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 chances in hopes that something even better shows up. (It doesn't)

?? Breakfast :(

They looked like they might have been good scrambled eggs, what was stuck to the edges. I mentioned it to the desk clerk but they were busy. At some places the desk clerk is also the food person.

... and the sausage didn't look all the way done so I grabbed two yogurt. It is the brand I have been buying at home for decades (?) and this stuff didn't look right, either one of them. Then I looked at the 'use by date' and they were expired. But I don't think that had anything to do with the way it looked.

So I ended up eating BB's muffins from yesterday.

The desk clerk still didn't look like they cared so I didn't mention the issues with the yogurt or the room when I checked out ...

1st stop was dropping BB off. BB had the directions on and it took us all the way around the indoor shopping mall to within a few feet of where we had came off the street. Guess I should have been looking closer.

I dropped her off and was gone. That was where her fun started.

I don't remember the first issue, but then she found out the windshield washer didn't work. They poured some fluid in and it still didn't work and they didn't care ... walked away while BB was still talking to them. Today was sunny and expected to stay that way. If it had been yesterday with the snow, she would have stayed until they gave her a different car. If the washers aren't working, you can be driving blind. And we are far enough east today that there isn't any snow to throw on the windshield.

2nd stop was the Loves in Elkhorn. Truck islands are full with trucks waiting so I pull into the completely empty car pumps. No issue getting the pump turned on. I put in four more gallons to get me to the drop with 1/4 tank. The problem was getting wrung up. Two people tried 20 times before it finally took. And by then they had given up on scanning my rewards card so I lost out on my $.04 perks. :(

Sometime while I was in paying, BB arrived and had all of the stuff moved to the rental car by the time I got back to the truck. (She was still a little wound up about the rental)

I head out, she goes into the store.

3rd stop was the drop in Burlington. Finally this AM I did write down my notes to get to the drop. Once I was there I pulled in to the 'used truck' area and went inside receiving. The first two people I saw completely ignored me. Then next person I saw I started talking to as soon as they were close so they did not ignore me.

I was in the wrong building and then pointed me where to go. Once in the correct building, the first person I saw was the correct one. He came right out and did a quick look of the drivers area, signed and asked me the last digits of the VIN of the truck. That was it.

This place is huge and I was wondering why we bring in used trucks but don't take out new ones. Then I remembered where I picked it up, the guy said HE had gone to pick up his truck. That may be this companies method of operation.

15 minutes ahead of plan and we are ready to go.

We follow the GPS but it doesn't follow my logic. Some times only a few feet or a stop sign and it re-routes because it is faster. We take the first freeway south (?) before finding a road to cut across on to get to the north freeway.

4th stop is at the Log Cabin Deli in Mauston. Right at the noon hour and it is busy, but we were still in and out in 10 minutes or so. Today we both had Cuban's, they were the special. And I had their wild rice turkey soup. I told the cashier I was going to drink it while I drove and they said it was too thick.

They were wrong :) I did drink the whole thing but the last half spoon full that was stuck to the bottom. Took a while because it was too hot ... and it was too much. I only ate half my sandwich at noon and ate the rest a few hours later.

BB is watching the load board all day and nothing good, nothing in pairs. Not here anyway. Grand Junction? That place were were earlier this week? NOW has two to Las Vegas.

And the RV I called on going from Madison to Rockford yesterday? One shows up today two hours after we leave Madison. That was for the best though. It likely would have only paid $50 and it would have cost us another nights hotel and another days rental car.

Our plan was to make it to Saint Charles for the Loves for fuel for our next break. But we hadn't taken in the fuel range ... We ended up having to stop before that which added another stop.

5th stop is the Kwik Trip in La Crosse. We THOUGHT fuel was cheaper here ... because they advertise a different grade than most stations. But we need fuel, we stop.

6th stop was the rest area near Albert Lea.

7th stop was the shipper where our car was parked. We are done looking at the load board and we lost. Likely no work for the weekend. They still have the 250 (?) RV's in the employee lot waiting to be moved over, and now, since last time, they have another 250 (?) in their campground waiting to be moved over. But when?

Ring ... ring ... BB actually gets to the airport and drops the rental car before I get to the airport. I left shortly behind her and drop 65 mph instead of ?

BB said the windshield washer did work once today, kind of. Then not again when she tried later.

8th stop was Zuppa's

9th and final stop was home. We have no work for the weekend or planned.

Load board

US - 88

IA - 11/10

MN - 3

WI - 1

Still hoping they will put something on the load board before noon tomorrow. We've done the logistics on a lot of the trips and realize they just don't pay enough. They pay better than staying home but if we do take one of these so so trips, then we can't take the good ones when they show up. Every year except Covid, there have been over 100 trips on the load board to choose from before month end, when that happens changes every year.

And we don't need to work. Right now. We just made enough on this last 12 day trip to cover our bills for the month.