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 the load board. We talk about the plus and minus of doing a short one on Friday. The minus won out. We did not do it. IF, if everything had gone like clock work, it would have been an easy $$$ as we are going that way any way.
BUT, the trip had an old date. My GUESS was that it was one from a couple of days ago that broke down. Hearing a lot of stories about drivers picking up at shops lately and the problem wasn't fixed. That could mean hours of delay, an extra hotel and an extra day on the car. We likely only had a few hours to play with and the drop would have been closed for the weekend.
We kept watching the load board as we traveled. Nothing. We got <> past the point of no return, nothing. Anything beyond there would have to be the ideal trip for us to return.
RV dispatch calls. BB puts it on speaker phone. They want to know if we are available.
... maybe. They have two going to Davenport that should be done today and need to be dropped on Monday. No problem
... then they say something about 1,400 miles. Whoa ...
I have BB try to turn the speaker up. It is up. These two RV's need to leave TODAY to get to Davenport FLORIDA on Monday morning. That is a whole different story. No can do. We would have to be sitting there when the RV's are done and it would be another push, push, push like the RV's to Tamp. Thanks, but no thanks.
... and we are still <> 1,000 miles away.
1st stop is in Ardmore at the Loves for fuel. $2.45. And something to drink for both of us.
2nd stop was in Edmond OK at a Whataburger.
3rd stop is at the rest area / oasis near Belle Plaine KS. Loves truck stops have taken over the oasis. I think this is the first time I have stopped at one. This one was pretty much like a truck stop. This building was away from the main oasis building. At the other locations they are all one building.
BB had wanted to get north of Kansas City tonight to avoid the morning rush hour. I reminded her that tonight's rush hour would likely be worse than tomorrow mornings rush hour. Tomorrow is Saturday :)
... IF we had gotten past KC, we might have stopped at Stroud's. But we didn't make it that far.
4th and final stop is the Comfort Inn in Olethe. After we check in, we go a mile down the street to Joe's BBQ. Not as good as the last time we were there. For me ... I was still stuffed from lunch so half mine went in the fridge. Today the temps were in the 70's. Tomorrow AM it will be just over freezing. So my food might keep this time.
Almost at the end of the day, TX put a trip from Corsicana to MN on the load board. We are too far past it now ... but Wednesday we traveled through it. Yesterday we were still only two hours from it ...
There was also a trip from near the bus drop back to FL today ... two days too late.
And now after the close of day, TX dispatch puts out three short ones that we could have done in a couple of hours. IF they had been put out last night. But we are gone ... gone ... gone.
RV dispatch has been putting out trips also. Most are still going quickly. The only pair so far is going to MD. We will pass. They did put out two to FL but not at the same time.
Sometimes I can be a hypochondriac ... last night we we checked into the hotel, I noticed that the desk clerk coughed into their hand right before handing me my keys ... and that they could hardly talk. So today, I have a real deep cough ... ??? Haven't had one like this for months.
Load board
US - 88
IA - 5
MN - 2
WI - 4
We are still ready to go if something good shows up tomorrow, but that is rare for a Saturday. We plan on setting the alarm and be rolling my 7 AM.
As long as we are heading home, I need to stop at the clinic (so far they let me do it on weekends also) and we need to re-order meds. And do laundry.
And be ready to roll on Monday :)