1 trash truck to Rock Island IL (delivered)
1 RV to Duluth MN (Thursday)
... spending the night at Charles City IA
Still achy or fighting something so another rough night. Do feel better than yesterday but not great. Moving pretty slow.
I had yogurt and a pastry instead of eggs and sausage this AM.
We did get out of the hotel at our 7:30 goal. Almost exactly 1-1/2 hours to the shipper. The shuttle driver who was bringing down my paperwork was still there but I took a guess that they would have put my paperwork in the box when I got here. Nope.
So I had to go get it from them. Just said a quick 'hi' to the driver she was waiting for. He has been there almost as long as me but he is a school bus driver so he only works summers and school vacations. He was heading to a repair shop a few miles away.
Found my truck, no issues. In and out in about a half hour.
1st stop is for fuel and scale in Kasson. I could tell I wasn't going to be able to put in much fuel but we are to try. 3 gallons. And with this one I come in 500# under legal weight. I thought I had the same truck two days ago and I was 1,500# under.
Either way, I'm good to go.
After I turned my pacard upside right so it could be read.
My one stop in Evansdale for a bottle of juice and use the rest room. I should be good on fuel, this trip is 40 miles less than two days ago and I left almost a half tank that day.
Scale was open, I had to cross, but they flagged a truck two ahead of me around back and no more trucks crossed the scale ... I'm guessing that driver was going to be there a while.
Down on I-80, traffic comes to a standstill. Almost. I never did put it in park. Then I get to where I can see that there is no on-coming traffic. So whatever it is is in the other lane. Finally about a half mile before the accident we can see smoke. Then fire trucks.
I've looked up news reports and they say the accident happened 'before 2 PM.' We came through at about 2 PM and all most all emergency vehicles were on the scene. So far it doesn't say how many, we counted two semis and one car. Only minor injuries ??? Not sure how. The car looked like it was under one of the burnt out semi's. The semi that was still burning was being torn apart by a backhoe. There is road construction right there so I'm guessing it came from there. There were a few cars and trucks behind the fire, the rest of the traffic was being routed off at the prior exit. (As of 8 PM the road was back open)
??? I am down to a quarter of a tank of fuel and still have 30 miles to go. I stop in Walcott and put in some fuel. My tank is on the wrong side so I can't see the meter. I end up putting in 5 gallons.
I end up getting to the drop at 4 PM instead of 3 PM, not an issue, they are open until 5 PM. Quick sign off and I am free to go.
I call local dispatch and they do not have anything for me tomorrow. But my other carrier has an RV going to Duluth MN that we can get done in one day. I call and grab that.
By the time we leave the drop, the freeway is still closed so we do a re-route. I have to convince BB that the route is not a gravel road :) We get off the freeway in Walcott and stop at Arby's before we head cross country. Road isn't bad, I was expecting more traffic with the freeway closed but we must have gotten off far enough back.
We rejoin the freeway in Cedar Rapids. By then we decide to push it and make an almost 12 hour day of it. We reserve a hotel in Charles City. When we first look at it, we think the price is too high. Then we look at the other prices and it is actually the better priced place.
One stop for the restroom at the Flying J in Evansdale.
Sleep Inn in Charles City and we are done for the day.
Loadboard
US - 154
IA - 5/4
MN - 11
WI - 3
We have about an hour left to get to the RV shipper so we should be there at 8:30, gone by 9 AM. Drop by 2 PM, they close at 4:30.
Not sure we are going to work Friday or Monday. Then the holiday and then vacation and then ... hopefully a road trip. Haven't seen any this month that would have worked, not sure how next month will be different.