220509
Load board US - 673 IA - 300/296
220507 Farm
Saturday I got there at 8:30, Ray was there fueling the tractor from a trailer behind his pickup. He sold his 'shop truck.' 9-1 <> Larry's - Ray was there as I was doing the last round 1:30 - 2:30 - Field near 65 2:30 - 5 - Landing pad 5-8:30 - home place That was it. It has rained enough that...
220506 Farm
Yesterday, Thursday, I headed up to the fields as soon as we had unloaded our luggage. I had called ahead so I knew the tractor was at 'Hoggies.' Ray had done all of Nelsons and had done less than a dozen rounds here.(I (I didn't keep notes but I think I) Headed down to Larry's and did those <>...
220505 TX-MN
1 sleeper tractor Faribault MN (delivered)... spending the night at home No alarm, we are 40 miles from the drop. Breakfast - Eggs and sausage and grape juice. Ham patties are the other type of meat they have sometimes here. I did ask. And when I did, someone else commented that their kids were disa...
220504 TX-MN
1 sleeper tractor Faribault MN... spending the night at Albert Lea MN This AM there were still trucks in the hotel parking lot that were there last night when I had to move mine. And there were new trucks taking up more than one spot. My guess is I was parked where someone else wanted to park and th...
220503 TX-MN
1 sleeper tractor Faribault MN... spending the night at Emporia KS We will be running later today so we were not up at the crack of dawn. Breakfast ?? The scrambled eggs were quiet dry, I took the last link of sausage, the apples were bruised and soft and both orange juice's were water (I left the c...
220502 TX-MN
1 city bus to Beaumont TX (delivered) 1 sleeper tractor Faribault MN (Tuesday)... spending the night at Beaumont TX After I did my write-up last night for yesterday, I started doing my paperwork for this trip... OPPS.... Back in Williams TX when I was fueling the pump shut off at $75 because of a cr...
220501 CA-TX
1 city bus to Beaumont TX... spending the night at Beaumont TX Breakfast - At a full $100+ hotel and we get a nuke sandwich in a paper bag... and a water. Running a few minutes late so we pull out at 7:45 instead of 7:30. Not a fun trip via I-35e through Dallas. Road construction and narrow lanes. 1...
220430 CA-TX
1 city bus to Beaumont TX... spending the night at Gainesville TX No alarm but I was awake a little after 6 AM, and thought it was the middle of the night. I must have slept well. Breakfast was eggs and yogurt. We pull out of the hotel at 9 AM, instead of our usual 7:30. Less miles to go today. 1st...
220429 CA-TX
1 city bus to Beaumont TX... spending the night at Amarillo TX Breakfast, they gave us a form to fill out but there was no one in the breakfast area so we just helped ourselves. I had planned on just yogurt but all they had was peach. So I had an 'egg over hard' and sausage. But earlier... I was awa...
220428 CA-TX
1 city bus to Beaumont TX... spending the night at Holbrook AZ Alarm went off as usual, a little harder getting up after a long, long day. But we stayed on schedule until...... we went down for breakfast. It has been a while since we have been here, we forgot that it is a sit down, server, made to o...
220427 CA-TX
(Just about midnight and we should be shutting down soon) Load board US - 593 IA - 233/231
220426 CA-TX
1 bus heading to Beaumont TX... spending the night at Santa Nella CA Slept in again today. That is not going to last long. Went down for breakfast but they did not have any juice, yogurt or hot food. They did have nuke sandwiches but only biscuit or muffin so I ate my leftovers for breakfast instead...
220425 IA-CA
2 RV's heading to Manteca CA (delivered)... spending the night at Livermore CA Breakfast - leftovers from last nights food truck. We get a late checkout and then leave the hotel about 8:30. We have less than a mile to go so not an issue ? Traffic is light enough at that time that we can get across t...
220424 IA-CA
2 RV's heading to Manteca CA... spending the night at Manteca CA Not much for excitement today. We had gone to bed last night at 9:30 central (7:30 local) and I didn't wake up until 6:30 local. BB had gotten up for a while after being in bed because the people at the pool were so loud. Two people wo...
220423 IA-CA
2 RV's heading to Manteca CA... spending the night at Manteca CA We don't leave quite as early as yesterday so we have time for breakfast today. As soon as we walk out of the room we can smell the bacon. Bacon and real scrambled eggs is what I had. BB had an egg wrap. No apple juice so I had a littl...
220422 IA-CA
2 RV's heading to Manteca CA... spending the night at Elko NV Up at 5 AM local time, leaving by 6 AM. Breakfast was one piece each of last nights pizza. (When I went to check out the clerk did not say a signal word to me) I said I needed a receipt and they gave it to me... It was just getting light...
220421 IA-CA
2 RV's heading to Manteca CA... spending the night at Rawlins WY Breakfast was omelettes and ring sausage. Good food. Headed out at 7:30 our time, 6:30 local. The trucks that were there last night are already gone. Mileage is good this AM, we have a nice tailwind. Nice as in our mileage has increase...
