2024 03 02 CA-CO
1 bus to Grand Junction CO (delivered)... spending the night at Albert Lea MN Up at 5 AM (local,) car loaded by 6 AM. Then we go back in and grab food. Good food today. Apples/oranges. We took hard boiled eggs instead of scrambles as they are easier to eat in the car. Canadian bacon, fruit cups. To-...
2024 03 01 CA-CO
1 bus to Grand Junction CO (delivered)... spending the night at Sterling CO When we finally got to bed last night, I found out that my side was like a hammock. Not a good nights sleep. At some point I was able to get close enough to the middle to be on flat bed without bothering BB. Breakfast. Good...
2024 02 29 CA-CO
1 bus to Grand Junction CO... spending the night at Grand Junction CO We have a bus so we need to take two trips to get our luggage back to the bus. If we remember, we do the first trip when we go down for breakfast. Breakfast... they had a stack of wrapped burritos in the warmer for breakfast. That...
2024 02 28 CA-CO
1 bus to Grand Junction CO... spending the night at Mesquite NV (the following is written almost 2 weeks later, so likely missing some details)... first word in my notes is 'Opps.' Opps what? It's been two weeks. My guess... At some point this AM we realize that I may have not taken a full 10 hours...
2024 02 27 CA-CO
1 tractor to Stockton CA (delivered) 1 bus to Grand Junction CO... spending the night at Santa Nella CA (the following is written almost 2 weeks later, so likely missing some details) This AM we are thinking that getting closer to the drop last night would have been a good idea. At one point, the ce...
2024 02 26 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis CA (1 delivered, 1 at the shop)... spending the night at Woodland CA Up at 5 AM, ready to make calls at 6 AM. At 6 AM I go out and start my RV, the waring light is still on. So I call RV dispatch. They say I can call the drop to see if they will take it with a warning light on. This...
2024 02 25 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis CA... spending the night at Rocklin CA Today is a day off... no alarm. But we were up in time to eat breakfast. They had two kinds of scrambled eggs (with/without meat,) sausage, potatoes. Plus I had good yogurt. Non-diet yogurt, the last few days other places it has all be diet. We...
2024 02 24 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis CA... spending the night at Rocklin CA Omelettes and sausage for breakfast. We were ready at 6:30 local but not in a big rush, ended up starting at 6:45. Frost on the windows again. Temps the last two days have been below freezing to highs around 50 degrees. 1st stop today is just ac...
2024 02 23 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis CA... spending the night at Elko NV Spent last night in Rawlins at the Comfort Inn We don't want to get going too early this AM because of our NV permit. Breakfast was egg patties and sausage. Inspecting at 7:30 local. Sun is up and on my windshield but not on BB's. Frost this AM. Pr...
2024 02 22 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis CA... spending the night at Rawlins WY Up early enough. Breakfast here is good. Fresh scrambled eggs, plus lots more. When we went to leave, we could here geese... we looked up... we looked west... east... north. As far as we could see in every direction there were geese flying in fo...
2024 02 21 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis CA... spending the night at Grand Island NE Not good when I am up in the middle of the night because of what I ate the night before. Not sure if it was the what I ate or how much I ate. But in the AM, I tossed the leftovers and just had a small yogurt for breakfast. We had gotten to...
2024 02 20 IA-CA
2 RV's to Davis CA (Wednesday)... spending the night at Clear Lake IA (40 miles from where we were this AM) Up and rolling at our usual time. Breakfast for me was yogurt. But they had a good spread, everything but real eggs.... last nights food tasted better the first time. Something about Italian f...
2024 02 19 IA-WI
2 RV's to Suamica WI (delivered)... spending the night at Albert Lea MN Both DELIVERED Because of our revised plan, we did not get going at 7:30. Our new plan is to take BB's RV, if it starts, to the drop first and come back and get mine later. Before we had planned on taking both up to a gas statio...
2024 02 18 IA-WI
2 RV's to Suamica WI... spending the night at Green Bay WI Alarm... Without breakfast we were able to get going at 7:15, so a few minute jump on the day. We need fuel and we want to leave the car close to full now thqt winter is back, so we stop at the Loves in Albert Lea. We get to the RV's at 10 A...
2024 02 17 IA-WI
2 RV's to Suamica WI (Sunday)... spending the night at home FINALLY... we have work. We didn't know if the office was open so hadn't looked at it for a while. Two no-tows to WI. That pays good. And I could hear voices in the back ground when I called in. They are busy today. They may/may not put mor...
