230308 IA-FL
2 RV's to Seffner FL (delivered)... spending the night at home First, a few more things from yesterday. I finally got paid for my Rockford trip where the RV broke down, almost six weeks later. Not the longest we have waited. We passed a few, or passed the same tractor a few times. It/they were a bla...
230307 IA-FL
2 RV's to Seffner FL (delivered)... spending the night at Hannibal MO Plan was to leave out at 7 AM local and grab breakfast to go. But we didn't find any. They did have waffles, and apples, and juice. Not sure if this is normal? They also only had half the lights turned on so it was mostly dark in...
230306 IA-FL
2 RV's to Seffner FL (delivered)... spending the night at College Park GA Breakfast - some eggs and gravy (the sausage looked too greesy) Load board was still down at 8 AM at the start of their work day. It was working before 9 AM, no comments as to the why. We left about 10 AM. The people ahead of...
230305 IA-FL
2 RV's to Seffner FL (delivered)... spending the night at Sarasota FL There is no hot water at the sink. As in when we try to run just hot water, nothing comes out. I let the front desk know when I checked out and they <> said impossible. I had even tried turning the water on and off under the...
230304 IA-FL
2 RV's to Seffner FL (delivered)... spending the night at Fort Myers FL I am up during the night and walk to the bathroom 'light.' Almost there and... YIKES... I meet someone coming out of the bathroom... ME:) I almost walked into the full sized mirror. That woke me up a little more than I wanted to...
230303 IA-FL
2 RV's to Seffner FL (delivered)... spending the night at Ocala FL When we got to our room last night, BB had noticed that a sign on the door one door down said 'Coach.' And we had followed a large group of young people in. They seemed to be loud for a while and then quiet down. We guessed they woul...
230302 IA-FL
2 RV's to Seffner FL (delivered)... spending the night at Lakeland FL Breakfast - two of the leftover deviled eggs, scrambled eggs and ham. Still trying to stay away from grease. Also took a package of Pop-Tarts and a nutrition bar to go. Because we don't want to return our rental car until Monday a...
230301 IA-FL
2 RV's to Seffner FL... spending the night at Gainsville FL Lots to write about but it is late. Was too close to a RV that lost the tow car it was pulling. Car was totaled but I don't think anyone was hurt. I didn't stop at the car, I chased the RV down, it took me four miles to get him stopped and...
230228 IA-FL
2 RV's to Seffner FL... spending the night at Manchester TN Breakfast... wasn't ready when we first went down before 6:30. So we went back a few minutes later and all the hot food was sitting out. Neither of us remember seeing biscuits and gravy but they were here today. All I had was fancy eggs and...
230227 IA-FL
2 RV's to Seffner FL... spending the night at Hannibal MO We went nowhere today. Winds/wind gusts were up in the 40 mph range. And we are supposed to shut down at 30 mph. We spent the AM watching the forecast and the current to see how accurate it was. We even got a late check out hoping things woul...
230226 IA-FL
2 RV's to Seffner FL... spending the night at Hannibal MO Neither of us were up before the alarm this AM, we must sleep better in our own bed. But being at home meant that breakfast was not ready when we were done in the shower so we'll get that down the road. We pull out before 7:30 AM, the temp is...
230225 IA-FL
2 RV's to Seffner FL (Sunday)... spending the night at Brownsburg IN I wake up during the night and look at the clock, it's around 3 AM. I wake up again when BB is getting up and it looks like it is around 3 AM. Why is she getting up and staying up so early. I drift in and out and look at the clock...
230224 IA-SC
2 RV's to Greer SC (delivered) 2 RV's to Seffner FL (Sunday)... spending the night at Brownsburg IN Breakfast - no eggs or sausage. The apple juice was mostly water, the yogurt was outdated and BB said even the milk seemed watered down. Last evening we had shut the bathroom door for 'other reasons,'...
230223 IA-SC
2 RV's to Greer SC... spending the night at Duncan SC Breakfast - eggs, sausage and yogurt. It is supposed to be eggs or yogurt but I seem to be back to getting both. Breakfast starts at 6 AM, we were there at 7 AM and it looked like we were the first person to take any eggs. I had noticed last nigh...
230222 IA-SC
2 RV's to Greer SC... spending the night at Batesville IN BB had the alarm set for 5:30 but is up at 5 AM. When I wake up at 5:30 we decide to skip breakfast and leave at 6 AM. The weather warning has been moved to start at 6 AM instead of 9 AM. Not a good start to the day, the front desk clerk is s...
230221 IA-SC
2 RV's to Greer SC... spending the night at Cedar Falls IA BB is up before the alarm, again. At breakfast the eggs were cold so I just had sausage and yogurt. We were up early enough and the sun was already up so we could have gotten going earlier but we headed out at 7 AM. 1st stop was the rental c...
230220 IA-OH
2 RV's to North Canton OH (delivered) 2 RV's to Greer SC (Tuesday)... spending the night at Ottawa IL My breakfast was half of my leftovers from last night. We didn't have a way to keep the rest cold for the day so it got dumped.:( Hotel had turkey sausage, eggs and lots of fresh fruit. High end for...
