2 RV's to El Cajon CA

... spending the night at Cameron MO

Today we can eat in our cars so we thought we might get going early. Nope, I guess it isn't breakfast that slows us down.

I'm not quite ready to leave the room so BB heads out ahead. When I am ready I just grab my things and go, halfway down the haul ... CLUNK ... my computer fell out of my back pack onto the floor. Somehow the zipper opened all the way up while I walked, as I am packing I realize that I hadn't zipped any of the pockets on my backpack. ???

It is 3 degrees and windy this AM. I start my car and go back in to check out and get some breakfast before heading out. Hmmm on our car we can not lock it with the car running and the keys outside the car. Oh well, I have the keys so no one can move it.

Last night the desk clerk did not know how to print our paperwork but the AM person did. This location does not have a business center for people to do things themselves.

Breakfast - bacon, yogurt, juice. By the time I went from the building to my car my bacon went from hot and limp to frozen. Even my juice felt like it was a little icy. Good bacon. Some places have stuff that looks like bacon. Here it tastes like bacon :)

Non-stop to the airport. At these temps I am not going to walk the cemetery and take pictures of graves. I go to the cell phone area until I think BB should be ready. I'm close when she calls, she wants to use the restroom before I pick her up. So once around the loop and she is walking out as I am pulling up. And we are on our way back to Forest City.

2nd stop is the Kwik Star for food and fuel. The only fast food in Forest City now is the A&W so we decided shelf food from Kwik Star was just as good. As I was fueling there was an employee who came past to scrape off any the 'I did that' stickers off the fuel pumps.

For food I did get my rib sandwich.

3rd stop was the shipper. It is Saturday so the building is locked and our paperwork is in a filing cabinet. No trips had been removed from the load board this AM so we thought they might be closed. Nope, there were two dispatchers in the office and the boss was outside doing inspections of more RV's that were being brought over today. Besides they ones they were parking in the lot today there are now 50+ in the company employee lot to move as soon as there is room. I think 300 RV's is likely the max the lot will hold.

There is one other couple picking up RV's while we were there. Not sure if we had seen them before or not. No standing and talking at these temps. There also was one guy loading a flat bed with RV's, he was wearing just a t-shirt and was in no hurry.

Today it took us our full hour to do our inspections. Part of that time was warming up in our car which we left nearby and running until we were ready to go.

No more RV trips made it on the loadboard today so they must be stock piling them for when people take trips later.

4th stop was the Loves in Ellsworth IA. We both had enough fuel to make it an hour without fueling. I'm surprised they did let us leave with the wind speeds what they were. Sometimes they hold the orders until the winds drop.

5th stop is the rest area in Osceola

6th stop is the Loves in Eagleville - we were not low yet but we would not make it to the next Loves if we didn't stop here.

Lots of places to stop every half hour along here.

The wind takes its toll on my wrap and I have to stop at an exit. I stopped quick enough so none of the wrap was damaged and I was able to get it re-anchored. For now.

7th and final stop is the Quality Inn in Cameron. It is right at dark and there is a McD's next door. That is food tonight.

Load board

US - 557

IA - 299/296

We have our plan for tomorrow. Lots of stops because of fuel. Weather should be good, but there could be wind. We have shut down before on this route because of the wind. And we are driving bigger units this time.

LOG

7:30 - Albert Lea MN - left Comfort Inn

9:00 - MSP - drop rental car

10:30 - Albert Lean MN

11:15 - Forest City IA - Kwik Star - food and fuel

11:30 - Forest City IA - shipper

2:00 - Ellsworth IA - Loves - fuel

4:00 - Osceola IA - rest area

4:30 - Eagleville MO - Loves - fuel

6:00 - Cameron MO - Quality Inn

6:30 - Cameron MO - McD's