2024 02 16 MN
8:00 - 2 8:34 - 1 10:46 - 3 10:49 - 2 11:00 - 1 11:34 - 2 11:35 - 1 12:49 - 0 1:09 - 9 1:16 - 5 1:19 - 3 1:47 - 4 2:15 - 2 2:35 - 0 3:14 - 4 3:20 - 5 3:29 - 6 3:32 - 5 3:35 - 4 3:47 - 3 3:54 - 2 4:16 - 6 4:25 - 5 4:27 - 4 4:29 - 3 4:30 - 2 4:35 - 1 Load board US - 75 IA - 2/1 MN - 1 WI - 10
2024 02 15 MN
8:00 - 2 8:06 - 0 9:38 - 2 10:41 - 2 10:46 - 1 11:39 - 6 11:40 - 5 11:48 - 3 12:03 - 2 12:54 - 3 12:55 - 2 1:33 - 1 1:37 - 2 1:38 - 1 3:20 - 3 3:21 - 2 4:18 - 3 4:20 - 2 4:23 - 5 4:26 - 4 4:35 - 5 4:41 - 2 5:00 - 2
2024 02 14 MN
8:00 - 4 8:15 - 5 8:18 - 3 9:07 - 2 9:42 - 1 10:30 - 2 11:05 - 1 12:35 - 6 12:43 - 5 12:52 - 4 1:14 - 3 2:21 - 2 2;50 - 1 2:57 - 0 4:11 - 4 4:18 - 3 4:44 - 2 Load board US - 95 IA - 2 MN - 2 WI - 8
2024 02 13 MN
Spent the day watching the load board, only recorded the times when there was changes... and we each were checking more often than every 15 minutes. We did not leave the house or have any other projects so this was an on going thing. Someone must have had an issue with their first RV, that is usuall...
2024 02 12 MN
My plan had been to work local today without BB, but I called just after 8 AM and they did not have anything for today. They did ask if I would be around later in the week (no) and I asked where the buses were going... Still Canada. We spent time since we got home working on taxes. I have both my sp...
2024 02 10 TX-TX
1 box truck to Lake Longview TX (delivered)... spending the night at Alvarado TX Up before the alarm, rolling at our usual time <> 7:30. Pretty quiet, even for a Saturday AM. 1st stop is in Cameron at the Loves for fuel. $2.49 today. We were a few miles short of the next Loves for range. There...
2024 02 09 TX-TX
1 box truck to Lake Longview TX (delivered)... spending the night at Alvarado TX Bacon... for breakfast. We are watching the load board at 7 AM waiting for something good as TX did not put anything on the load board last night. It doesn't happen. They do put one truck from Fort Worth going to OKC on...
2024 02 08 TX-TX
1 box truck to Lake Longview TX (delivered)... spending the night at Alvarado TX Breakfast - yogurt. TX dispatch stopped taking calls last night by 4 PM so I guessed they would start again at 7 AM. Even before that we see trips dropping off the load board. I call at 7 AM, 7:05, 7:15... finally they...
2024 02 07 CA-LA
1 bus to Lake Charles LA (delivered)... spending the night at Waxahachie TX No alarm so we slept in... too long. Ended up getting to the drop with just minutes to spare. I said I would be there 'before 10 AM.' Late last night, the TX dispatcher was still putting trips on the load board. One was goin...
2024 02 06 CA-LA
1 bus to Lake Charles LA... spending the night at Sulphur, LA Another alarm morning. I do have leftovers but walk with BB to check out the hotel breakfast. And I grab a western omelette and juice. Back at the room I move all my leftovers from the styrofoam container to a paper plate... THEN I realiz...
2024 02 05 CA-LA
1 bus to Lake Charles LA... spending the night at Kerrville, TX Waking up to an alarm is getting old... Today's breakfast was eggs, sausage and potato's because all yogurt was diet. BB got a little shock this AM:) We were on the first floor of the hotel and this hotel has the pull up/down shades ins...
2024 02 04 CA-LA
1 bus to Lake Charles LA... spending the night at Las Cruces NM Spent last night at the Quality Inn in Blythe. Breakfast was yogurt and a mini cinni roll. I try to call the entry scale again this AM. Always busy. Finally I call a different location and find out that they... can not change the date o...
2024 02 03 CA-LA
1 bus to Lake Charles LA... spending the night at Blythe CA Up with the alarm this AM. Short night. Breakfast was yogurt and an egg patty. Rolling at 7 AM local, sun is already up. This hotel has a big dip where I came in last night. No issue coming in but I always drag going out. So today I went al...
2024 02 02 CA-LA
1 bus to......................... Medford OR (delivered)... spending the night at CA No plans for the day other than to get down to the bus shipper by 3-4 PM. Still getting up at 4 AM so we haven't adjusted to west coast time yet. Saw the the FB feed that more restaurants are closing in Oakland. Too...
