1 box truck to Peoria IL (delivered)

... spending the night at home

Sheets were not made for this bed. They barely reached the sides before we got under the covers ...

Breakfast was the basics. I'm guessing there were only a dozen or so guests last night.

The computer says the drop opens at 8 AM so that is what time we decide to get there and it is <> less than 15 miles away.

I find the drop, no problem. But every parking spot is in front of a door. Every congested, old dealership in town.

I take my paperwork in to the service desk, they ask where the check off list is and when I tell them there is not one ... they just sign my copy right there. From there they can not even see there is a truck outside. And they did not want a copy. No problem on my end. We are free to go.

And I do not need to have BB fire up the GPS to get out of town. I know the way from right here.

We have time to do one more leg to our trip if it is in route. We had not planned on being home on Monday. We had talked about which trips could work and finally there is one heading back to MN that is almost in route.

BB says I should call on it. But I want her to run the numbers first. What time will we pick up, where will we drop the rental car, when can we drop the unit. It suddenly becomes "I'm done." So we are just heading home. That happens. So instead I can get a couple of days in on the tractor before it rains.

... it's been a good trip. Two weeks work including one day off and a $500 rental car and we still made enough to cover this months bills.

2nd stop was at a rest area near Alpha. It had been less than an hour but ...

And from here I texted that I can be ready on the tractor tomorrow instead of Wednesday.

3rd stop was the Flying J in Davenport. Usually it is the Loves but today their discount does not offset their higher price. And we didn't know this until we got here, the Flying J pumps are now working again. They ran slow for a long time.

Somewhere on I-80 there was a highway truck on the side of the road saying slow traffic ahead. Slow ... as in stopped. Finally a cop passed us on the grass. A few cars were making U-turns and going up the entrance ramp backwards but other than that we did not move.

For 15-20 minutes we sat. Then we started to move ... and everyone got right up to highway speeds. No sign of any issues anywhere. ???

4th stop was the Chik-fil-A in Waterloo. To go.

5th stop was the shipper in Forest City to pick up our car. Lot is mostly empty. When we get there, BB gets to the door first. It is locked (?) So she looks up the code and I punch it in. Doesn't work the first time for me so BB tries it. It works.

When we get inside, everyone is there. So I mentioned we were locked out ... but we were not ... I tried the door on the way out. It was not locked. No idea. Guess we were loosing it.

We are early enough in the day that BB changes the drop location so that she can get a receipt. We rarely get a receipt at the airport and it is often days later when they check our car in.

7th stop is the grocery store so we have food for a few days. Then we stop at Dino's so we have food for tonight.

8th and final stop is home. After we were home a while, I decided to run down and get gas tonight so I don't forget in the AM when I will likely be in a rush. As I leave the driveway, I notice a large group of kind in the neighbors driveway. I don't know them at all and it crosses my mind that ... there goes the neighborhood. :)

... When I come back ... the whole group of kids ... are line dancing in the driveway :)

... rough bunch.

Load board

US - 222

IA - 2/0

MN -0-

WI - 4

We will be either not working or working local for the next three weeks.