2 RV's to Draper UT (delivered)

... spending the night at Gothenburg NE

Made to order omelette again. :)

... and got going late again. Kind of hoping there would be new work before we left, but no.

There is one transporter in the hotel lot this AM. A roll-off truck and a carrier I have not heard of before.

1st stop is Rawlins at the TA for the restroom. By then the local dispatcher had called to see where I was ... (didn't we have this conversation yesterday?)

2nd stop was in Laramie for fuel at the Tumbleweed. Plan had been to fuel in Buford but I had lost enough range that I would not be able to make it to Cheyenne if there was an issue in Buford. It showed I had a good range left but the gauge had been laying flat on E for a while. When we get to the Tumbleweed there are lines. Three pumps in one row and people coming in from both directions depending on which side their tank was on. We wondered how long we would wait but everyone was in and out quickly. Biggest issue was that people on the building side had to wait for all three pumps to clear to move ahead. But fuel was $.40 cheaper than anywhere else in town so it was worth it.

While we are waiting I call the local dispatcher back to see if they have work for Monday. They only have one 1,000+ trip and I/we need to be back on Tuesday night.

3rd stop was in Cheyenne at the Little Philly ... closed, no sign. (I look now and it does say permanently closed on Google but did not say that on BB's i-phone)

So Jimmy Johns a few blocks down the street. This is in down town. They had about six parking spots and they were all full. All other close parking spots had 'tow' signs. Not worth it.

We ended up at Silver Mine Subs. They were open. Good food but my philly could have used some mayo.

I didn't time this but it likely took us an hour to find and eat food. We are/were not in a rush so we ate inside instead of at the wheel.

4th stop was Sidney at Loves for the restroom. On the trip out I had noticed that the Perkins that closed a few months ago was being knocked down so I looked it up on the internet. A Maverick gas station is going in there. It did not say if they would have truck diesel islands or not.

5th stop was the rest area near Brady.

As soon as we are rolling again BB is looking at hotels. More hotels are full, the prices have gone up and the cheapest one in Lincoln is one of those that is full. That would have taken us until 8 PM to get there, most other hotels are close to double that price. When I think that BB has already booked it, she changes her mind and wants to say in Gothenburg 15 minutes away. This will be our first hotel this trip that is over $100 so we have done good until tonight.

6th and final stop was the Comfort Inn in Gothenburg.

Food from T Walkers (again.) this time we ate inside. Likely the first time we have had two inside meals in one day in two plus years. More than enough food, no desert. We couldn't agree on what to split so we each get our own.

The place is just about empty when we walk in but has a dozen tables filled by the time we leave. Interesting place. When we walk up to pay it is someone we haven't seen today. They say $30 (+). Somehow they knew where we had sat and what we had ordered.

When we had come into town for food we had to cross about six tracks, I had looked both ways but not really 'looked' both ways. As we crossed we heard a ding, ding, ding. By the time we were half way down the block we heard the train horn. It was close enough that I should have seen it (?) There were arms at this location and the blew the horn so it wasn't a safety issue, just I should have seen it.

When we went to leave, train 5 or 6 was heading through town. So we decided to take a longer route which has a bridge. To get on that road we had to wait for a small fire truck. We both noticed that it has DOT placards in the windows, it was likely a transporter.

We followed it to the hotel and then the driver into the hotel. When he was done checking in we asked where he had gotten the truck ... SD. So I looked it up, their main office is 10 miles from where I grew up. :)

At just about dark it was cool enough to go for a walk, until the end of the walk. This town has a sod house a couple of blocks from the hotel. Falling apart but it still gives an idea of what it was like. We have a picture of a family member standing next to one. No info if it was theirs or someone else's.

There is also a Pony Express building in this town but it is out the other end of town so we have not been there yet.

We do go past the trash truck company when we head into town. They have three trucks sitting in the 'done' area but I haven't seen any listed with the two companies I work for.

Load board

US - 85

IA - 1

MN - 3

Still 2nd guessing ourselves about not calling on the SLC trip when we were still in UT. It was going to Springfield and there was/still is a truck in Springfield heading to Duluth which would take us right past our car. All paid miles. Oh well.

There are a lot of rental trips that are coming and going. One that is likely still there but can't be done until Tuesday. And I don't like to commit to something short when there is still time to do something long. But now there isn't still time so I will likely call on it Monday if it is still there.

By shutting down in Gothenburg we have a full day to get home tomorrow.