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 cheapest but not as big of spread today.
WOW. We have not been here for a couple of weeks. The 'overflow' lot is still as full as it has ever been. Likely another 200 RV's besides the 350 that are on the loadboard. All waiting for drivers.
2nd stop is the lot in Forest City. No one else is getting ready to pull out and we are there for 45 minutes. Where drivers, like us, park their cars is also about as empty as we have seen it except for over a holiday.
We both get red RV's. No issues to deal with, no cold to deal with.
The RV part has not changed on these but it is a new style of RAM chassis. There are the first ones we have seen that are keyless. They also are the first with active SiriusXM. And a new digital readout on the dash ... that defaults to metric every time you switch screens.
3rd stop is the Loves in Floyd. We each got a half a tank of fuel that the shipper no longer (?) bills us for. While we are there we have Subway. Total stop is a half hour.
It is nice not to have any wind or weather to worry about. This evening BB is looking at the weather for WY and they are expected to have winds up to 85 mph this week ... and if we would have gone that way we would have to sit and wait it out.
4th stop was Casey's in Center Point for a break.
5th stop is the Loves in Davenport for fuel. Earlier today Flying J had been cheapest online but Loves is cheaper now. And the place is packed. I finally get to a pump that is premium only :( so I have to get back in line somewhere else. And because I did not notice it until after I swiped my card, my card is declined the second time. Then when I am done fueling I am waiting for my receipt, and waiting, and waiting. Finally I get my receipt and error codes on the screen. But I am done, now it is someone else's problem.
6th and final stop is the 'new' Comfort Inn in Morton. The building has been here a long time but it has just become a Comfort Inn. And a plus for us was there was an attached restaurant ... which we find out is closed on Sundays.
The building is still nice, looks to have been a first class place. But the parking lot is really falling apart. No issues with the room, we also have a 2nd door to the outside. It has been a while since we have had one of those.
Once in, BB orders online from Cracker Barrell across the street. In a few minutes we walk over to get our food.
Tomorrow - we have our stops planned. We plan to get at least to Cross Lanes, which will be 500 miles. Hopefully we can get to Beckley which is another hour past Cross Lanes. There is only three major towns in WV on this freeway that have hotels so we can not be picky.
That will leave us about six hours to get to BB's drop on Tuesday. We do not have to deliver until Wednesday but they accept RV's later than most and it looks like we will have the time.
LOG
7:45 - Leave home
9:15 - Owattona MN Fleet Farm - fuel
10:15 - Forest City IA - pick up
12:00 - Floyd IA - Loves fuel
12:15 - Floyd IA - Loves / Subway
2:15 - Center Point IA - rest break
4:00 - Davenport IA - Loves - fuel
6:00 - Morton IL - Comfort Inn
6:45 - Morton IL - Cracker Barrell