1 tree truck to Olathe KS

... spending the night at Olathe KS

Breakfast - Both BB and I had breakfast today. Eggs, sausage and juice.

We leave the hotel at 7:15, a few minutes earlier than usual.

Google Maps showed it was a few minutes quicker to avoid Nashville so we followed the other route. Getting on that road took a while but the road was wide open once we were on it. That was about 8 AM. Road construction was supposed to start at 9 AM with lane closures. So narrow window to get through.

1st stop was the welcome center in Oak Grove KY for a rest room break

2nd stop was for fuel in Paducah at the 5 Star. Gas was four cents cheaper at Walmart but it would have been harder to get to and to get in and out of.

3rd stop was in Mount Vernon for food. Plan had been Arby's but then we thought of Steak and Shake. As BB was looking it up, she saw that there is now a McCallister's next to it. So McCallister's it was. BB ordered online so the food was ready when we got there. No tables outdoors so we stood by our truck. It was close to 60 degrees here today. No five second rule when you are standing in the parking lot eating :(

4th stop was past St Louis at Wright City, a rest area.

5th stop was for fuel in Boonville at Pilot. My mileage has been going down most of the day. We did have a nice tail wind for about 40 miles. Other than that it has been a stiff cross wind. Strong enough that it is kicking off my cruise. And on the Ford's, the truck has to be re-started to re-set the cruise. After stopping here it did not re-set so I may need to call dispatch before I deliver. Not sure if the no-cruise light is a a warning light to the delivering company.

6th and final stop was the Holiday Inn in Olathe. Once we are in we order sandwiches online at Joe's BBQ across the parking lot. Our other choice was Johnny's Italian. But we thought that would be too much food.

BB spent a lot of time looking for a hotel. She wanted one with laundry, she wanted a Choice brand hotel, she wanted one with food near. This one does not have laundry and is not a Choice. But it is close to the rental car which is important if we do get much snow. We are now less than 10 miles from the drop and 'should?,' maybe, be on the south edge of the snow.

We have a new hotel app that we have been looking at and one hotel in the area was about 1/3 of this hotel but we are not sure we are comfortable with using a 3rd party app. Yet.

Forecast is still for snow overnight. We will decide what to do in the AM. Rental car is for noon but hopefully we can change that if needed.

Load board

US - 527

IA - 265/262

NC now has two trucks to MN :( and we are in KS.

One of the CA RV's we were looking at was taken early AM, but by close of day there is two again.

There are also two RV's going to FL but we can not find a rental car to get us out of FL yet. We can call on work for Friday in the AM tomorrow. It will take us most of the day to get the rental car back to MN.

LOG

7:15 - Leave Comfort Inn - Lebanon TN

8:45 - Oak Grove KY - rest area

10:15 - Peducah KY - 5 Stars - fuel

12:00 - Mount Vernon IL - McCallister's Deli

2:30 - Wright City MO - rest area

4:15 - Boonsville MO - Pilot - fuel

6:15 - Olathe KS - Holiday Inn

6:45 - Olathe KS - Joes BBQ