1 trash truck to South Sioux City NE (delivered)

2 RV's to 1,000 Oaks CA (Friday)

... spending the night at home

Breakfast ... for us and others (?) Last night the parking lot was full when we went for a walk, this AM there was a semi parked where many cars had been last night. Either that trucker showed up for a free breakfast this AM after the work crews left ... or the work crews were at the hotel for the free drinks and then left for to their own hotels.

Raining.

10 miles down the road a warning light comes on. I call and leave a message with dispatch but they do not start for another hour. Last trip they told me to keep going, and I have had this same issue with 5 of the last 6 trucks so I'm not worried.

I do stop again near Hintson when dispatch calls back. I had stopped again a few minutes before this and left a second message. This time they want me to wait where I am before I continue. There is a dealer just a few miles away that would actually save BB and I time if we can drop it there.

But no, they can't look at it it seems so I am told to continue to the drop. I do and the person doing the inspection does not even note it on the paperwork. They do note that there is an air leak on the tag axle, which I knew because both times I started it the tires had dropped.

Nothing knew on the load board so we are heading back to get our car in Forest City.

By Holistein, BB is ready for another break. She takes her break and I check in on the farm situation. I had been calling over the weekend but it has been moving earlier and earlier in the week. A few minutes before this stop, RV dispatch had put out RV's to CA. One at a time so we wouldn't have taken them but it was enough to make me decide to call and see what the farm situation was. And it is still in the future, likely next month.

Two hours later we are near Fort Dodge and it is time to eat. Nothing near the four lane so we head into town and find a Culvers. Not the best service, they gave us cups, we hadn't ordered drinks. They gave us our food on a tray, we had ordered it to go. My sandwich did not have mayo but we had mayo left from yesterday at Chik-fil-A so we were good :)

From here we decide to take the back roads. Likely 20 turns between there and Forest City. Even down some 'no trucks' streets. Different than the freeway, I just listened to the GPS.

WOW ... two RV's to CA. We have not been there for almost six months. BB pauses for a few seconds but then dials. We have never been to this location before as it is close to LA. We get the trips. Even better, this drop does not want us towing so we get a little extra for one of the RV's. We will leave out tomorrow.

We get to the office and pick up our car. I talk a few words to another driver who is going to Las Vegas. He likes to take our trips as he has family there but the other trip came up first and we can't change trips once we commit.

When BB stops at the rest area she has a voice mail from dispatch. Her RV has been canceled/delayed ... :( She says her heart sank a little because we do not make money moving just one RV that far)

... But, they continue ... there is another RV like I am taking that she can have so we will now get the 'little extra' on both RV's :) All is good.

We both stop at a gas station near the rental car place and the posted price is $3.59 but the pump price is $3.19. Not going to complain.

No issues dropping the rental car. Two more stops and we are home for the night. We both had thought about staying the night closer to the shipper but we have plenty of time and weather is not an issue this time.

There were briefly two trucks from Hood River OR to Chicago on the board. That would have made a nice trip. About 2,000 miles each way with both of us driving each way.

... Yesterday AM, we saw a dead bear near Woodville in the ditch.

Load board

US - 227

IA - 1/0

MN - 14

WI - 27

Plan is to leave out at our usual time and get as far as Kearny NE, then Dalhart on Saturday, Holbrook on Sunday and near LA on Monday and deliver Tuesday AM. Because of my hours / HOS we won't pick up a bus until Wednesday ... hopefully.