1 tank truck to Sparks NV
... spending the night at York, NE
Spent last night in Nashville IL.
Right as we are going to head down for breakfast, BB realizes that she had the sun rise / first light times wrong. We should almost be walking out the door and we haven't had breakfast yet.
I should have just had yogurt this AM, but they had b-a-c-o-n.
We did get going 15 minutes earlier than planned.
It is Saturday AM and not much traffic. Heading through St Louis, I can't think of anywhere in my hometown that is as bad as the parts of STL we see from the freeway. Piles of trash, buildings falling in, graffiti.
1st stop is in Foristell at the TA. No line. In and out quickly. Someone had posted this AM on FB how much their discount was at the same station yesterday. Mine was $.20 less than their lowest number.
Wind. In SC/NC I had been getting up to 12 mpg at times. Today I am getting 6-7 mpg and we aren't into the headwind yet. Or the 70 mph headwinds.
2nd stop is in Higgensville, just before Kansas City, at the Pilot / Subway for lunch. Only one person working today so it took a little longer. We ended up with a 45 minute break instead of a 30 so there goes the time we gained by starting early. I had the same sandwich today as last time. The garlic something. Last time it was a little dry so today I had them put twice as much garlic butter on it :)
Google had me going right though downtown Kansas City, I chose the beltway instead. No traffic issues, hardly any slow downs. Did see one place today where a car was hung up on the center cable. Yesterday we saw a semi laying on it's side on the freeway. Neither effected our travel.
Still not used to this truck. I call it an 'electric stick shift.' The computer shift's it like a stick shift. And it sometimes takes longer finding the gears than I do. I have to make sure there is plenty of room when I pull into traffic. There is no way to ... step on the gas and make it go faster. Peddle all the way to the floor and it goes through every gear.
3rd stop was Mound City at a <> rest area with 'limited services.' Two one hole outhouses. And not well kept up either.
Two transporters passed us today that had passed us yesterday. Mudflaps say SC. Then when left the freeway, they were on the side of the road ... smoking is my guess.
Near Sidney IA, we get off the freeway for an hour between there and Lincoln.
4th and final stop is at the Best Western in York. I park in the back with the cars instead of in their truck lot. Lots of room is why we picked this hotel.
We check in and they give us a room near laundry, again. This time so we can wash my diesel jeans and other heavier items. This hotel has an Applebee's inhouse so that is where we eat. Order, not eat. We take our food back to the room so we can keep an eye on the laundry. Ended up running the wash twice on the same load before we dried it.
Load board
US - 152
IA - 2/0
MN - 1
WI - 6
Weather maps are still showing 70+ wind gusts for tomorrow in WY. Other than that, we have our day planned. With mileage dropping from 12 to 6, we will be stopping a little more often.