwork in. They signed in the office, never looked at the truck to even see if it was really there.
I had hoped to get a RAX for lunch today. We are 10 miles from the closest one, right down the main street we are on. But ... they will not open for another half hour. We are done at the drop at 10 AM. So we head home.
4th stop is for food in Peru at a Jimmy Johns.
5th stop is in Davenport at the Pilot for fuel. Still $2.99
Not much for news as we traveled.
6th stop is at the Flying J in Waterloo for a rest break.
7th stop - Loves in Walcott - Gas is $2.99. We guess at how much gas we will need.
8th stop is the shipping lot in Forest City to pick up our personal car. It is 4:30. Dispatch entered a few new trips around noon and then nothing until we were with 20 miles of Forest City. Cell service was bad so the loadboard wasn't displaying quickly. We kept waiting for something better. Once we were in the parking lot be watched the board. We wouldn't be able to watch it while each of us was driving a car.
Finally we decided on two SC trips. They had been added within the hour and we had time to do the math. We call when it seems that they seem to have stopped entering orders. We get the trips. We have a plan.
8th and final stop is the Comfort Inn in Albert Lea. After we check in we order food online from the Main Street. We hadn't looked to see where it was. It is in the Quality Inn. We have stayed there before but then it was closed because of lack of help.
BB just had a sandwich. I had a sandwich, and onion rings. When I picked up the order they asked what the 2nd order (BB) wanted for a side. She didn't, so I picked ham soup.
Too much food. I didn't eat it all.
Load board
US - 477
IA - 191
LOG
6:30 - Leave Comfort Inn in Lafayette IN
7:45 - Hebron IN - Pilot
9:15 - Romeoville IL - Lewis airport - pick up rental car
9:45 - Romeoville IL - drop truck
11:30 - Peru IL - Jimmy Johns
1:00 - Davenport IA - Flying J - fuel
3:00 - Waterloo IA - Flying J - rest break
3:30 - Floyd IA - Loves - fuel
4:30 - Forest City IA - shipper
6:00 - Albert Lea MN - Comfort Inn
7:00 - Albert Lea MN - Main Street - food