210730 MN-MN
1 pickup rail truck to Missoula MT (to storage) 1 tanker truck to Indianapolis IN (to storage)... spending the night at home We had set up for me to pick up my paperwork at the office at 9:30 so that was our 1st stop. 2nd stop was the first shipper in Bloomington. Their building is still locked down...
210729 MN-MN
1 day cab tractor to Mankato MN (delivered) 1 trash truck to Mankato MN (aborted)... spending the night at home Last night was late so we were not on the phone the 1st thing this AM. I did call local dispatch a little after they opened at 8 AM but they would have to check. Which meant we would have...
210728 MN-IA
1 trash truck to Des Moines IA (delivered)... spending the night at home We wake up, take our walk then call the local dispatch and then one of the long haul dispatchers. 'Long haul' today is a 200 mile trip to Des Moines. I'm guessing the local company doesn't get it because it is a right hand driv...
210727 IN-MN
1 trash truck to Minnesota City MN (delivered)... spending the night at home Breakfast - Someone standing behind the tables dishes up eggs and sausage and gets our items out of the fridge. But we are allowed to get our own liquids. I have decided to get fuel before I leave town. The fuel gauge is no...
210726 IN-MN
1 RV heading to Burns Harbor IN (delivered) 1 trash truck to Minnesota City MN... spending the night at De Forest WI Breakfast was fridge items, nothing hot. This AM there were a dozen or so cars so not quite as slow as it looked last night. BB had been up before the alarm went off so we were ready...
210725 IA-IN
1 RV heading to Burns Harbor IN 1 trash truck to Minnesota City MN (2nd leg)... spending the night at IL-Ottawa IL The alarm rang... and five minutes later it rang again. We didn't get up early, we went for a walk, we ate breakfast. And then we left home. 1st stop was Northwood IA for the rest area....
210724 IA-IN
1 RV heading to Burns Harbor IN 1 trash truck to Minnesota City MN (2nd leg)... spending the night at home BB set her alarm so she would remember to call at 8 AM when dispatch opened. She gets to call when we are not both picking up loads:) She called... then her phone went dark so she could not sel...
210723 IA-IL
1 RV heading to Winnebago IL (delivered)... spending the night at home This hotel only has breakfast on weekends, they said something about a bag but we didn't ask in the AM. Looks like there were about a dozen customers last night, in a hotel that holds closer to 200? When I leave this AM I have a...
210722 IA-IL
1 RV heading to Winnebago IL... spending the night at East Dubuque IL No wakeup alarm today. After doing our morning walk I went out and worked in the garden. At about 10 AM BB came out and told me that there were 5 pickups near us going to KS that I should look at. As I'm looking at the MN trips I...
210721 IA-IL
1 RV heading to Winnebago IL (never picked up)... spending the night at home We would have had to leave home about 5:30 AM to get this RV delivered today so instead we slept in and will deliver it tomorrow. We got going from the house at about 8:30 after taking a morning walk and eating breakfast. 1...
210720 IA-IL
1 RV heading to Winnebago IL... spending the night at home I had a Dr's appointment today and I didn't want to line up any work until after that. Not an issue, no issues on the medical field and no work yet. Today our long haul company announced they were going to have a phone meeting at 3 PM (local...
210716 MN-NE
1 cement truck heading to Hastings NE (delivered)... spending the night at home A breakfast that is back to 'normal. omelettes, sausage, yogurt, juice. Then back to the room. Running a little slow this AM so we were not quite going at 7:30. 1st stop is at the gas station across the street from the d...
210715 MN-NE
1 cement truck heading to Hastings NE... spending the night at York NE Before I accepted this trip, we had made an appointment to get our car into the shop. So when I was offered this trip, we did the math and we could still get the trip done if we left by noon on Thursday. But when I dropped the ca...
210712 MN-NE
1 cement truck heading to Hastings NE... spending the night at home (or not at work) We have been on vacation since the 8th. On the 9th I got a call from the local dispatch wanting me to go to Omaha. Sorry. Today I am still on vacation and I get another call from the same company. This time they wan...
210707 MN-KS
1 RV heading to Edwardsville KS (delivered)... spending the night at home Breakfast? Grab and go... and throw. The main item was something that only had directions for a conventional oven, no directions for microwave. BB tried nuking it but she could tell that it was not 'pre-cooked' so we decided t...
210706 MN-KS
1 trash truck heading to Edwardsville KS... spending the night at Kansas City MO I had agreed to this trip, the truck needed to be delivered 'this week.' After I had mentioned to dispatch about leaving Monday, I realized that some people were still considering Monday as part of the long weekend. We...
210702 IA-IL
1 RV heading to Rockford IL (delivered)... spending the night at home BB went down for breakfast and got an omelette, I ate the Italian leftovers from last night. I thought we might get going by 7 AM but it was a ways after. 1st stop was the RV lot to pick up my RV. Dispatcher commented that they ha...
210701 IA-IL
1 RV heading to Davenport IA (delivered) 1 RV heading to Rockford IL... spending the night at Mason City IA Breakfast is back to normal. Except now they have plastic gloves laying there that no one uses. We pull out about 7:30. Road construction on the side roads. One lane road with a flag man. I st...
210630 IA-IA
1 RV heading to Davenport IA... spending the night at Albert Lea MN There had been a trip from IA to Lincoln NE yesterday but BB didn't want as she didn't think I would be done early enough with my things to get down to IA today. My 'thing' lasts from 8 to about noon. About 1:30 IA adds a trip to Da...