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...My Life as 'Drive away' driver
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210902 IA-WI 1 RV to Greenfield WI (delivered) ... spending the night at home 6:30 alarm, we ran a little later last night. Full hot breakfast. We were the only people down at 7:30. Parking lot looked like half the people had left already. I start the day with 7 miles more range than I need (I think.) But I never ran the mileage. Close to Madison I saw something on the highway, right on the dotted line. A wheel barrel. And someone was trying to back up there pickup and trailer to get back to it. Good luck. 1st stop is in Oconomowoc at a Mobil for fuel. My range has gone up and down today depending on going 55 mph in road construction or 65 mph on the open highway. I decided not to chance it and added a little over one gallon. 2nd stop is for final fuel. Even after adding a gallon of fuel I still arrive at the station flat on 'E.' I'm guessing I had a range of about 10 miles left. BB's map software said my road was closed. Mine did not say that. So I fueled where I had planned and yes, the road was closed. Not for roadwork but for an event. So an extra mile driven on their fuel. Makes for a pretty quite road past the drop. 3rd stop was the drop. I've been here before so I know who I am looking for. I am in and out in 30 minutes with no damages. No new trips that work for us so we are heading home empty. 4th stop is another few blocks down the road, Zupas for lunch. We aren't in a rush and I like soup, so we eat outside there. 5th stop is Lake Mills for fuel. I thought I had seen really cheap fuel but $2.99 is the cheapest right now and we are running low on fuel. We never did see any fuel cheaper than that so not sure what I thought I saw. 6th stop was for Culvers. I was having a problem staying awake and it was either that or eat a pop tart :) Today was pretty un-eventful. 7th and final stop was home. Load board US - 325 IA - 172 MN - 12 WI - 7 Nothing new that worked for us today. The shortest trip is Huntley IL at 350 miles. Someone took the other Greenfield trip this AM. 17 trips to CA on the load board, another 15 to OR. Lots of work for those that can run long. Sometime next week will try to get in another one day trip. |
