1 RV to Greenfield WI (delivered)
1 box truck to Worthington MN
... spending the night at Albert Lea MN
No plan for tomorrow after the drop yet. No long trips to keep us busy over the long weekend.
Hotel doesn't have WiFi so I'm hotspotting my phone and it is very slow.
(many days later)
Don't remember breakfast. We had about 10-15 miles to go in the AM to the drop. I follow BB until the fuel stop and then head to the drop. The gate is still locked, there is one semi ahead of us but they have not started unloading yet.
By the time BB gets there, the gate us open and we are told that because the truck was there ahead of us, they will inspect those RV's first. They were ahead of us, but not available for inspection. So we had to wait for them to unload so they could get inspected before we could get inspected.
Did find out one more brand for my driveaway list. This location had RV's coming in from three different brands today.
No issues and we are off to our next truck. Janesville. We take the GPS back roads, cross country.
Today our truck is off-site, on the far end of town. Easily found but it all takes time.
We look at most of the trucks before finding mine. They are parked pretty close together so I pull out before we check the lights. Gas station is a mile down the road so that is my first stop. Kwik Trip.
As usual, this place is full with little place to park that doesn't have a no parking sign. Where I do park is not a parking area, but is not marked and is not blocking anyone. We aren't going to make it to the drop today so we take time for lunch. Shelve food and we sit outside at a picnic bench.
And we are off ... I do have it up to 12 mpg at one point. For some reason the cruise is not working. The message makes it look like it needs to be set up (?) At some point I stop, maybe it was Lyndon Station, to call the drop. When I start the truck again the cruise is working.
On the next leg the fuel drops to 11.4 mpg before we get to St Charles and the Loves. I fuel again based on the new, current mileage.
Cheapest hotel is in Albert Lea at the Quality Inn. We get double beds tonight because last time we had a king it sagged in the middle, if we each have our own we won't be on top of each other.
Restaurant is closed? The attached restaurant closes at 3 on Mon, Tues and Weds. So we need to drive down the street to another family type restaurant. Name has changed but the menu is still the same. We ate there. Something.
Back at the hotel it was just about dark. It is supposed to be a Blue Moon, Super Moon and something else. When we should be able to see it, we walk outside and don't. We end up walking across the parking lot, up a hill on a vacant lot and then down the dirt road by the corn fields to try to see where it should be coming up.
We finally do see it, it is coming up over a hill and over Home Depot so it is quite a ways up by the time we can see it. Others have already post pictures online before we can see it. I try to take pictures but they never do justice.
But we got a short walk in for the day. A moon lite walk.
Load board
US - 144
IA - 21/20
MN - 3
WI -0-