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 AM their time. I had parked closer to the branches last night than I had planned so I was careful leaving this AM.

Traffic was six lanes most or all of the way today. Saw lots of cops, saw one in action but not sure if he got the right car. I though it was smaller than the one he pulled over.

Did pass one of our drivers this AM, also met a lot of driveaway drivers in traffic this AM.

1st stop was the rest are near Sycamore at a rest area.

2nd stop was for fuel and lunch at the Loves/Hardee's in Ellisville. Plan was to stop later today in Wildwood to see if we might need more fuel. We both had enough to get to our drop when we fueled last night.

But these things don't like the speed we are driving them. For my first 100 miles I used 150 miles range of fuel. So we fuel here. Today we split a 5 piece chicken sticks.

There is a firetruck that pulled in behind us, but no where to park something that big in the car spots so he just parked it out of the way.

3rd stop is first at the Pilot in Wildwood, but their car parking area fits about three cars, so we decide neither of us needs fuel after this AM's fuel so we head south.

4th stop is the rest area near Bushnell. Lots of parking here, new parking.

Somewhere along the route today there was a semi on the shoulder that was smoking. Something was burning. Mentioned it to BB, and she had smelled hot brakes for miles before that. But by the time she got to the truck it was not a brake smell.

5th stop is the Brandon Mall for the rental car agency. This location is inside the mall. We are early and they do not have our car ready. As BB sits there, she can hear the help calling drivers who have not returned their cars yet.

Then there is a walk in, they want to rent a car today. Sorry no cars.

Not sure what was going on at this mall. It's like the 70's-80's all over again. The parking lot is full except where we parked. The old Sears (?) is still empty so the park area is mostly empty also. But the mall is packed. Almost no vacant store fronts.

I had noticed when we came in there was a line to exit and when BB pegged the drop in the GPS it gave her a different route to leave. I came back out the way I came in, because that is what I had looked at. Somewhere else may have cost me more time that I saved. 15 minutes from my parking stop <> 3 blocks back to the main street.

It did take about 45 minutes for them to get us a car so glad I didn't call the drop until I was leaving. We arrange to park my first RV and come back to get BB's and drop them both at the same time.

Next stop is the SpeedeWay for fuel. BB gets there five minutes before I do going her route.

We find the entrance to the fair grounds OK and park one RV. Then head back to get BB's RV. It's only about 5 miles, 10 round trip but takes us about an hour.

I get back first with the car, BB has to fuel hers. By the time I walk from my car to the RV and take my plate off, BB is there. So I call my contact on site and he sends someone to meet us. Instead of us following them all the way, they followed us to our car and then did the paperwork and took the RV's from there ??? Fine with us.

For a minute we thought we'd have to wait as the inspector at the fair said we didn't have the needed paperwork. That paperwork was for RV's coming from dealers ... we did have the paperwork needed for new units.

No plan for where to go next so we sat in our car. Something we could have thought about ahead of time. BB's limits are ... no long road trips (so no FL Keys,) and to stay at least two nights in one place. We finally picked a cheaper hotel in the area for tonight just to get off the road. It has been long, stressful days and short nights. But we made it.

We hadn't sat there after dropping the RV's that long but the route we came in is now gated, then we follow the GPS ... gated. Then we shut the GPS off until we could get off the grounds. We found a gate that would let us out but not people in.

Comfort Inn in Brandon. BB is glad we did not pick this one for two nights. Over kill on the 'clean' smell that her eyes water.

It is Saturday night and it's been hours since lunch so we wanted fast food fast. The closest Walmart has a Charlies. So that was food. We ate there so we could eat 15 minutes sooner than taking food back to the hotel.

Load Board

US - 92

IA 2/0

MN - 2

WI - 2

No plans yet for tomorrow, other than check out. It is supposed to be in the 70's and sunny. Monday it is supposed to be 60's and rain. So outdoor stuff tomorrow. Not heading down to Naples this year, not enough difference in weather.