2 RV's to Freemont CA
... spending the night at Rocklin CA
Breakfast - BB had leftovers from the food truck from last night. I got hotel food. Eggs, sausage, nothing special but it is better than the Ho-Ho's and Ding-Dongs they had during the height of Covid.
After looking online last night and doing the math, we decided to just fuel here at Maverik instead of using our discount at Loves in Wells. Using the discount will save us <> $.25 and cost us an extra stop.
Actually it was likely the same cost, I got a $.03 discount this AM at Maverik.
NV inspection station is open, one of the guys ahead of me pulls over to get inspected ... then keeps driving. Sign says 'keep moving unless directed to stop.' Guess he couldn't read. Likely couldn't. When I caught up to him I see he was from Quebec. I can't read their signs either. Some times I miss going up there, but not often :)
1st stop (after Wendover) is in Elko at the Sinclair. Lots of coach buses, their fuel pumps must be down. Their shop is just a few blocks from the station and we see the buses all the time but this is the first time we have seen buses at the station. Using coach buses to get employee's to the job site is big business out here.
Lots of cops on the highway as usual near Elko.
2nd stop is Winnemucca at the Maverik for fuel. It is cheaper here again than using our discount at the big truck stops. Here I only get a $.02 discount but BB and I are parked next to each other so she uses my card also.
And we get our food here ... we were planning on using the bathrooms but the sign said 'closed - flooded.' So we bought food here and drop a couple of miles to Loves to use their rest room. Not sure why we didn't buy food here instead. We didn't buy our food here so we stood outside and ate in <> 100 degree heat. Chicken nuggets for me, club sandwich for BB.
3rd stop was Fernley for fuel, final hopefully. Flying J. 1st pump I try, I can not get to work. And I noticed the person ahead of me could not get their receipt and finally gave up. I gave up before fueling and moved. BUT because of the issue I only put in enough fuel to get to my drop ... on 'E.' I had planned on putting in enough to have a range of 50 miles when I drop. So I go back and fuel a 2nd time at the same station but at a different pump. At this pump I have to go in and get my receipt. AND those three gallons I put in only added 4 mpg each instead of the 12 mpg on the first fill.
More on that later ...
Reno/Sparks had some kind of festival going on, but keep my eyes on the road.
Right after we crossed into CA we were meeting emergency vehicles ... when we checked into our hotel two hours later it was on the news that there was an accident in that area. Not sure if it was on our side or one coming traffic.
No one manning the fruit inspection stations today at the border.
4th stop is Gold Run at the rest area.
... opps. When I put in fuel in Fernley the first time I was a few miles under range to get to my drop. So I added three more gallon and that got me just over. When will I remember? I now have an excess range of 100+ miles. I should have left it with <> enough fuel to get to the drop and the range will go up as I head down hill ...
From here we make reservations. BB is not sure what happened, but she remembers the price being less earlier in the day and it was less again after we checked in.
5th stop was the Comfort Inn in Rocklin. As soon as we check in we walk for food. I had wanted a sandwich but they now close at 6 PM ??? and we would have gotten there just minutes before they locked the doors. And it is <> 100 degrees and there is closer food. So we went to Arby's. Cheesestake again. And a small lemonade, mostly ice. But good on a day like today.
Load board
US - 360
IA - 159
CA - 6 - all going from CA to CA
The rental dispatcher did have trucks today going from IA to MN, ND to MN, IA to IA and more.
Been messaging with a gal who was waiting for a week for a bus. Finally last night I said she needed to tell the dispatcher that she needed to get home to go on vacation. She did and got a truck out of town instead of a bus so she is on her way. But still no buses, so if they are still building <> 10 a day and not shipping any they are getting close to 100 waiting for parts.
We will need to decide what to do. I hate to sit but we make more money sitting without an income than paying for a rental car home. And we have three weeks this time before we need to leave the area. Or maybe we get a truck tomorrow?
There are both local moves and rental local moves so that could keep us busy tomorrow and Friday but then we are looking at a three day weekend of heat. Too hot to do anything and the beaches will be packed. And if the company is going to pay our hotel they want us in the area.