2023 09 30 IL-MO
1 vac truck to Bridgeton MO (delivered)... spending the night at home Nowhere to go, yet, so no alarm. It is supposed to be hot and humid. They even canceled the marathon a half a day north of here by home. BB is trying to get walks in so we were out before breakfast. This hotel has a trail that r...
2023 09 29 IL-MO
1 vac truck to Bridgeton MO (delivered)... spending the night at Cedar Rapids IA Awaken by the alarm again. Breakfast was eggs and left over bacon from last night. Still too much, I will be taking one piece with me for later. The GPS took us to the shipper on a route I will not be taking back with a...
2023 09 28 WI-IL
1 tanker to Urbana IL (delivered) 1 vac truck to Bridgeton MO (Friday)... spending the night at Bloomington IL It took the alarm to wake us this AM. So everything seemed to move a little slower. Breakfast was eggs and the leftover philly minus the bread. For juice they actually had service size cups...
2023 09 27 MN-WI
1 trash truck to Muskego WI (failed) 1 tanker to Urbana IL (Thursday)... spending the night at Wisconsin Rapids WI We were both up early, almost. The person here in charge of breakfast has way to much energy for this time in the AM. I noticed she was putting butter from the little individual cups on...
2023 09 26 IA-MN
1 RV to Hermanton MN (delivered) 1 trash truck to Muskego WI (Wednesday)... spending the night at Vadnais Heights MN All is good:) We have the wallet back. Interesting breakfast for a 'nicer hotel.' No eggs, but they did have sausage and potatoes. No fruit. Only about six cups of yogurt, mostly diet...
2023 09 25 IA-MN
1 trash truck to Sioux Falls SD (delivered) 1 RV to Hermanton MN (BB)... spending the night at Vadnais Heights MN Breakfast was the basic eggs and sausage. Ready to leave at 7:30. Before I left I had emailed a dispatcher about the truck mentioned a few days ago in Omaha. It has been covered. 15 minu...
2023 09 24 MN-SD
1 trash truck to Sioux Falls SD... spending the night at Brandon SD The only alarm was the crack of thunder about an hour before we got up. Breakfast at home. Pulled out a little before 9 AM. We haven't left the house for two days so today we need to stop and pick up my paperwork... and drive throug...
2023 09 22 MN-SD
1 trash truck to Sioux Falls SD (Sunday)... spending the night at home Dispatch didn't call all day so finally mid-afternoon I called them. The only short trip they had was this one, a trash truck. The other one they offered me was in IA going to WY, also a trash truck. And it looks like WY is going...
2023 09 21 MN-KS
1 dump truck to Topeka KS (delivered)... spending the night at home This didn't happen this AM but a couple of mornings ago... I was unplugging my phone charger in the hotel room and dropped the charger on my phone... prongs down. So now my smart phone has a shattered screen. Today. Breakfast was ou...
2023 09 20 MN-KS
1 dump truck to Topeka KS... spending the night in Lawrence KS Breakfast here is so-so. It is not the reason we stay here. Pulling out of the hotel before has always been with the car, and we can't take a left onto the street so I go up and make a big u-turn by cutting through the Fleet Farm parking...
2023 09 19 WI-IA
1 pickup to Williamsburg IA (delivered) 1 dump truck to Topeka KS... spending the night in Owatonna MN Both awake before the alarm. I've been lucky, I've eaten Italian food a couple of times lately right before going to bed and no bad side effects. Breakfast today was a sandwich to nuke, and a small...
2023 09 18 WI-WI
1 pickup to Caledonia WI (delivered) 1 pickup to Williamsburg IA 1 dump truck to Topeka KS (Tuesday)... spending the night in Madison WI Breakfast was supposed to be the typical 'buffet' or a limited made to order menu. When we got there, it was from the menu. And we were the only people in the rest...
2023 09 17 WI-IA
1 pickup to Williamsburg IA (Monday) 1 pickup to Caledonia WI (Tuesday)... spending the night in Appleton WI The plan had been to leave out Saturday at about 10:30 and stop at the OktoberFest for a couple of hours before heading in the direction of Appleton. Instead at 10:30 we were heading to the E...
2023 09 15 MN-MN
1 pickup to Shakopee MN (delivered) 1 pickup to Williamsburg IA (Monday) 1 pickup to Caledonia WI (Tuesday)... spending the night at home Nothing strange at this hotel. Last night I did watch a pickup with a 5th wheel come in and run over the curb and still had no where to turn. I didn't stick aroun...
2023 09 14 IN-MN
1 box truck to Little Falls MN (delivered) 1 pickup to Shakopee MN (Thursday)... spending the night at Elk River MN When we leave our room for breakfast we see that the person across from us has stacked their 8 pillows, some towels and their coffee maker in the hall with a not saying that they would...
2023 09 13 MN-IL
1 trash truck to Elk Grove IL (delivered) 1 box truck to Little Falls MN 1 pickup to Shakopee MN (Thursday)... spending the night at Schaumburg IL Breakfast was the usual, nothing like what was shown on the picture at check-in. We get going right about 7:30, my first stop is two exits down at the TA...
2023 09 12 MN-IL
1 trash truck to Elk Grove IL... spending the night at DeForest WI This AM when we are done with biz at our appointment, the person starts asking us a lot about our jobs. How we choice hotels, how fast we drive, how far we drive, what we drive, etc. Afterwards we stop past they local office and pick...
2023 09 11 MN-IL
1 trash truck to Elk Grove IL (Tuesday)... spending the night at home No great work on the load board, no dispatchers calling us so we take another day off. Finally about 10 AM I call the local dispatcher, they are in their meeting so I call again about 11 AM. No 'good' trips so I am taking another...