220420 IA-CA
2 RV's heading to Manteca CA... spending the night at Sidney NE Hot breakfast items were biscuits and gravy and waffles. I had yogurt. We pull out at our usual 7:30. Somewhere still in IA we hit a patch of rain that was so hard that we had to have the wipers on high and had to slow down. 10 minutes...
220419 IA-CA
2 RV's heading to Manteca CA... spending the night at Waukee IA Up about our usual time this AM. Plan was to call in and take two runs to Bozeman today and then do 1 or 2 more trips to Bozeman back to back. We had made the car reservation last night (instead of after the fact like our last trip.) Th...
220418 MN
Load board US - 580 IA - 305
220416 IA-AR
2 RV's heading to AR - (delivered)... spending the night at home Real eggs again for breakfast, makes me not want to eat the instant ones anymore. Slept in late again today, left the hotel at 9 AM. 1st stop was in Clear Lake at the Pilot for car fuel. 2nd stop was at the shippers lot to pick up our...
220415 IA-AR
2 RV's heading to AR - (delivered)... spending the night at Cedar Falls IA From a couple of days ago... When we were near Nevada, MO we saw a couple of horse pulled buggies. Neither looked like typical Amish buggies are typical Amish dress. But there is an Amish settlement in the area.... Yesterday...
220414 IA-AR
2 RV's heading to AR - (delivered)... spending the night at West Memphis AR... another 12+ hour day. Up early today. I wanted to make sure that I was at my drop before 3 PM. If BB's drop took over an hour that could be an issue. Breakfast was real eggs and a sausage, plus a yogurt. Likely a good ide...
220413 IA-AR
2 RV's heading to AR - Springdale & Conway... spending the night at Joplin MO 5:30 AM (?) the alarm goes off. We want to make sure we are at the office at 8 AM so we get headed down the road. Breakfast, not a 'good food' day but what there is is good. (No bacon or ring sausage) We are going to be a...
220412 IA-AR
2 RV's heading to AR (Wednesday)... spending the night at Albert Lea MN We have been trying to stay ahead of the weather since we dropped yesterday. Actually we rushed this whole trip because we knew the snow was coming in behind us. That storm is dumping inches/feet of snow in MT, ND and northern M...
220411 IA-MT
2 RV's heading to Bozeman MT (delivered)... spending the night at Murdo SD After we went down for breakfast, I called the RV dispatch when they opened to see if we could request trips for Wednesday yet (usually it is 24 hours, this is 48 hrs) We could because it was an older trip. So we are taking t...
220410 IA-MT
2 RV's heading to Bozeman MT... spending the night at Bozeman MT Breakfast? Hot food was biscuits and gravy so we settle for yogurt. Pulled out at 7:30 local. 1st stop was across the freeway at the Flying J for fuel. Cheaper here than any place beyond here. While we were there another RV pulled in,...
220409 IA-MT
2 RV's heading to Bozeman MT... spending the night at Rapid City SC Plan was to get going earlier so the alarm was set at 5:45 (I would have just skipped breakfast) So we were able to get out of the room at 7:15 but then there was frost on the car... so we still ended up leaving at 7:30, our usual t...
220408 IA-MT
2 RV's heading to Bozeman MT (Saturday)... spending the night at Albert Lea MN Delivered last night so today is an 'all car' travel day. We looked at lots of trips from lots of ways. There were some trips going to Canada that we would meet someone near the border on that would pay really good. But w...
220407 VA-IL
Computer issues yesterday 13 hour day today... Deadheading back to MN Friday after our drop, no work lined up yet for the weekend. Load board US - 645 IA - 373/369 (Due to computer issues, this was not written up the day it happened. It was written up six weeks later, based on the stops that were lo...
220406 VA-IL
(Due to computer issues, this was not written up the day it happened. It was written up six weeks later, based on the stops that were logged) Breakfast ? - Unknown 1st stop was the airport where I dropped BB to pick up the rental car. I did wait at the parking lot until she texted that she had a car...
220405 IA-NC
2 RV's heading to North Carolina (Selma-delivered and Wilmington)... spending the night at Wilmington NC Left out almost on time this AM. 1st stop was at Lambsburg at the Loves. Just habit, we could have driving another mile and stopped at the welcome center and it would have been a faster in and ou...
220404 IA-NC
2 RV's heading to North Carolina (Selma and Wilmington)... spending the night at Beckley WV We have breakfast and then head out at our usual time. I do ask the desk clerk what hotel this used to be... Park Inn by Radisson. 1st stop is the rest area near Covington IN Roads are clear, weather is good...
220403 IA-NC
2 RV's heading to North Carolina... spending the night at Morton IL No breakfast at this place today:) We pull out close to 7:30. We could have left yesterday but I didn't set any records getting my paperwork done so we just decided to wait. 1st stop is in Owattona for fuel at Fleet Farm, still the...
220402 IA-NC
2 RV's heading to North Carolina (Sunday)... spending the night at home We talked last night, we talked this AM. The weather is to 'iffy' to head to CA. No cars out of MT. Less work in the northeast and if I call that dispatcher they will want me to wait for a bus and we want to keep moving. Also an...