2 RVs to 1,000 Oaks CA (delivered)

... spending the night at Santa Nella CA

Breakfast. Good food. Usual stuff.

Before breakfast we went for a mile plus walk. We are on a frontage road that <> dead ends in to a major mall which doesn't open until later so no traffic. Mall has three anchor's and then it looks like they added on additional mall space 'open air.'

We can't deliver until 9 AM local so we have time to sit around again today. Not sure yet if we will head straight up to Livermore or stay here for an hour or more.

We leave out with the plan to get to the drop at 9 AM. First we need to stop for fuel. I go over by $.01, BB hits the final fuel number right on this time. Didn't look at the final range but we each had a range of over 100 miles before we put fuel in.

We are at the lot before 9 AM, some people are already working but we have time to clear our stuff out of the RV's before they want to move them. It sounded like BB's was already sold. No issues with either other than my cracked windshield. They guy wanted to know where it got that hot ... so I listed some of the places :)

Once the inspector talked to us, we got the OK to walk down to the rental car place. It was locked up when we got there with one person ahead of us. She was only going to Stockton, said her company would fly her but with all the delays before, during and after the flight it is faster just to drive.

She got the only car they had. We had to wait until someone returned one. Got to listen to a lot of calls to and from customers. Not sure what people expect someone in the office to do when they have NO cars. "Get me one ..." they did apologize when they were face to face and not on the phone.

After a half hour I walked back to the RV dealer so I could get the paperwork. They offered to take us to another rental car place if needed. Haven't had that offer for a while. The dealer hadn't turned on the AC in the driver waiting area so I went and sat out on a ledge on the side of the sideway. At least there there was a breeze once in a while.

I call BB as soon as our paperwork is signed off. Someone just came in with a car so as soon as the 'clean' it, we can go. I was back at the rental place a while before it was cleaned. Not really cleaned, but ...

At one point the rental offered us a Tesla and we passed. Later I asked about it and they didn't really have any answers. They have one, it has to be returned to that location. They had no idea about one ways, what charge it has to be left at, etc.

From the rental car place we headed back to the hotel. It was nice to to have to leave all of our stuff at the RV office while we picked up our car. As we are leaving, there is a car carrier in the hotel parking lot loading up cars.

We decided to just head to the buses in case there is one. If we can leave yet today we can make it back to the mid-west before the weekend.

Some time, some where about an hour later ... I remember we never checked out of the hotel. Once everything was in the car, I should have driven up to the office. Instead I got side tracked by watching the car carrier and BB was likely looking at directions. So we called the hotel and they checked us out. Never got an invoice yet.

First stop was the In-n-Out Burger in Lebec. Parking lot is packed and we had to wait for a car to leave so we had somewhere to park. Line for the cash register was out the door and they had three cashiers working. All tables were full so we got ours to go, planned on eating it in the car.

Did notice a couple standing next to us ... ate their burgers just standing between the rows of tables. Not sure why they didn't want to eat in their car. Or outside.

After we got our food and were leaving was saw tables in the shade so we decide to eat here. Cost us $20 :(

Some 'beggar' came up to us and asked for gas money. He had a long story, didn't look the beggar type. Not sure how far $20 was going to get him with gas at $4-5 a gallon.

This time may have been the first time I did not call the bus dispatcher from the drop. Once it got to be 3 PM, BB dialed but they did not pick up. As soon as we got to our stop, I called again. No buses, no hotels paid. The shipper is clamping down on costs. We rarely got our hotel paid unless it was a breakdown so I'm guessing others did or it would not be an issue.

Hopefully work tomorrow.

Where we stopped there was a Wayback Burger place in the gas station. We stood for a while trying to decide which shake we wanted before deciding that no shake would be better if we were going to eat in the next 1-2 hours.

We had our minds set on split pea soup so we head another hour to Santa Nella. We make a reservation from where we are.

Once down the road, we realize that there were trucks down in the LA area that we could have still picked up tomorrow AM and gotten dropped before 3 PM tomorrow when we will call the bus dispatcher again. Another case of 'plans changed, now let's make a snap decision' ... like getting a hotel NOT where there is work.

We get to Santa Nella and fuel before heading to the hotel. Then check in at the hotel before we head down for Split Pea soup. BB has the soup. I have a chicken salad sandwich and potato salad. More than enough.

Almost ... had a throat episode. Just sat there a while and it cleared. It's been over a year now so that has been nice.

There is now a second food truck across the street from the hotel at the gas station. We almost debated going to the food truck instead of Split Pea but decided not this time.

Not sure what our plans are for tomorrow. Temps today were 100+ again. Heading to the ocean sounds good. Walking cemeteries does not sound as much fun.

10:45 - leave hotel, fuel, drop (all in less than a mile)

12:30 - leave rental car place, leave hotel

2 PM - eat at In-n-Out Burger in Lebec

3:30 - break at Firebaugh at Wayback/Union 76

4:30 - fuel at Loves, check in at Quality Inn in Santa Nella

5 PM - eat at Anderson Split Pea.

Load board

US - 88

IA -0-

MN - 4

WI - 1