1 tank truck to Sparks NV

... spending the night at Nashville ... IL

Breakfast - Huge headed wok's of eggs, sausage, potatoes, etc. Two people working the breakfast area. This hotel has a construction company using part of their parking lot and I'm guessing a lot of the crew is staying here. And they want to keep it that way. Real eggs ...

A decked set of tractors came in after we did, they kind of jack-knifed the rear tractor. Hope it did not damage anything.

Truck starts :) without starting fluid or a jump :)

We pull out a little after 6 AM home time. I had put in enough fuel to get us 70 miles down the road and that is where some of the cheaper fuel is.

1st stop was at the Weigel's in Newport TN. They have a fuel discount with our company, but the card doesn't work at the pump. I had to go in to get the pump started. New, young girl doesn't know how to do it so I have to wait for someone to help her.

Same when I came back in, young girl didn't know what to do next so another person quickly hit the buttons ... Young girl says "I need to learn how to do this, you hit the buttons so fast I couldn't see what you were doing ..."

2nd stop was near Crab Orchard at a rest area.

3rd stop was for lunch at the PJ's in Lebanon. We split some meatloaf and sides.

4th stop was the Loves in Calvert City. I likely had enough fuel to get west of St Louis to our next fuel stop, but just in case, I stopped here and added 10 gallons. I was getting 12 mpg early going through road construction at 55 mph. Now that I am mostly running 65 mph it is staying closer to 9 mpg.

I called the bus dispatcher from the fuel stop. As usual, I say "This is Jim ___" Before I can say more, the dispatcher is saying. 'No, still not good. Things are now terrible ...' Once I could tell him I would be there next week ... 'Call me then, have a safe trip.' So at some point, he is going to be buried in these buses they are continuing to build but can't ship.

Plan had been to stop in Mt Vernon and then Lincoln tomorrow night. But where we are coming into Lincoln, there are not any hotels so we decided to push tomorrow to York. And that would be easier if we made it past Mt Vernon tonight. So ...

5th and final stop is the Best Western in Nashville IL. As soon as we check in, we get a load of laundry going. Then we walk next door to the Little Nashville restaurant. They were having a meeting so it took longer than it should have. We got our food to go and when it was ready, BB walked back to the hotel to do laundry.

Food was good. BB had a wrap, I had a philly and we split a piece of apple pie.

Load board

US - 145

IA - 2/0

MN - 1

WI - 6

NV -0-

So now our plan has changed so we get to York tomorrow. After that we don't know. Mile wise, we could make it to Rawlins. But the forecast for Sunday is 30+ winds west of Cheyenne ... with 70 mph gusts. I'd likely be OK, this truck is low and heavy. But I don't want to be around the other drivers who think they will be OK and won't be.