2024 02 01 CA
2 RV's to Medford OR (delivered)... spending the night at Woodland CA We had no plans for today and the forecast was for rain. So we are still awake at 4 AM:( We had their breakfast and my leftovers of meatloaf. Pretty good, BB helped me eat them so I didn't get stuffed. This place did not have any...
2024 01 31 IA-OR
2 RV's to Medford OR (delivered)... spending the night at Redding CA This seems to be a mostly yogurt trip. Today I got yogurt and two cups of fruit. But by the time I was done with the yogurt I was full. So the fruit was to go. We had gone to bed early last night so we were <> up by about 4 A...
2024 01 30 IA-OR
2 RV's to Medford OR... spending the night at Eugene OR Breakfast. The person at check-in last night was bragging it up. Not 'great' but lots of choices. Scrambled eggs or omelettes. Bacon, ham or sausage patties or links. Also this is the first place ever... including grocery stores that I have see...
2024 01 29 IA-OR
2 RV's to Medford OR... spending the night at Post Falls ID Breakfast. They did have eggs and sausage but I went for yogurt. I did find two non-peach flavor out of the two dozen in the fridge. 1st thing I did this AM was correct my opps from last night. I had left me drugs in the RV and didn't feel...
2024 01 28 IA-OR
2 RV's to Medford OR... spending the night at Billings MT Breakfast for me was yogurt and a fruit cup. For some reason we were running a little later this AM. Lots of stops today, nothing lines up for 120 mile/two hour stops. (the rest is written 2+ days later) For me, breakfast was just a cup of yo...
2024 01 27 IA-OR
2 RV's to Medford OR... spending the night at Oacoma SD Up with no alarm, out of the house at our usual time. 7:30. One day, two nights at home. 1st stop was at Wendy's in Owatonna for a breakfast sandwich. 2nd stop was in Forest City at the Kwik Star for car fuel. Still cold enough that we want to...
2024 01 26 IA-OR
11:20 - 4 gone within minutes. We called on two 2:40 - 3 to NW 2::49 - 5 3:00 - 3 3:05 - 4 gone 3:24 - 2 left 3:46 - 5 added - 4:00 - 1 left 2 RV's to Medford OR... spending the night at home We did call on two Sandy OR trips earlier but they were gone by the time someone answered... but dispatch di...
2024 01 25 MN
10:07 - 3 added 10:14 - 2 gone 10:51 - 1 gone 11:25 - 8 added 11:30 - 4 gone 11:35 - 2 gone 1 PM - 1 and gone in seconds 2:30 - 3:30 - 2 to Nakomis and gone Breakfast was last nights leftovers. Too much, to heavy for breakfast. We got a late checkout because we hadn't grabbed a trip yet. 12 noon we...
2024 01 24 NC-IA
1 Tree truck to Cedar Rapids IA (delivered)... spending the night at Clear Lake IA Breakfast was a nuked muffin and yogurt. This AM we were running a little later than usual. The drop has not called back and I had given them a much later arrival than needed. And we wanted to wait until the temps ros...
2024 01 23 NC-IA
1 Tree truck to Cedar Rapids IA... spending the night at Galesburg IL Awaken by the alarm. Breakfast is not much, but all I want today is yogurt and they have that. All juice seems to be really watered down, like that is the way they have it set. Today we get to arrange for close quarters. It takes...
2024 01 22 NC-IA
1 Tree truck to Cedar Rapids IA... spending the night at Corbin KY... we are working again... Spent last night in Durham NC. No leftovers so we ate breakfast. Half an omelette and a small yogurt. Still full from last night. Rolling about 7:30, after we scrape the frost off the windows. It was a few...
2024 01 21 NC-IA
1 Tree truck to Cedar Rapids IA... spending the night at Durham NC No keys, no paperwork... spending another night. Alarm at 6, breakfast at 7. Bacon. Running a little slow so we did not get out of here until 7:45. Temps cooler than forecast. Half hour trip to the shipper. Can't find my paperwork in...
2024 01 20 NC-IA
1 Tree truck to Cedar Rapids IA... spending the night at Durham NC No alarm but waited to leave until our planned time. Breakfast was our leftovers from last night. Mine were as good today as they were last night. When I went to check out, no one was at the front desk. So my 2nd place to look is the...
2024 01 19 NC-IA
A Walk in the Park Up before dispatch starts loading and eat breakfast at the hotel. I am still stuffed from yesterday so I just have a yogurt. TX puts semi tractors on early. Then there is one from FL going to Duluth. I grab my phone and by that time BB is looking at it... Duluth... GA.:( Then we s...
