2 RV's to Greer SC (delivered)

1 pickup to Fort Wayne IN

... spending the night at Asheville NC

Great wake up ... BB decides that 5:30 AM (home time) is a good time to change one of her alarms. And to find the right one, she has to listen to them all. And apparently there was no way to turn the volume down? Surprised we didn't get a call from the front desk ...

Breakfast was an egg patty and sausage. We ended up leaving the chicken salad sandwich in the fridge.

We pulled out at 6:30 home time, just as the sun was coming over the hills here. Two hours to our 1st stop.

1st stop was the rest area in Waynesville. By now I had gotten a call from my local dispatcher wondering if I could move a truck to WI tomorrow. Nope. We also got a message from our 'house sitter' that they were in the ditch waiting for a tow truck. No snow here. 66 degrees :)

There was a point yesterday that I thought I'd be leaving this RV with an extra range of 100 miles. Way too much fuel. Then today we were wondering if we were going to have to stop and add fuel. We didn't but I lost my range when I got in the exit lane for the fuel stop and BB had lost her range about two miles before that. We loose our range on these at about 30 miles.

One place today had the highway signs saying 'thick smoke again - wild fire.' It was not too thick to see through but it was heavy in the air.

2nd stop was the Spinx in Greer for final dealer fuel. We made it.

BB parks her RV here and then rides the <> mile with me to the airport to pick up the rental.

3rd stop is the drop in Greer. Right at 12 noon local. They are at lunch so we need to wait, costing us time when we are trying to make time. BB has picked up the rental car, gone back to Spinx, switched out all the luggage and gotten to the drop before they come out to look at my RV. As soon as someone is looking at my RV I get the OK to walk back to Spinx and pick up our rental car. My exercise for the day.

By the time I get back, they are done inspecting mine and within a few minutes they are also done inspecting BB's. Once they started it took about 15 minutes a piece.

4th stop is the Burger King for a Whopper Jr each. It is the only fast food at this exit, anything else would have been shelf food. Now to make time getting to the drop.

We've done this route a few times so I could do it without directions but we have them on today.

5th stop is the shipper in Greer. My truck is not a 'boom truck.' It is a standard pickup.

BB had made it clear last night and again today that she wanted to keep the rental car for the week and just follow me. Now that she sees the pickup she has 2nd thoughts. (Haven't asked if she would have take the other one that was posted at the same time.)

High stress for a while. BB was already on edge because when she was finishing her log today she put in 12 AM instead of 12 PM and that wiped out everything she had done. And she had lots of issues trying to re-create todays work. Enter one thing and it would wipe out something else.

Finally she gets a car lined up to pick up in Fort Wayne. Then she has to call, something she hates doing, she has to call to get this car changed to drop in NC today instead of MN next week. They eventually say they can't do it, BB will have to do it at the counter where she drops it. More time wasted.

Some of this could have been done in the car between Greer and Shelby but she had said no so I had left it alone. Then.

We will drop our car at the first airport we will pass, within the hour.

6th stop is at the Murphy gas station a couple of blocks from the shipper. Good thing as the pickup is almost on 'E.' Not knowing what mileage I will get, I put in 10 gallons to get me to cheaper fuel.

7th stop is to re-fill the rental car before dropping it. Shell in Arden.

8th stop is the airport to return the rental car. I go park somewhere and wait. Fueling and returning the car together only took a half hour so not too bad. BB had gotten an agent that knew what they were doing.

I had hoped to get further down the road today but the time we gained at the drop we lost at the next shipper. It is another 10 hours to the drop, it is almost dark here and BB made the next reservation for Thursday AM so we have to point in driving into the night.

9th stop - We stop at the next hotel north. Comfort Inn in Asheville. From there we walk a couple of blocks to the Waffle House for some breakfast. Good food. Beats the shelf food we have been eating :) There is a fish place next door but not much non-fish for me.

There also was a place across the main street, but no cross walks at this intersection so Google Maps said it was about a 20 minute walk to get across the street.

Load board

US - 275

IA - 85/84

MN - 12

WI - 1

Most of the trips we have been looking at are still there for after we drop in Fort Wayne. Nothing good out of IA yet. Lots of rental stuff out of MN today, when we aren't there to cash in on it. 5 out of Minneapolis, 6 now out of Lake Benton plus others.

Being we aren't picking up our next rental car until Thursday AM we will have to call on the longer trips to see if anyone will take a Saturday delivery. Otherwise we will have to do one of the shorter trips. But lots of work. Try to stay out of the snow?

Heading west on I-80 still shows either wind or snow every day across WY.