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 between Conway and Little Rock we traveled that stretch three times in a few hours. On the first pass I saw a tire blow, the dust, the rubber flying. On the 2nd pass there was a different truck with two tires on one end of an axle that were flat. On the 3rd pass there was a school bus with a blown front tire.
Today ... I was awake at 5:30 but BB was still sleeping ... then BB turned on the light for me at 7:30. I must have been tired.
Breakfast. Eggs and (dry) sausage.
We head out about 9 AM.
1st stop is Cape Girardeau at a Rhode 10 Truckstop.
2nd stop is for food at McCallesters in Arnold. Easy in and out. BB orders on line, we walk in, grab our food and leave. No contact.
Our first idea was to stop at Schlotzsky's but the they were 'temporarily closed.'
Easy route. I-55 to STL and then a well known route (for us) from there to Forest City. US-61, which becomes US-218. The main road changes names, those highways do not become the other number.
3rd stop was the Loves in New London because it had been two hours.
4th stop was the WalMart in Hannibal (because someone couldn't wait another 15 minutes until we stopped) for fuel. Fuel here was $.50 less than the Loves in New London. That is worth a 2nd stop.
5th stop is the Pilot in Mount Pleasant because there are no rest area's on this highway.
6th stop is Cedar Falls. First at the Rice House and then to our Comfort Inn for the night. We will try to remember that this food is not that good. We have eaten here before and did not remember for this time :)
If we had taken the truck to Des Moines we would have gotten there about 9 PM and they closed at 5 PM. Maybe next time.
Load board
US - 594
IA - 321/319
We should be home by mid-afternoon tomorrow. We still have not decided what we will do next week.
One of the drivers got themselves talked into doing a CA run this week. This AM they were sitting in Little America waiting for the WY roads to re-open ... and Donners Pass was also closed. Not pluses for us wanting to go that way just yet.