2 RV's to Freemont CA

... spending the night at Lincoln NE

No alarm but up by 6 AM, out of house by 8 AM. No rush.

1st stop is for fuel at Kwik Trip in Owatonna because my range was dropping too fast. We had planned on stopping in Ellendale where gas was a lot cheaper. Kwik Trip did give me a random $.10 per gallon discount so we got close to the cheaper gas.

2nd stop was the shipper in Forest City. A few others in the lot when we got there, others came while we were there, all were gone before us. We haven't worked for a while so we were missing things from our routine. No issues.

Did talk to one, wanted to talk to another ... they had an AZ plate in their window for a while. I was going to ask why they had that ... bus drivers are the only ones I have seen before with those.

3rd stop was the Arby's in Dows for food. I am planning on eating less but their limited time sandwich is the 'Philly cheesestake.' It was good :)

BB is using the eLog/electronic log that I use as '2nd check.' She is using it live starting today. So far so good.

We part ways.

4th stop for me is the Loves in Ellsworth for fuel for me. BB keeps going.

4th stop for BB is the Kum-n-Go in Alkeny for gas. I didn't look at the time I pasted that exit but I am guessing I was about five mintues behind her for the next two hours.

5th stop for both of us was the rest area in Underwood.

6th stop for me was the Loves in Omaha, BB kept going to the hotel. She does not like the logistics of getting in and out of this station and she wasn't going to be fueling here. I hadn't wanted to but I have just enough fuel to get to the next Loves ... if I don't loose more range. We are bucking a headwind today and not getting good mileage.

When I get back in after fueling I see that the tank is not full. The pump had kicked off so I had assumed it was full. Now I'm not going to get to our next planned fuel stop tomorrow.

7th and final stop was the Quality Inn in Lincoln. I follow in a travel trailer transporter and talked to him a little once we were parked. He is heading to CA also. Sacramento near the I-80/I-5 intersection.

I had sent BB a text saying 'food,' but that wasn't enough for her to stop at Cracker Barrel. So, because it was close to 100 degrees at 7 PM we walked across the parking lot to Perkins instead of walking the half mile to Cracker Barrel. I think the last time we were here was because it was below zero.

... we both had 55+ breakfasts at Perkins.

Last night when I was looking at the mileage to Lincoln I saw that I-80 was closed ... east bound. Never did find why but for that reason I was watching closer today. 1st there was a box truck laying on it's side with the top pealed off. Then there was a semi and a pickup/5th wheel in the center median that had both burn. But those were miles from where it said the road was closed. And neither looked like they would have effected the east bound only traffic. Unless the firefighters came on the east bound lanes and were fighting it from the highway.

Load board (weekend)

US - 344

IA - 162

CA - nothing heading east.

We've done this trip so many times lately that we don't really have to have a plan. We <> know where we are going to be stopping every two hours. We should get as far as Laramie tomorrow, West Wendover on Tuesday and Rocklin on Wednesday.

We get a discount on fuel but some stations have fuel cheap enough that they are cheaper than our fleet discount at the majors. We need to watch this close because usually when this happens our fleet makes a huge adjustment and those differences change quickly.