Spent last night at home ...

We both started dialing at 7:58, I got through once but it ended up going to voicemail. Then at about 8:04, BB got through again and got our trips. But ... the one we wanted was already gone so we will both be driving the same kinds of units.

... last night. I was packing and noticed when I grabbed my extra meds that something was not right. After searching for more pills we finally looked closer at the bottle I did have and saw that for the last refill, I was given a 3 week supply instead of a 3 month. And the store doesn't open until 9 AM so we are not getting going at 7 AM ...

2 RV's to Davis CA

... spending the night at Waukee IA

On the way to the store, first I am following someone who's tire is almost running on the rim so I'm watching it closely. They turn off before the street goes to four lanes so I can't wave them down. Then at the only four ways stop ... someone blows right through it as I am next to go ... Not a good start to the day.

9 AM I call in and they can have what I need ready in a half hour. When I get there, I find out that they only have me a small amount of pills again. Not going to deal with it today, next time.

Next stop is for fuel and food at the Loves in Albert Lea. It is cold enough that we want to leave the fuel tank just about on full. And we might as well eat as long as we are stopped. Nothing good on the shelf that can be eaten while driving so we go to Wendy's. Not fast but fresh.

We are at the shipper. The lots are full.

Guess what. That RV we wanted? It had stayed on the load board all morning and was still there when we fueled. The driver who got the trip ... didn't have their logs up to date in the computer and the main office is closed until Monday. That driver can't work at all and had to give up their trip. I had asked BB many times if I should call ... 'no, they are busy and just behind' ...

Shipper is working today. Sounds like there will be at least another 200 more RV's on the load board this month. Should be something left for us when we get back.

We are a little behind getting here, every few minutes counts. We had hoped to be out of here at 1 PM and it was 1:30 when we were ready to leave town. Neither of us were in a big rush. Only talked to one other driver, he saw me parking my car and said he had one that brand ... drove it 300,000 miles, towed it another 300,000 miles and then sold it to a co-driver who drove it another 200,000 before it died. My wife had around 400,000 on a previous car before that one died on us.

BB doesn't have enough fuel to get to the next cheap fuel so we fuel in town at the Kwik Star. I put in 11 gallons and she puts in 17.

The Ankeny rest area had been closed because of road work so we stop at the Story City rest area about 20 miles before it this trip. Plan was to get to Council Bluffs tonight but we are running behind enough that it would be an hour after dark by then. And the deer are still moving around a lot so we decide to shut down early.

None of our class hotels between Des Moines and Omaha so we get the last hotel out of town, Waukee. The Sleep Inn. But that means we will not make it to California by Monday night unless we start or run in the dark.

Once we check in, we walk next door to the Hy-Vee gas station / coffee shop. Good food. Made to order. Today the soups are not anything I would eat, but something BB would eat and she rarely gets soup. I had a chicken salad sandwich. No desert.

Load board

US - 332

IA - 101

MN - 5

WI - 9

Lots of good no-tow trips that would have paid better than this. But it is always a 'do we take what there is, or wait for something that may not happen.' We took what there was. Now there is ...

9 - Rancho Cucamonga (LA)

8 - FL

2 - Duluth MN

2 - Bend OR

20 different cities that had two our more RV's going to the same place. Choices.

Tomorrow we will try to get to Sidney. Just over 500 miles. Unless the weather shuts us down sooner. We are at the time of the year where 500 miles takes us 8 hours of driving, plus two hours for inspections, rest breaks, fuel and lunch. That is the 10 hours of daylight. Add anything to that and we are driving in the dark.