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 trifecta. Rain, dark, and road construction. The plus on this road construction is that it was not very long and was well marked with reflectors.
We do not like running in the dark, but we are trying to get 500 miles today so we can deliver by noon on Saturday. Not our choice, that is what dispatch wants and we thought we could do it.
... and we wanted to get in at least a 100 miles before shutting down because of the wind, or forecasted wind.
1st stop is the welcome center in Clarksville TN. The rain lets up a little while we are there. BB checks the weather and we are still OK to run.
2nd stop is in Christiana at a Loves for fuel. Crowded when we get there, empty when we leave. We drove around the fuel area a couple of times before we found an open island, with diesel. The first one I pulled into was gas only. Today will be a day where we can't park across from each other to fuel. Instead one fuels, lays the hose down and then the next one pulls up.
3rd stop is in Chattanooga at Buddy's BBQ. This whole area is new, I don't think anything was here five years ago. Last exit before GA.
Coming up to Calhoun, I see flashing lights IN the right lane so we move over. A whole bunch of squad cars and one Fedex trailer. Pup, nose down. There were a couple of cars stopped passed where the trailer was so it didn't look like anyone hit it.
A mile plus down the road was the tractor and other trailer. It either took him that long to notice or that long for someone to chase him down. (10 months ago I chased down an RV that lost the car they were towing ... they didn't know that had lost it. Same stretch of highway)
4th stop was at Emmerson at a Loves for a break. i had texted the drop at noon but they haven't gotten back to me so I call from here. "Yeah ... no problem. We will be working into the evening hours."
5th stop is a Loves in Jackson for fuel. It is close to dark and we are done. We do not HAVE to deliver by noon. From here we make reservations.
6th and final stop is the Comfort Inn in Forsyth. Food is next door at the Shoney's buffet. But tonight is Friday night. It's a fish buffet. I should have just gone with it, there were a couple of things that were not fish. I would have been done sooner and likely not eaten as much. BB was almost done eating by the time I got my food.
From before daylight until after daylight and we only were able to make 425 miles today. Rare that traffic was moving the posted. Rare that my wipers were no on. And it wasn't until after noon that the wind died down. We were hoping for another 525+ mile day today. That is two more hours we will need to drive tomorrow.
Load board
US - 97
IA - 2/0
MN -2
WI - 2