1 RV heading to Elkhart IN (delivered)

... spending the night at home

Big breakfast area, almost nothing for food. Two waffle makers, a fridge, juice machine and a Hostess tray.

Heading out as the sun is coming up.

I have taken my I-pass down. I have created a problem that may take days, but hopefully no dollars to work out.

Yikes ... now I see why I hit something at the toll booth yesterday. I have less than two inches between my mirror and the posts on each side. And that assumes that my mirrors are flat at the edge which they are not.

1st stop is for fuel at the Loves in Edon. It is the last gas we will see for under $4 until we are back in WI. While we are there I see a new package van fueling and then see the driver. So I walk over and ask where they are going. PA, we talk a bit. BB comes of and talks also, and takes a peek inside ... no, she does not want to ride in the flip seat in one of those. This person works for our company also, but this trip is with another carrier.

As we are pulling out I see another transporter in a box truck but we are already leaving.

2nd stop - the drop - I have memorized the turns once we get off the tollway in Elkhart so no issues finding the drop. But no one answers the phone so I walk into the closest building. The door is un-marked but it is the correct place. Within 20 minutes I have seen everyone I need to and I am dropped and ready to head out.

Next stop is also in Elkhart, today BB has picked the Jimmy Johns a mile or so away from the drop.

No new work on the load board so I call my MN dispatchers to see if they have anything coming back to MN from IL, IN or IA. They may have yesterday but that dispatcher never calls me back.

Coming out of the last IN toll booth I could see that a truck was stopped in the EZ-Pass only lane so I went thru a cash lane. They take longer but it was moving. The first truck in the other lane did get thru, then a car and then the semi that I would have been behind sat there, and sat there. Finally the gate did open. Two out of three vehicles having issues? More likely the EZ-pass system was having issues.

Opps, they moved the road again and we end up where we do not want to be. Getting from I-294 to I-290. I was in the wrong lane, now. It used to be the correct lane. Not sure why but they have detour signs for people like us who miss the turn? (or maybe there is another reason, one that we did not see) It only took a few minutes but by now BB is looking for a restroom and the two Oasis on this route are now closed and ready to be torn down. I'm guessing that the gas stations that will stay also have rest rooms but we didn't think of that until later.

3rd stop was in Hampshire at the Loves, it was about 10 miles closer than the next oasis. It sits right on the corner of two major roads but it is a long way around to get there. Road Ranger would be much quicker but it is not quite as nice.

More later ...

(written one day later)

4th stop is at the BP where fuel was $3.69 and we have a gift card for.

5th stop is the Log Cabin Deli in Mauston for food. Besides my chicken salad sandwich I also try their ham and macaroni salad. Good, but not worth giving up my sandwich for. I eat most of my sandwich, the rest of it I wear until I get home. Not car friendly food.

We have had a lot of deli sandwiches this trip. All good, most are too much for one meal.

Load board

US - 596

IA - 357/350

Tomorrow we will be up early to return the rental car and drive to IA to pick up our car. No work yet.

LOG

6:45 - Sanduski OH - Quality Inn - leave hotel

9:00 - Eidon OH - Loves - fuel

10:30 - Elkhart IN - drop

11:00 - Elkhart IN - Jimmy Johns

2:00 - Hampshire IL - Loves - rest break

3:00 - Janesville WI - BP - fuel

4:00 - Mauston WI - Log Cabin Deli

7:00 - home