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 there.

But ... it may be one of the better hotels for the money in the area. The people coming and going in the courtesy shuttle van looked to be all flight crew.

Another issue I didn't mention last night, they hadn't written down the password for us and when I called, they had such an accent that I didn't know what they said. So I hot-spotted my phone for the night.

We did leave out about 7 AM. AM rush hour traffic was not any worse than the traffic we had on the way down.

1st stop was in Jasper at a Loves for breakfast food. I had a shelf shelf croissant, BB had a shelf 'taco.'

2nd stop was in Nashville at a Loves for fuel. There was a little slow down because of an accident on the combined section of the freeway. Other than that it was a mostly at the speed limit day.

3rd stop was at the Charley's in Paducah. Signs said their road was closed and then listed a few business names. Further details showed that the road was open to their location but beyond there and people had to come in from a different direction.

And we might start doing this more often. We ordered online ahead of time so this stop took less time than picking out shelf food. Down side of Charley's is it is not real easy to eat in something moving. But we did it. Food was good, but still never as good as the location in the ATL airport after not eating and being rushed for 10 hours before the sandwich :)

Bridget inspection at the state line for the oncoming traffic, cars and trucks are backed up for miles. And we see the road crew working on making 'cross over lanes' so more road construction is on it's way.

Local dispatch calls today so I don't have to call them. Now they know that we will be available for the rest of the month. But not for today, that is why they called.

4th stop was at a rest area near Mascoutah. I had purchased washer fluid in Paducah and now I added it here. It didn't need any yet, but we've moved enough of these southern cars this winter to know that the washer fluid / water will freeze up when it gets anywhere close to freezing. And we have a storm coming in.

The storm was supposed to hit the Twin Cites but now the path seems to be further south. Either way be plan on being home before the storm.

Up to this point our ETA has not changed all day. All our stops have been under 10 minutes and traffic has been good.

Coming into St Louis on I-70 from the east ... lots of vacant buildings, broken out/rotted out windows and doors. Not sure how the area is but I don't want to find out first hand. 10+ years ago, I had come into St Louis on a bus and needed to take a taxi to my shipper. Someone at the bus terminal told me that I was to wait inside the station until the taxi was there, then the taxi driver would come in and get me. It was not safe to stand outside, even in the daytime.

5th stop was in New London at the Loves for fuel. From here we realize we have lost time coming through St Louis and we won't get past Hannibal before dark. So Hannibal for the night.

6th and final stop is the Quality Inn in Hannibal. Food is from Fiddlestix next door. BB and I split their Philly dip. She gets a side salad and I get soup. Still too much food.

Load board

US - 221

IA - 45/53

MN - 11 (4 that I would do)

WI - 11

Tomorrow we have about another eight hours drive time. Plus we need to line up some appointments for home and ourselves. We likely won't work again until Monday and then not be further from home than 500 miles the rest of the month.