230219 IA-OH
2 RV's to North Canton OH... spending the night at Green OH Breakfast was eggs and sausage. We pull out at 7:30 AM. 1st stop is Morris at the Loves for fuel. The rewards bar code didn't work and then we maxed out our swipes for our credit card. So BB had to go inside and get the pumps turned on. But...
230218 IA-OH
2 RV's to North Canton OH... spending the night at Ottawa IL Ouch... it is 11 PM and I have a cramp in my foot I can't shake. Usually I can use my other foot and stretch my foot so it goes away in a few seconds. Or I stand up and stand on it, stretching it. That didn't work either, finally I was abl...
230217 SD-MN
1 pickup to Shakopee MN (delivered) 2 RV's to North Canton OH (Saturday)... spending the night at Lakeville MN 7 AM I try to call an east coast dispatcher. It went to voicemail, and then BB says there is a message that that dispatcher is out of the office. So I message their co-dispatcher who is in...
230216
Another day of watching the load board. We did have some morning excitement. At some point BB noticed out the kitchen window that there was a truck on our cul de sac. So I headed out to ask them what they needed. Ended up bringing out a shovel, and ice pick and some sand. The snow is well frozen and...
230214
Today, same as the last. Almost. Monday morning when I got up, BB had connecting trips all planned out. But by 8 AM she/we decided we'd wait for 'good' trips instead of taking 'OK' trips. The rest of the day we watched the load board and took nothing. Today/Tuesday, BB was OK with taking a rental tr...
230210 CO-WI
1 step van to Burlington WI (delivered)... spending the night at home When I wake up, BB has already been up for a while and awake for longer. She runs through all the options of taking either the trips to TX or IN and the 2nd or 3rd legs we could do... but by 8 AM we decide that we will take our ch...
230209 CO-WI
1 step van to Burlington WI... spending the night at Rockford IL Breakfast was a bag lunch. Apple, water, muffins and trail mix. At least their price relates to what we get. By 7:30 the sun is rising and we are ready to roll. Coolant level has dropped but no big puddle on the ground. All else is goo...
230208 CO-WI
1 step van to Burlington WI... spending the night at Lincoln NE BB ate her leftover salad from last night for breakfast. I had the usual scrambled eggs, sausage and juice. Fruit cups included peaches so I passed. Headed out at 7 AM local just as the sun was coming up. Full moon was right over my tru...
230207 CO-WI
2 RV's to Grand Junction CO (delivered) 1 step van to Burlington WI... spending the night at Wheat Ridge CO 6 AM local... we call the rental dispatcher on the east coast. "Sorry, that trip from Grand Junction can not be picked up until tomorrow" No thanks, we pass. And shortly after that, the two tr...
230206 IA-CO
2 RV's to Grand Junction CO... spending the night at Grand Junction CO Up early, eat eggs, sausage and fruit cup for breakfast. And wait. Just a lite dusting of snow in the forecast... until today. Ice. Chains are required and the tunnel is closed because of an accident so we have now been sitting i...
230205 IA-CO
2 RV's to Grand Junction CO... spending the night at Sterling CO Breakfast was leftovers. I didn't even look at what the hotel had to offer. Up early again. We could have been going a half hour early but we did manage to get going 15 minutes early. Right as the sun was coming up so I tried to get pi...
230204 IA-CO
2 RV's to Grand Junction CO... spending the night at Waukee IA Our room is warm:) We are ready well before breakfast so we head down when they open. Lights are not all on yet. We grab egg patties and sausage links. We were up early enough and quick enough (to start) that we could have left earlier....
230203 IA-NC
2 RV's to Greer NC (delivered) 2 RV's to Grand Junction CO (Saturday)... spending the night at Cedar Rapids IA Last night... We had talked about staying in Pioneer, but realized we would be better off time wise if we drove another half hour/hour. So BB is looking at the hotel reviews. I made sure we...
230202 IA-NC
2 RV's to Greer NC (delivered)... spending the night at Pioneer TN Better breakfast than yesterday, sort of. Some of the over easy egg patties and some of the sausage patties were kind of dried out. Noticed it before I took the sausage, didn't notice it until I bit into the eggs. We were ready to pu...
230201 IA-NC
2 RV's to Greer NC... spending the night at London KY This Baymont does not have hot food for breakfast, not sure if any of them do. My breakfast was two hard boiled eggs and one so so yogurt. So so as it was diet and half banana, neither my favorite. No issues, ready to roll a little after 7 AM. Be...
230131 IA-NC
2 RV's to Greer NC... spending the night at Galesburg IL No breakfast at this place:) but we still didn't get going until 7:30. We might have been more motivated but the temps when we got up were about 17 below zero. It looked like it would start warming in IA closer to 10 AM. Traveling through the...
230130 IA-NC
2 RV's to Greer NC (Tuesday)... spending the night at home At about 9:30, dispatch put two RV's to Greer and we grabbed them before anyone else did. We also grabbed them before we had a rental car which we do not normally do. But then we got a car so we are OK. This dispatch had also put a few WI tr...