2 RV's to Morgan Hill CA (delivered)

1 bus to Milwaukee WI

... spending the night at Rocklin CA

Load board

US - 482

IA - 245/238

(written two days later)

Breakfast and then we were gone.

We pull out at 8:15 thinking we had plenty of time. Very light traffic as we head out. We have decided to take I-5 even though it is 15 minutes further, we know that route.

1st stop is the Flying J in Lodi. It is our only planned stop. Even in this rural area there are homeless tents in the ditches next to the Flying J. The one person I see walking between tents looks like someone you'd see out shopping, not strung out on drugs or abandon.

2nd stop is a Chevron in Dublin. BB's mileage has been going up today, My RV started the day with an excess range of 90 miles this AM, by Lodi it was down to 50 miles, but Dublin it was down to 20 extra miles and we still have 50 miles to go and I was still loosing range. I put in 2-1/2 gallons expecting to get an increase in range of about 40 miles. I got an increase of 60.

3rd stop was in Morgan Hill to spot my RV in a parking lot. If I hadn't filled, I would have gotten here with 2 miles to spare ... or walked the last two miles.

4th stop is 10 miles down the road at the rental car place in Gilroy.

Before we fuel, we drop the car in a no parking zone along the street near the drop.

5th stop is back at the gas station near where I staged my RV.

6th stop is at the drop, we get there with minutes to spare. I was expecting three people to come out and inspect. One person met us in the lot and did most of the inspection. A second person did join in the inspection later. These are small RV's and often take 15 minutes to inspect. Here it took an hour and 15 minutes to inspect.

As soon as we are signed off, I call the bus dispatcher ... call back in 30 minutes.

7th stop was back next to the gas station at the In-n-Out. We eat inside and as soon as we are done we call the bus dispatch again.

Milwaukee ... that from 'it doesn't look promising' a few days ago.

The paperwork will be ready at 4 PM, we leave right away and get there at 4:30 and the paperwork is there.

8th stop is the shipper. We see one other driver in the bus next to us that is heading to Delaware but we do not talk to him. All checks out and we are off to drop off the rental car. This place is easier to pick BB up. I pull over in a bus stop and can see traffic for a mile behind me.

Traffic is/isn't bad. It takes almost three hours to go 110 miles.

When I shut the bus off an alarm goes off. I try various things and I don't find out why. We go back out later and try again, no solution. We will call tech support in the AM.

There is one other transporter in the parking lot. Plus a few other large units.

8th stop is back at the Comfort in Rocklin. As I pull in, I hit the curb because the sun was in my eyes. I have hit this often before. More concerning is that when I was backing up into a parking spot, I looked at the branches for a few seconds and got within a few feet of a car. BB was back waving for me to stop, and I did, but for a second I had lost track of her and was watching the branch. No harm done, just a good shake.

For food, we walk to the Taco Bell, lobby closed. We walk to Jack-in-the-Box, lobby closed. So back to Arby's, again. Someone else that had checked out the other two places follows us in.