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 juice today. Plus I had the skin from BB's baked potato from Sunday night and my fried apples from last night.

Yeh, I opps when I called the front desk yesterday to tell them we were staying an extra day. They said they gave me the 'same rate' as the night before. (Monday nights are usually cheaper) What they did was charge us the total room rate plus tax as the room rate and added the $15 tax and fee's on top of that. I didn't argue, lesson learned?

No wind today, map said about 10 mph.

On the south end of Hannibal there was a Holiday Inn a few years ago. Then it started changing names as the upkeep went down. Finally it looked vacant or at least did not have any highway sign. Today it was a Howard Johnson / Baymont Inn. I've never seen those two co-branded and from the outside, the hotel is still not up to Baymont standards. So we'll see how long this lasts.

1st stop was the WalMart/Murphy in Lake Saint Louis for fuel.

Traffic wasn't bad going through St Louis, we left the station about 9 AM so we were after rush hour.

2nd stop was the McCallister's in Mount Vernon. We were there before 11 AM but they open at 10 AM so that part was good. But they were busy working on a bunch of Door Dash/togo orders so it was 10 minutes from the time we walked in until anyone started working the register again.

We ended up taking 45 minutes instead of the 15 minutes we did a couple of days ago. One person had left when the line didn't move but we were not in that big of rush.

Huck's. They had some smaller truck stops that have now partnered with Pilot/Flying J. The ones we saw today have all be updated on the outside anyways to a new look. The three stores I saw today all had a 'Cluck's' in their Huck's. That is their own version of a Chester's/KFC.

3rd stop was east of Paducah at a Loves in Calvert City. A couple of tight squeezes today, both getting out of McCallister's and here at Loves getting to the pumps. While we are stopped, I call the drop and leave a message that we are running one day late.

4th stop is at Clarksville at the welcome center. From here we decide that Manchester will be as far as we go. We had looked at getting past Chattanooga but with the delays showing on the map it would be well past dark.

Nashville. Map suggested we stay out of down town but it wouldn't have saved us any time doing the beltway so we stayed the course. Right next to the stadium, there was an (another) old hotel that I had seen go down hill. I don't remember what the best/highest name I had seen on it. It was a Ma/Pa name before it closed a year or two ago. Then we went by it a few times as they were tearing it down, or so I thought. The completely gutted it. Before today, the last time we went past it, it was completely gutted. All that remained were the cement floors and walls. Today it is all enclosed again. No new sign yet but the building is being re-done without being torn down.

5th and final stop is the Sleep Inn in Manchester. As I pull in, I see the signs that say <> one parking spot per vehicle, oversized vehicles will be towed. :( So we have to park at the Dollar General store down the street and walk back. As we are walking down the street we meet a guy pushing an empty wheel chair that says something to us ... so we look behind us ... turns out what he said was 'you dropped your pocket.' ???

After we check in, we walk across the street to the Mexican place and order one order for us to split. We make sure it comes with beans, rice and chips. After we order, we walk to the Dollar General so BB can pick up some candy. Their registers are down so it takes a while. Our food is ready when we get back to the resturant.

No beans, no rice and the food is cold. OK we were late getting back, but the shredded cheese is not even melted.

Between the no parking in the hotel lot and poor food (it tasted OK) we may stay somewhere else next time. The Quality Inn we have stayed at and it is rated 14 out of 16 so two reasons we won't stay there again. There is a Comfort Inn a couple of blocks away but it was $40 more tonight.

Load board

US - 396

IA - 202/201

FL -0-

We should be past Chattanooga and Atlanta tomorrow and into FL by evening. That will leave us two hours for Thursday before delivery.