2 buses to Grass Valley CA (canceled)

1 bus to Santa Ana CA (Wednesday)

... spending the night at Livermore CA

I had agreed to take two buses 150 miles tomorrow and the boss would pay for the hotel for tonight and we'd leave in the AM. Dispatch calls back a half hour later while I was driving and said the two buses were electric and I couldn't take them. But I can go to Santa Anna. We don't do the math, we just agree.

We could have left tonight but we already have a hotel so we head to the hotel. We shouldn't have gotten a hotel until after 5 PM, not sure when we will learn.

Morning

We eat breakfast and then later we head to exchange rental cars. When I walk into to the hotel office to check out, I take two steps in and stop and just look at the desk clerk. She looks at me and says ... "it's been a while." This clerk has been working at this hotel since we started staying in Livermore but she used to work the evening shift.

We get to Avis and the lot is full. It is usually just a few cars. Interesting because later we are looking at how to get out of town if we need to and the web says they do not have any (one-way) cars.

While sitting there, I try to put the fuel door of our other rental car back on. It doesn't stay.

When we get to drop the other rental car, BB takes the fuel door in with her. Someone comes out to check the car out and just snaps it back in place with one hand. I'm thinking they have done that before. So no charge to us for breaking it.

We then go for a walk at Sycamore Grove Park. Until the path was closed because of ??

Then we ate at Mario's. Same waiter as last year. Same great food.

After eating we drove past the bus shipper. We didn't notice any buses missing or added since we drove past yesterday.

So we drove back to Sycamore Grove Park but at a different entrance. After sitting there an hour we took another walk. We walked each end for a mile and a half.

Before my 3 PM call, dispatch calls me. That doesn't happen often. Can I do two buses tomorrow. Dispatch will pay for tonight's hotel. So we make a hotel reservation and head to the hotel.

As I am driving, the dispatcher calls back with a change of plans. Not sure how to put the flip phone on speaker so BB answers. First two buses are canceled because they are electric (?) but there is a trip going to Santa Ana. Without even knowing where that is, we agree.

Now, doing the math, we have almost -0- chance of making delivery tomorrow. It is on the other side of LA.

... also mentioned at some point was a trip to Duluth. Sounds good. But now that we have already sat for two days this is not going to be a huge money maker.

Loadboard

US - 182

IA - 3

MN - 14

WI -0-