2024 01 18 FL
Grave Days Safety Meeting We had an alarm this AM. Breakfast was last nights Italian leftovers. Headed to our meeting at 7:30. We were not the first ones there. We sign in and talk to other drivers until the meeting starts. Unlike the annual meetings in IA where there are 100-200 people, today there...
2024 01 17 FL
Walk in the Park - Six Mile Cypress Slough Grave Days - Up about 7 AM - no breakfast as we are going out to eat later. And it was just over an hour to our next hotel so we were in no rush. Finally about 10 AM local we headed into old Sarasota for breakfast at a place called First Watch. Good breakfa...
2024 01 16 FL
Walk in the park - Tampa River Walk The first thing we hear this AM was a plane coming in. Spent last night at the Country Inn near the Tampa airport. Plan was to call the local FL dispatcher at 8 AM when the 'office' opens. And I did. But this is an issue with this dispatcher... the trip was gone y...
2024 01 15 FL
Walk in the park - Honeymoon Island No alarm, no dogs barking last night after management knocked on the door. When we left in the AM, I mentioned it to the front desk. They knew all about it. The only dog they knew about was below us (and was a service dog.) BB was not with me then, but she is 'alm...
2024 01 14 FL
Walk in the park - Circle B Bar Ranch No alarm for the first time in a few days. We can only eat so much food in a day so we skip the hotel breakfast so we are hungry enough to eat lunch at 11 AM. We drive to Lakeland... Florida. 1st stop was the Cozy Oaks restaurant for food. They had about 20 tabl...
2024 01 13 IA-FL
2 RV's to Tampa FL (delivered)... spending the night at Palm River FL Another day of waking up to the alarm clock, another night of lousy sleep. Spent last night at the Comfort Inn in Forsyth. Breakfast was ok... Yogurt was all diet, eggs were cold, link sausage was ok, juice was ok. Headed out at 7...
2024 01 12 IA-FL
2 RV's to Tampa FL... spending the night at Forsyth GA Long day, short night. (the rest is written two days later)... don't remember breakfast... We spent last night at the Quality Inn in Calvert City. Glad we fueled last night, today it is raining. And lightening. So right off the bat, we hit the t...
2024 01 11 IA-FL
2 RV's to Tampa FL... spending the night at Calvert City KY 5:30 alarm:( But we want to get delivered Saturday by noon. (We'd rather do things at our own speed) Good breakfast for a Country Inn. Bacon, eggs, biscuits and gravy, hot cereal, Pop-tarts, cheese sticks, water... It snowed... when our RV'...
2024 01 10 IA-FL
2 RV's to Tampa FL... spending the night at Cedar Falls IA We are up and watching the load board at 8 AM. And we watch them drop, one at a time. Until finally they are all gone. Sometime about 9 AM the RV dispatcher calls us. At our last safety meeting they had forgotten to get company t-shirts for...
2024 01 09 MN
10 AM - Three RV's, the first two were gone shortly, the 3rd was still there at 2 PM 12 noon - an RV for OR, dated August was on the loadboard for a few seconds 2 PM - two RV's, the one to CA was gone in seconds 4 ? - At some point they put out a, just one, Tampa FL. It was gone in seconds. We've do...
2024 01 08 MN
The first trips went on the load board were at 10::30. There was three of them, the first two were gone within 15 minutes. The second trips were put out at 12:30 and were gone within 15 minutes. Those two were both going to Texas, but to different locations. Not ideal enough for us to see if they wo...
2024 01 05 IA
Today they did not put out any trips until 10:15. 3 RV's, no pairs. (Now I have forgotten the rest of the RV's they put out) By noon they had put out 2 more, at least today the ones they are putting out are all new, not reworked or left ones. About 3 PM they put out a KS and a NY one. KS is less tha...
2024 01 04 IA
Within a few minutes of dispatch opening at 8 AM, all of the trips on the load board were gone. Finally about 11 AM, they added two new trips. The one to CA lasted about 15 seconds and the one to WA lasted about 15 minutes. Close to noon, as we were leaving the hotel, they added one more which again...
2024 01 03 IA
Going no where Spending the night in Mason City IA It's a new year and we can't really go anywhere until we have our new plate, IFTA, etc so we headed down to IA this AM after calling them to make sure they had enough that we could get ours without heading out on a trip. We could. Once stop for fuel...
2024 01 02 MN
Load board - Weekend Jan 1 US - 126 IA - 1/0 MN - 0 WI - 9 Load board - Monday Jan 2 US - 116 IA - 5/4 MN -0- WI - 7 Plan WAS to head out this AM to IA to get our plates etc... but, yesterday our water heater decided it was done. Sometime in the last few years it was our heater that quit while we we...