2 RV's heading to Greer SC (delivered)

... spending the night at Richmond IN

We have given up, we are deadheading home.

But this AM ...

We finished our leftovers from last night, even split in two it was still too much food.

Nothing was showing up on the load board so at 9 AM I finally call the local dispatcher here. The shippers are working this week, just nothing so far.

But we need to get moving to make it back by Friday night so I call on the non-CDL truck going to WI. I do not get a warm and fuzzy feeling from the dispatcher. Then when I ask about it they say it is at someone's house and I would have to call to set up a time to pick it up. Nope. I passed on it right there.

Nothing else works so we are heading home ... and we will likely net about -0- for this weeks work. But we did eat and sleep indoors :)

BB is able to make all the needed changes to the rental car online so we are good to go. Down side is that we had rented the car at 8 AM and now it is closer to 11 AM before we are leaving town. Three hours gone on the rental car and now we need to make about 600-700 miles a day to get it returned in two days. We wouldn't worry about it if we had made some money, but ...

1st stop is at a WalMart in King. Time for a restroom break and the gas station at the last exit was too far off the freeway and the rest area is still 20 miles ahead.

The trees here are turning red from the little buds that are pushing out. A few trees are in full bloom as are some flowers.

2nd stop is at a Pilot for the Arbey's in Wytheville. A bus was just getting ready to leave and the manager inside was on the phone with someone about people walking off with food that was not theirs.

People - I had pulled out to pass and then back in when they sped up. Then I pulled out again when they slowed down. There was one car a ways behind me but they were not gaining fast ... at the time. Then next thing I know they are right on my bumper. I can not see any headlights, as soon as they can get between us they did ... and drove beside me with their window rolled down. I never look over until they pass and that is when I seen their window going up. At the rate of speed they were following me, and then left me ... I MAY have slowed them down for 15 seconds. But that was enough to get them annoyed.

I did see that at one of the truck stops in NE we have stopped at that two truck drivers that had been yelling at each other on the CB stopped and fired shots before being arrested. Lots of loose cannons out here.

Not sure what I was, or wasn't thinking. We had our I-Pass up but I didn't get in the correct lane at the toll booths so I had to wait in line. Then next two I did correctly.

3rd stop was at the Loves in Rio Grande for fuel at the Loves. BB had miss guessed how far it was and now it was almost an emergency stop. The new road, US-35, does not have anything along it yet. Not even any brush to run out into.

Somewhere along here BB says 'you do not want to hear this ...' and didn't tell me then. Some hours later she did tell me. Six hours after we left the hotel, there were three pickups from near our drop that would go right past our house and drop 30 miles away from it. $$$ flush ... but by then it was too late to go back, pick them up and still make Friday delivery.

4th and final stop is the Comfort Inn in Richmond. It is after dark. We still have 800 miles to go to get home tomorrow. It may not happen.

Before we go to the hotel we stop at Wendy's first. We both get chili, I also get a small chicken sandwich.

This last trip I started a new FaceBook group. At first only 2 people joined. Then since last night it has jumped to 78 members. I wasn't looking forward to being a moderator again but now I am.

And in an un-related turn of events, after being very active in our company FaceBook group, I deleted myself tonight.

Load board

US - 556

WI - 341/334

We have talked a lot about different trips that we could take leaving Friday. Between rental cars and weather nothing looks good. A trip that showed up when we were sitting waiting for these RV's last week ... they were going to SC. Rental cars out of that town today are $1,454 a DAY.

The oldest trips on the load board are going to Kalispell MT, rental cars out of there are $300 a day PLUS $.25 a mile ... so over $250 on top of the $900 for a three day rental. We need to get cars for about $100 a day to make money.

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