1 tree truck to Fort Wayne In (delivered)
... spending the night at home
Breakfast ... was last nights leftovers (again) plus some juice and fruit for later.
With no alarm and no plan we head about on time. The ramp to I-65 to I-80 is closed so instead of following the detour we make our own. Next time I will follow the detour, it would have been all freeway except the u-turn.
We end up taking random city streets up through Gary. Parts of Gary rival LA and NYC but it was early on a Saturday AM not late on a Friday or Saturday night. Most area's looked pretty good. Interesting that on one side of the street the yards are all picturesque and the other side of the street are dumpy with barbwire.
We make it safely and head out on a mostly vacant freeway. Not much traffic compared to coming through on a Friday afternoon.
1st stop was at a Loves near Ottowa. Two school buses already there and the place was packed. We did get cookies and something to drink. Commented to the clerk about the crowds and they said luckily someone called yesterday to let them know to staff up, this was the 4th and 5th buses so far today.
When we got back in the car, we ate the 2nd container of ice cream from last night. Luckily it was sealed as it was no longer 'ice,' but still very good with cookies.
Another two hours we are at the Loves in Davenport. Gas is not cheap anywhere but it is nice to be getting 45+ mpg instead of 20 mpg.
Sometime in here BB eats the 2nd half of her sandwich from last night, this AM she ate her salad from last night. So a little more food than we could eat from BJ's.
When we stop at the Flying J in Evansdale, we notice that the Burger King across the street is now closed. It was only there a few years. Hopefully not one of our families. They do own a few near Cedar Rapids.
No sign on the door at the Flying J but the side doors next to the rest rooms are now closed. We have to go in the main entrance. Not sure if it was a 'today' thing or how things will be.
Less than 10 RV's at the lot ... plus a not so nice note on our car. When we started working here, we had to put a note in our window saying who we are and when we will return. At some point we quit as no one was doing it anymore. There may have not even been the blank forms at some point so we just said ... oh well.
Today we had a note and more notes in the office. Have the note in your car or get towed. No smiley face suggestion that we start doing it again.
Quick stop for me at the Loves in Albert Lea for fuel. BB stops at the Holiday in Lakeville.
Before we head home we stop at Buca's for food. Their online app wasn't working so we had to stand and wait after we ordered.
And then we are home.
I don't think I have done much for crop updates. Two weeks ago when we headed out I was noticing how on some fields on the hills the crops were turning and other others it was the low spots that were turning. Two weeks later as we are coming home I am noticing that most of the fields are turning.
One of the farms I watch has all their semi's line up ready for harvest.
Other places the crops are being chopped for silage.
Load board
US - 102
IA -0-
MN - 5
WI -0-
Sunday we are off. Monday we will either be working or looking for work. Two trash trucks out of MN would work for us but not get us near a 2nd leg.