1 refer truck to Berne IN (delivered)

... spending the night at Elkhart IN

Alarm this AM ... Breakfast at 7 AM. This hotel requires that we eat in their breakfast area, we can not take food to our room. Breakfast for me was Banana-strawberry yogurt.

The ABS light is on again this AM but goes out before we get to the street.

Chicago traffic is not bad, but lots of road construction to slow some of us down. Hard to find anyone to follow who is even going less than 10 over the speed limit in construction zones, most seem to be doing 15-30 over the posted. (did have a truck once with radar that confirmed how fast others were going through construction zones in Chicago)

No issues or points of interest.

1st stop is at the Pilot in Valparaiso for the rest room. Small station, five fuel island and 10 parking spots.

2nd stop was the Pilot in Fort Wayne. This one was not planned but my fuel gauge was now dropping to the 1/8th mark when I started out. Long tank on the one with the gauge. I think I would have been OK but put in 10 gallons to make sure.

The truck ahead of me never moved so I was able to back out to get out of there.

We have been here enough that I know the way to the airport from here.

No signs saying the clearance at the airport but I am under 13'6" so I should be good and I was. Narrow lanes but not too crowded. Drop BB off and then go to the cell phone lot to wait. Once we move our stuff, we have to go back past the front of the airport to get out of there. All one way streets.

I hadn't looked real close at the map so I was surprised how far it was on the cross street before we got on the US hwy to head to the drop. But I knew roughly how far it was from the airport to the drop.

Lots of Amish near Berne. Like the bought a huge farm and then split it into 20 acre lots for them and other family members. Most were not working farms. Just a house and barn for the horses.

I also noticed churches today. Near home, both the Church of God and Mennonites seemed to have small / simple churches. Here in IN the churches are as big as the mega churches with their campuses.

Found the drop, found someone to sign. Different guy than the one I talked to on the phone. This guy just asked if there was any issues, then said I could wait inside while he parked the truck. No other chit-chat.

While we are still sitting at the drop, same dispatcher calls and wants help on a couple of trucks in IN going to MI.

I called on one of them earlier today, it didn't pay. So he asks what it will take for me to move them. $$$ I tell him I am going to grab something to eat and call him back. (It's close to 2 PM local)

We go to a family restaurant in town. Lasagna :) was one of the specials of the day. I ate it all in one sitting.

... and we did the math, and re-did the math.

I look at the load board again, the trips are still there. BB finally asks if we even want to do it. Neither of us does. So I call the dispatcher and say no, without asking for more money. Just no.

We head back to Elkhart as that is where the most work usually is. But not today.

I had eaten a huge lunch, so we decide to just get something quick and small from Culvers. I order a malt, BB orders food ... then I order a soup. I should not have. I was so full when eating that it took forever to finish. That should have been my clue to stop.

Spent the night at the Comfort Inn in Elkhart. Not sure why the Sleep in was less than $50 but we didn't want to find out. The Comfort Inn is where we have usually stayed in this town.

Load board

US - 189

IA - 1/0

MN - 15

WI - 2

No worked lined up for tomorrow. If nothing tomorrow AM, we may head home by 11 AM so we are home for the night.